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Krueger
Krueger
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Challenge: Silhouettes (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S2 Pro
Location: Hong Kong
Date: Apr 17, 2004
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/45th
Date Uploaded: Apr 16, 2004

 OK, so this isn't Krueger National Park(but, we plan to visit in June.)

It is a hand carved wooden elephant that we bought a few years ago on vacation in Bali. The sky is displayed on my computer monitor (which doubles as the main light source) and is a picture of a sunset from the same Bali trip.

I piled up some books to get the relative heights between monitor and statue correct, stretched the monitor cable as far as possible, and set exposure based on a spot read off the monitor, which made the elephant shadow as above.

The photoshop was:

Flipping the sky horizontally to get the bright part on the right, allowing for the short monitor cord.

Unsharp masking and resizing, and a little burning and dodging on the elephant's mouth to make it a bit more realistic.

There was also a morrey (sp?) pattern on the monitor that I blurred out using smart blur and a little rubber stamp.

Other than that, nothing special.

Statistics
Place: 79 out of 169
Avg (all users): 5.5473
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.3654
Avg (non-participants): 5.7423
Views since voting: 1039
Votes: 201
Comments: 6
Favorites: 1 (view)

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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 04/30/2004 12:17:20 AM
nice image. hmm just thinknig about what could be improved. i wonder if the elephant could be just a TOUCH more in focus. it seems soft right now and might be improved by being very sharp. Perhaps the fact that is looks a little fake (the mouth) makes it seems less impressive, but you have a great idea and a good start. The sunset behind the elephant is good, with nice reds and steaks of darker and lighter shades. I like the cropping and framing of the image.

-from the critique club.
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Sony Alpha a55
Sony DT 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 04/26/2004 01:08:03 AM
I guessed correctly that this was a statue in front of your monitor. I still gave it a 10 though and I still would. Adding it to my favorites. Wonderful image.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Olympus C-765UZ
 04/20/2004 07:51:51 AM
Actually he looks like he is laughing - very appealing photo
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 04/19/2004 03:38:38 PM
Good placement, dynamite colors.
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Sony Alpha a6700
Sony E 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS
 04/19/2004 02:21:17 PM
Looks like a mammoth instead of an elephant. But good idea and great colors.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon
 04/19/2004 04:37:52 AM
I take it this is a carved elephant infront of a faked sky - I thought of doing something similar with a carved rhino I just bought back from Kenya! Nice composition. Focus seems soft.
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