Small Woody, set made from printed images of "The Wall," the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington, D.C., using mirrors to duplicate woody and the wall section. It took several hours to make a proper "cover" or hat out of wood to match Woody.
22mm
Lit with halogen lamp through collapsible diffuser.
Raw, Adobe Camera Raw, tungsten WB
PS rotate, crop, levels, clone out lines, clone bg foliage, spot editing, burn, resize, USM, save for web.
Wish I had more time for setup tweaks and editing.
Post challenge:
Here's the setup for this photo.
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Very nice job! Congrats on personal best! One thing that surprised me about this image when I saw it; if it were mine I'd have had woody facing AWAY from the camera, so the first instance of his face would be the primary reflection. This would have been more poignant to me, as it would give him something to "be saluting"...
This looks like a mirror image of the Vietnam wall, since I can make out the text and it's backwards. I like the idea, as it's very patriotic and well thought out.
Ok the mirror effect is nice to gain more woodies, but throws me that I see the back of the next one. To me it is very distracting. I am wondering if a more classic 'morning' against the wall pose would work better? ust an idea. I think contrasts also might need a touch.
Clever use of mirrors like that. I like the leading line effect and the creative wall and "ground" you've put together. Seems a little grainy, but not terrible. Good use of a full 640 x 640. Good luck in the challenge.
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