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Panasonic DMC FZ5: shadow and soul
Panasonic DMC FZ5: shadow and soul
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Challenge: Camera "Self Portrait" (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ5
Location: my home
Date: Aug 13, 2006
Aperture: F3.2
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/80
Galleries: Black and White, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Aug 15, 2006

 I am certain that a few people will question how this was done. So, I am including full details.

I took a self-portrait, cropped it and printed it in B/W on regular paper with a laser printer (if I could have gotten a photo quality print this probably would have been far better). Then I laid the print in bright sunlight and stood so the camera's shadow framed my face in the portrait. I set the camera to expose the shaded area, and wash-out the bright areas.
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editing with Gimp:
adjust curves, guassian blur, increased brightness, decreased contrast, adjust levels, adjust curves, adjust levels, crop, scale, add border, scale, save.
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Loading on to the web seems to pixelate this a bit, not sure why... my score will probably be lower because of it.

Statistics
Place: 123 out of 143
Avg (all users): 4.5602
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 4.5156
Avg (non-participants): 4.5763
Views since voting: 1024
Views during voting: 365
Votes: 241
Comments: 13
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 08/22/2006 10:56:23 AM
creative!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Pentax *ist DL2
Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
 08/22/2006 06:29:48 AM
Original idea, and I can't wait to find out how you did it. I'm not convinced that the end image is that aesthetically pleasing or involving, though. Bonus points for being different and for the technical interest!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Olympus 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 Zuiko Digital
 08/21/2006 11:31:03 AM
Very clever
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D300s
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II
 08/20/2006 03:12:25 PM
This has taken me a week to see, but then again I guess I hadn't read the title, because the second I did I saw it. Yeesh!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 08/19/2006 11:11:25 PM
Did your camera to take a picture of itself?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Panasonic DMC-FZ7
 08/18/2006 04:44:46 PM
Very,very,very nice. I gave it a 9.
I don't really see that many pictures here that say something.
To me, this one really does.
Very creative and well-executed!
I hope you do well in the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Olympus 35mm f/3.5 Macro ED Zuiko Digital
 08/17/2006 01:05:54 PM
Very cool! Can't wait to see how you did this!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 180mm f/3.5 L Macro USM
 08/16/2006 10:41:33 PM
Neat idea
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 08/16/2006 04:12:42 PM
extremely creative ...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/16/2006 03:52:41 PM
Neat effect. How you do that?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS R5
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS II USM Lens
 08/16/2006 03:42:13 PM
I like this shot a lot, and have no idea how you did it, but it doesn't seem to be a camera taking a picture of itself.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D300
Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF
 08/16/2006 07:37:04 AM
It gives me a very 60's feel. Nice portrait.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 08/16/2006 02:37:04 AM
that's really interesting and arty...I like it
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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