Talk about a last minute idea ... I'd been dwelling on this for days and I hated the concepts I'd come up with. I was quite despondent about it.
I came up with this concept a few hours before the challenge closed. My wife helped me with the figure and we fiddled around with it for an hour. I got a bunch of shots, found one that I liked and edited it.
I cropped the shot, high pass, cloned out a couple of small blemishes, contrast and saturation.
The book that I used was Kurt Vonnegut's 'Cats in the Cradle" ... sorry Craig! :)
POST CHALLENGE:
thanks for the wonderful result. 5th is my best ever finish ... i'm a little disappointed that 3 hours before the challenge i was 6.89 and dropped to 6.7 (would have earned me 4th place).
however i'm still pleased with the result. watch out scalvert!!! i'm after you mate! ;)
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I love the concept here. The execution is so/so IMO, but this does not lessen my enjoyment of the image one bit. Well-conceived and decently delivered to us :-)
this is one of the most creative images i've seen in a while! i could see this being used in a public service campaign promoting reading. (btw, cat's cradle?)
This image just screams...SCALVERT!!! and if it isn't then I truly must commend you on submitting an image that is so representative of his style. Fantastic job, as you have provided a quality image in an upbeat and thought provoking manner.
well ain't you clever!? this is a great idea! the setup and technical stuff is spot on - but it's the idea that soars! i'm impressed :) i hope you do well in the challenge! 9
wow, that must have taken alot of work, im curious as to how you did this. the lighting is nice, the dark background works nice here and the concept + title work nicely together. 8
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