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She's Really Gone......
She's Really Gone......
albc28


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Extreme Emotion: Faceless (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Hopatcong, NJ
Date: Jul 21, 2007
Aperture: 1.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/10
Galleries: Emotive, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jul 24, 2007

 Can't quite remember all the editing steps, but I'll try to remember.

Set camera to timed shutter
Used curves layer to lighten
Selective desat of yellow
Channel Mixer - set to monochrome
Unsharpen Mask
Guassian Blur
Fade gaussian blur
resized
sharpened
saved as jpeg

Statistics
Place: 50 out of 110
Avg (all users): 5.5745
Avg (commenters): 7.1538
Avg (participants): 5.0714
Avg (non-participants): 5.6625
Views since voting: 1333
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Votes: 282
Comments: 14
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Panasonic DMC-FZ8
 07/31/2007 07:10:22 PM
10. Nice "real" feel to it.
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Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 III
 07/31/2007 11:12:38 AM
Poor guy...maybe he oughta learn to cook. ;-)
 07/30/2007 11:02:43 PM
Very well composed, although the blown out fridge is a bit distracting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/30/2007 12:09:54 AM
chinese leftovers are my crutch too
Nikon D80
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
 07/29/2007 09:30:25 PM
Removing the garbage can would have made for a cleaner photo. Nice execution.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D2Xs
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 07/28/2007 06:13:35 PM
I like the backlight from the fridge but the bin should have gone
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70s
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5D
 07/28/2007 01:14:30 PM
though not technically spot-on, i really get a sense of the story behind this pose. 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 07/27/2007 06:02:17 PM
I'm a bit confused over what you are trying to say with this shot. I don't get why he's eating on the floor in front of the fridge.
TC
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 07/26/2007 05:35:00 PM
I like this a lot. Good idea with the open refrigerator door. My favorite of the challenge so far.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 07/26/2007 02:50:07 PM
How sad is this??? Feels real to me. Love your lighting and composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 07/25/2007 06:28:13 PM
10
Nikon D2Xs
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 07/25/2007 08:35:30 AM
Great idea!10
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM II
 07/25/2007 12:33:56 AM
this is great...i like the way you portrary that without her guys would not be able to fend for themselves to well...lol.. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 07/25/2007 12:29:20 AM
nice set up. very true to life. great work and creative lighting :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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