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Live! Tonight! In The Basement!
Live! Tonight! In The Basement!
mchalmers


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Challenge: Self Portrait VI (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: My music studio
Date: Dec 3, 2007
Aperture: f/3.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Action, Studio
Date Uploaded: Dec 4, 2007

 Ah, how we suffer for our art. :)
This took about 70 takes to get just right, complicated even more by the fact that I was using a remote control with a 2 second delay to trip the shutter. The timing was pretty complicated, and I was sore from jumping up and down all night.

Lit with both a studio light to the side, and an SB-600 in front.

Editting included layers, cloning out some junk in the room (Why didn't I just clean it first??), colour levels, shadow/highlight, UM, crop, resize, UM again, Save for Web.

Even though I'm paying for it today, this was fun to shoot!

Statistics
Place: 79 out of 241
Avg (all users): 5.9752
Avg (commenters): 7.4706
Avg (participants): 5.8217
Avg (non-participants): 6.0773
Views since voting: 1293
Views during voting: 490
Votes: 323
Comments: 18
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 12/11/2007 11:18:15 PM
fun
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 12/10/2007 11:29:05 AM
Great pose and nice colors. Bumping it up
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Canon EOS R
Canon RF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS USM
12/10/2007 01:23:35 AM
Cool stopped motion with your pants leg, mid motion. You rock man! BB
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Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 12/10/2007 12:25:23 AM
Great pic...although i think a little curves a djustement to make things a little brighter might do it some good.

Is that a violin bass in the background? And is the fender jazz american or mexico?
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XIAOMI Redmi Note 8 Pro
 12/09/2007 01:58:22 PM
Unique photo. I like the way you lit up your face over everything else. Composition is nice... Overall a good photo :)
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Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Canon EF 35mm f/1.4 L USM
 12/08/2007 03:32:02 PM
haha cool. shame the face is a bit over exposed and the underside of legs is a bit dark
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
 12/07/2007 03:28:40 AM
I like the setup, the choice of colours and the over all feel
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
 12/06/2007 10:11:45 PM
loving this photo. A+ on using everything and taling a story about yourself.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D Mark II
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 12/06/2007 07:42:47 PM
Oh yeah, socks on SO rock'n'roll!!!! I think this is a fab portrait! Love the action captured =)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 12/06/2007 05:54:33 PM
Multitasking I see, good job!
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
 12/06/2007 01:15:13 PM
Made me laugh... I have those shows too. Good shot, great idea, nice focus on the face & self
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 12/06/2007 09:36:15 AM
I like it! I like the position, and setup.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/05/2007 10:16:20 PM
interesting shot... good composition. brings me back to my years in the basement. that a fender precision?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/05/2007 04:11:33 PM
Cool... fellow bassist :-D
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 12/05/2007 04:07:16 PM
cool bass i hope i can play something but i simply cant
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Canon EOS-6D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/05/2007 03:47:21 PM
It's a great gig if you can get it. :P
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 12/05/2007 11:32:38 AM
Great idea and composition. Lighting is sweet and the foot kick is perfect. Nice work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Pentax K-1
Pentax FA 50mm f/1.4 AF
 12/05/2007 07:39:31 AM
A sell out, I'm sure.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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