Last of over 70 photos taken, this is far more challenging than it looks, espeically since i just moved into this new apartment and haven't been able to find a lot of my stuff yet.
I performed this same shot on four different books, one a photo album before deciding to go with pages 98-99 of The Essential Neruda, a book of translated poetry by Pablo Neruda that was given to me for Valentine's Day earlier this year.
The filters are old Tiffen 72MM Series 9 for my Canon L2 High8 Video Camera, this is the most use they have seen in years- neither are red though :) Combined they give a good hue in my opinion plus the accidental spacing between them gives the upper middle of the heart a ribboning effect.
I own no lamps so this was lit with a bic lighter which gives it the soft touch that most people won't appericate i believe. I find that when using such old filters and poetry it was only fitting to go with candlelight, which in lue of no candle a lighter subbed nicely.
Also I did steal this idea from Konador- I was going through the DPCPrints and came across it and had to try it myself, it wasn't until after 30+ attempts I went looking for the photo's "actual page" and found that he can made a tutorial and had won a red ribbon for this set up in the shadows II challenge. Reading his comments he had borrowed the idea from someone else too :) I doubt mine will be as well received but I like it and feel like it has my own touch.
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This type of photo has been done so many times before. Thus, it meets the challenge appropriately, and technically it's a good photo. It just lacks creativity. Good luck in future challenges.
Good DOF and color, too bad it's been done before. You still get a decent score from me though, just in case you weren't aware of the previous shot on DPC.
it's a pity that this has now been so overdone; it's obviously an homage to a great concept, but i don't honestly think it adds anything new to the idea. composition wise it also appears a little off-kilter, like it's almost centered but isn't quite. i do find it interesting that it's spanish(?) on one side and english on the other - it's a good choice of pages. but overall, didn't really stir the soul - 4.
This is so unoriginal by now I don't know how to rate it....I'm very tired of this image on DPC. Can we please retire it once and for all????? I can see someone maybe wanting to reproduce it as a practical exercise but must it keep popping up in challenges. Does originality count for nothing?
Sorry, but during challenges I don't think folks should submit their attempts at other people's work. It is fine for any other time and a great way to learn, just not during challenges.
there is a very similar shot in shadows II. If this is a copy of another photographer I think that the rating must be 1 if you are the same photographer this is a reply of that shot and you must have 1. The shot is very good but my rating is 1 for the copy.
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