I am especially proud that an 'Out of the box' shot scored so high... Believe me, I've been burned in the past ;)
Thanks to my wife for posing for me in fluorescent makeup in our studio which was about 100 degrees, while she was extremely sick. She's a trooper! :)
Obviously a big factor with not scoring higher was the one eye in the picture; I don't regret my decision though.
I love pictures that work on multiple levels. I knew that this would look strange to most voters, but for those who are fans of 'A Clockwork Orange', it adds something extra.
Overall, I'm very happy with this photo!
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In case you didn't pick up on it, this photo is a tribute to 'A Clockwork Orange'; which is way it could also be called 'Ultra Violent Woman'! I'm very happy with the way it turned out.
A lot of effort went into the creation of this photo. When this challenge was announced, I had the title pop into my head. Unfortunately, I knew very little about black lights, UV, and fluorescence.
The photo was lit with two fluorescent black light tubes in strip lights. The hat and hair were sprayed with a special fluorescent hair spray, and the nails, lips, and false eyelash were painted with 'AquaColor', which is fluorescent makeup. In the glass is a mixture of milk and liquid laundry detergent (Which, by the way, glows like crazy under a black light!!).
Editting was pretty simple.. Some curves, a slight crop, some minor cloning, UM, Resize, UM, Save For Web. It came out of the camera looking very similar to the final product, which was very cool.
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LOVE this one. Can't believe it didn't get more 10s. 2?? I agree with Fetor...voters are dumb.
This should have been a winner! Going straight into my favorites.
DPC is fun - you just never know what image will pop up next. It's like finding the good prizes in the old cracker jacks boxes. :-) Fun image, well composed and lit. I hope this does really well. One of my top ten.
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