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His Dreaded Domain
His Dreaded Domain
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Challenge: Environmental Portrait (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Florida
Date: May 9, 2006
Aperture: f/13
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Humorous, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: May 9, 2006

 *leveled
*cropped
*edge enhance
*greyscale
*merged from leveling
*selective grunge brush
*selective dodge & burn
*smudge brush on some sensor dust
*sepia conversion
*selective soften for sky noise
*borders
*resize

I felt like something a little different and creepy for this challenge. Here we have a full length portrait of a ghoul in his environment. LOL... It looked nice in black and white, but I am a sucker for deep sepia with dark overtones.

I had a lot of fun with this one. I knew of a cemetery with this crypt that I always thought was pretty ornate. The whole cemetery is very ornate. Great old and new grave stones and historic architecture.

We had to ask permission from the grounds men to take this shot, and they called their supervisor by cell phone on premises and we were granted permission. My model then adorned the old torn pants I shredded the bottoms of for him. He then wore a simple white T-Shirt under a $60.00 sports jacket that I took my scissors too. OOOOps! No, really, it didn't fit anymore and he owned two of the same. He will use it again in the future for Halloween or something, I'm sure. I also had an old silk and ugly tie. I put a hole in the front of that too.

Knowing I was going to convert this to sepia or b/w, I wasn't really all that worried about the colors of the clothing. It's a mish-mash of ugliness in real color form. LOL... The pants are cranberry, and the jacket is black, and the tie is a red print. I just basically wanted some shredding and holes so the lighter colors would show through the material for the final outcome, and that was achieved.

He decided to do this night-of-the-living-dead type pose and he distorted his face. LOL..I didn't think I would use it, but it ended up being my favorite. After all, most people do pose for a portrait, so why not :) No makeup needed when in advanced editing you can toy a bit with the colors and shadows already there. After I did all the PP I wanted, I then converted it to sepia and then did a bit more enhancing here and there.

This shot was taken about 2pm in the afternoon. The weather was cloudy and was perfect to give a night-time feel. We just missed the downpour that came shortly afterwards :)

I am pretty sure this concept will be duplicated, but hopefully I did a good job on this rendition for you :) This is my personal favorite of all of my submission entries to date at DPC (well, there may be one other..LOL). I think it is quite a creative entry, and hopefully one others will feel is worthy of a decent vote.

As usual, my best to the winners.

Rose

Statistics
Place: 82 out of 190
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Avg (commenters): 6.2857
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Votes: 212
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
 05/22/2006 04:29:35 PM
Under-rated.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 28mm f/1.8 USM
 05/21/2006 07:55:03 PM
kinda creepy
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 05/19/2006 10:11:03 PM
quick, get Buffy!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fisher Price Kid-Tough Digital
 05/19/2006 06:57:33 AM
Sorry, the dodge/burning too much for my taste but the rest I like so I still gave it a 6.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G
 05/18/2006 11:20:08 PM
Very creative not to mention ghoulish shot. The sepia tone really adds to this image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSLR-A550
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 05/18/2006 02:18:46 AM
Ha HA this is just too good to be true I just love the dark humour, if it doesnt make the top10 I'll swear off the Speights for a week !!!!!! 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Apple iPhone 12 Pro
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM
 05/18/2006 12:55:45 AM
very clever. I like the treatment too
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot Pro 90 IS
 05/17/2006 07:42:20 AM
editing technique usurps all attention leaving none for the subject
Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 05/16/2006 05:59:50 PM
very haunting image
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
 05/15/2006 08:04:14 PM
Excellent job, great imagination.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/15/2006 04:43:01 PM
Slightly mad, slightly funny. The nearly insane processing, especially in the broad brush-strokes with which it is applied, suit the image; but it seems flattened by all that reduction of overall contrast (sky/ground, figure/tomb, face/clothes, gate/pillars), and so loses a huge amount of a photographic sense to my eye.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 05/15/2006 01:04:14 PM
very unique image. this person would be interesting to meet:)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D100
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 05/15/2006 10:22:14 AM
Spooky! Neat idea, very unique and interesting. Not a huge fan of the post processing tho, it seems a little patchy.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 05/15/2006 05:26:43 AM
you went through a lot of trouble for this shot and it seems it might have paid off...well done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm X-T4
Fujifilm XF 35mm f/1.4
 05/15/2006 02:58:17 AM
Great idea but way too much dodging in my mind. It's okay that he glows in the dark but not the surroundings - 6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 05/15/2006 12:31:08 AM
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Message edited by author 2006-05-22 00:16:14.
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 05/15/2006 12:28:17 AM
Clever. Love the post editing. This is smart and imaginative. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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