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Uhh...that's not good (Inspired by Vipermike)
Uhh...that's not good (Inspired by Vipermike)
SamDoe1


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Broken II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ4
Location: My room
Date: Feb 5, 2006
Aperture: f/3.2
ISO: 64
Shutter: 1/8
Galleries: Humorous, Digital Art
Date Uploaded: Feb 7, 2006

 Inspired by "Evolve" by Vipermike from the Matrix challenge and I know that this image doesn't even come close to comparing to the original. Shot was done on my bed with a black sweatshirt as the background and a desk lamp used for lighting (Cheap, I know, but that's all I have to work with for the time being). Set a custom white balance and shot with the macro setting with camera on tripod. Took several shots in different poses, this one seemed to turn out the best. The hardest part was finding a decent x-ray of a hand. In the end, i couldn't find a good one of a broken hand, so I had to "break" a good hand in Photoshop, resize it to fit my hand and to display properly on the screen of my PDA. All in all, I'm fairly happy with how it turned out.
Post processing:
- Levels to get black background
- Curves
- Reduced saturation in the blue, cyan, and red channels (screen was too bright otherwise)
- Adjust brightness and contrast
- Finally, the all mighty USM.
Hope you like it, I had a fun time shooting it.

Statistics
Place: 51 out of 285
Avg (all users): 5.7153
Avg (commenters): 6.2000
Avg (participants): 5.4804
Avg (non-participants): 5.8547
Views since voting: 1468
Views during voting: 457
Votes: 274
Comments: 16
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Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 05/06/2006 12:14:54 AM
love this one... i always have, thought it was so clever...maybe next time try to make it more interesting by adding like something going thorugh the hand and through the palm pilot... excellent image :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
 02/14/2006 10:56:21 AM
good idea. but, impossible because if that bone was broken, you wouldn't be able to hold that device.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 02/13/2006 11:19:20 PM
how very interesting... a great concept, certainly unique and interesting... great focus and colors - makes me go ouch however :)
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon
02/12/2006 10:29:56 PM
I like this photo but for me it doesn't meet the challenge. Scoring it a 5.
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 02/12/2006 04:20:41 PM
Awesome. 2 of my favourite things, PDA's and x-rays. Very cool idea and great execution.
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Nikon D100
 02/12/2006 02:29:14 PM
This is a neat idea!
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 02/11/2006 12:25:24 AM
Cool image...
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Sony DSC-P31
 02/10/2006 11:36:10 AM
The hand position is off, but its a very creative shot.
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Nikon Coolpix 5700
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6D ED
 02/10/2006 11:02:53 AM
I focus mostly on the Pocket PC.
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Canon PowerShot S3 IS
 02/09/2006 01:35:56 PM
Novel idea
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 02/09/2006 01:24:25 PM
Cool concept!
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 02/09/2006 05:00:59 AM
to dark picture, moste part of pictur is dark !
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Canon EOS-50D
Tamron AF 18-270mm F/3,5-6,3 Di II VC LD Aspherical [IF] macro for Canon
 02/08/2006 04:18:24 PM
Great idea--too bad the finger bones appear to be over the palm of the hand, instead of the fingers.
Hmmm, after seeing a hand X-ray, it seems I was wrong.

Message edited by author 2006-03-09 20:57:39.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon
 02/08/2006 07:27:33 AM
good idea!
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 02/08/2006 02:35:54 AM
clever. color a bit oversaturated
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 02/08/2006 01:43:38 AM
Cool idea. I think I'd do a slight desat of red on the skin tones. Clever and clear image.
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