I REALLY wanted to name this the same as last week's entry: "What Color Is YOUR Shadow?" but preserving anonymity (what little there may be in this case) prevails.
-Printed out some question marks of various sizes and gray tones on clear film. Hung it up with some pants hangers, and used a standard swing-arm desk lamp to shine through it onto a whiteboard.
-Handheld, macro mode.
-Tungsten white balance
-Cropped, slight rotation
-Retouched a couple of small reflections near the top
-RGB Curve to improve contrast
-Individual Red, Green and Blue Curves to achieve the colorization -- reference points available on request
-Resized for DPC
-USM at 88%/16 dia/TH = 0
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 7/10 = 125kb
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I didn't actually vote this one as I wasn't sure it was actually shadows but computer generated. (I don't vote low on ones I feel DNMC because it might and I don't see it) Well done, however I did not care for the coloring. Sorry
Like the original also. Thanks for your details on making the picture. My picture was also validated during the challenge, felt bad while it was happening, but good afterwards... Guess this is something you get used to :o) Nice work you are doing, very creative :o)
It is definately interesting! Captivating and somehow troublesome. would like to know how it was done. 10
Here are the basic steps. The figures in parentheses after the Curves are (Input=Output) values for the control points on the Curves graph.
-Printed out some question marks of various sizes and gray tones on clear film. Hung it up with some pants hangers, and used a standard swing-arm desk lamp to shine through it onto a whiteboard.
-Handheld, macro mode.
-Tungsten white balance
-Cropped, slight rotation
-Retouched a couple of small reflections near the top
-RGB Curve to improve contrast (29=12) (67=78)
-Individual Red, Green and Blue Curves to achieve the colorization
--Red: (0=100) (25=5) (56=62) (74=100)
--Green: (8=0) (69=72)
--Blue: (0=100) (6=76) (74=98) (96=10)
-Resized for DPC
-USM at 88%/16 dia/TH = 0
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 7/10 = 125kb
Challenge: SHADOWS III
Description: Creatively capture a shadow Advanced Edit
Shadow of a Doubt
Fit: Clearly meets the challenge 1
I think…
Aesthetics: Well composed, aesthetically pleasing 2
Intriguing composition that is a fun literal take on the phrase
Technical: Technically OK 1
Wow: Has some impact 1
Clever but feels a little "left field" for me
Total Score = 5
You had to get this validated??? The challenge never specified what kind of shadow. I'm actually surprised more people didn't do it. Good news is not only did your photo convey shadow of a doubt...it was shadow of a doubt...Good job.
bit too psycheadelic possibly; and regrettably it does feel like it's been post-processed to within an inch of its life - would imagine it's too digital looking for a lot of voters. not sure it strictly fits the challenge; i see there's shadows, but they could just as easily be black question marks. it's certainly creative and original (and brave, here), and merit should be awarded for that. i keep thinking with some polishing, and maybe a squarer crop, it would make a good record sleeve. 5.
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