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Slave to Art
Slave to Art
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Challenge: Free Study 2008-05 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: In a light-box, in my kitchen.
Date: May 21, 2008
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Black and White, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: May 21, 2008

 Post processing:

*takes a deep breath*

Convert from RAW
Clean up dust spots etc.

Two layers used for sketch:
1.
Create a fill layer of "off white"
Duplicate background - put to top > Desat > Increase contrast>Add Noise (~10%, Gaussian, mono.)>Hide all mask>Reveal with "strokes" using dry media brush. (Group two layers and mask accordingly)
2.
Duplicate backgound>desat>increase contrast>duplicate>invert>set to linear dodge>Gaussian blur till lines show (mask accordingly)

Base "photo layer":
Flat desat.
Dodge and burn
Curves
Multiple USM passes.

Flatten layers
Resize
USM

Statistics
Place: 69 out of 481
Avg (all users): 6.2767
Avg (commenters): 7.5385
Avg (participants): 6.1565
Avg (non-participants): 6.5909
Views since voting: 1043
Views during voting: 279
Votes: 159
Comments: 15
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D80
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
 06/07/2008 12:02:17 PM
Really good use of a filter effect here. Subtle, and well blended. Your lighting and composition help out quite a bit. My only criticism would be to maybe have the pencil a bit sharper.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 06/07/2008 04:22:16 AM
Escher!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Pentax K-1
Pentax FA 50mm f/1.4 AF
 06/06/2008 12:43:18 PM
Especially with no pencil lead :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 06/06/2008 12:14:01 PM
great B&W, like the title
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 06/06/2008 10:06:06 AM
great image in terms of concept, lighting, B&W conversion, and composition. Very annoying that the pencil is blunt though! Clever idea though - well done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 22-55mm f/4.0-5.6 USM
 06/04/2008 08:16:52 PM
Creatively titled and executed photo. I like seeing it in black & white - works well. Are you an Escher fan?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 06/03/2008 08:41:29 PM
nice detail
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/03/2008 10:44:53 AM
How very M.C. Escher of you : )
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6G ED
 06/02/2008 05:22:06 PM
very nice sharp lines, love the contrast
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M1
Olympus 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro
06/01/2008 01:32:35 PM
I really like and appreciate the concept here, but ideally, it needs
some art to make it complete. Nice work!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 06/01/2008 12:06:26 PM
Nicely done.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 06/01/2008 10:10:21 AM
Very cool concept. Well executed. Would have been better if the drawn part of the handcuffs did appear more drawn. Still a well deserved 9.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/01/2008 09:45:17 AM
A slave to Art ? Not Mr ROFLMAO I hope - he's been banned from keeping slaves . .

Oh no hold on - my mistake :- )

Nice B&W conversion, and composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 06/01/2008 07:06:01 AM
that's really interesting...very creative...good lighting and clever
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony Alpha a7R III
Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM
 06/01/2008 06:19:17 AM
Very well done, but what happened to the pencil lead?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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