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Challenge: Free Study 2009-02 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Challenges 2009
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Lensbaby Composer
Location: Eisenach
Date: Feb 21, 2009
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/80
Galleries: Lensbaby
Date Uploaded: Feb 28, 2009

 Heh - sorry, Christoph, but I had to.... :-)

I have a couple of nifty HDR'd shots from an old train station and more nifty HDR'd and Topaz'd shots from 8 stories up in Frankfurt - with good light, even! I have some nifty night shots from 70+ stories up in Frankfurt, too. But I'm going with this one simply because it's my favorite shot of the month. It makes me smile. It reminds me of a great time. It was fun to take.

We were at a little restaurant feeding Cory (Chris and I had just eaten there, went back to feed Cory and have a beverage) and of course we were all playing with cameras. Chris had stuck my gorillapod on his head, so I had to shoot. Light was HORRIBLE, so I used the pop-up camera flash with a napkin over it to diffuse it a touch.

Processing involved cloning a flash reflection off his glasses, a Nik Silver Efex layer reduced in opacity to about 90% (not sure what setting - unfortunately Bridge doesn't save that info for me, but I think it may be the Holga setting), a wee bit of red/yellow added in a color balance layer, sharpen, resize, save for web.

No, I don't expect this will do well but I do hope it makes a few of you (other than Christoph and Cory) smile. I'm very pleased with it as my choice for this month.

[Mar. 3rd, 2009 02:41:10 PM]

OK, so no one finds this amusing except me, Christoph and Cory. Ah well. Maybe you had to be there.... :-)

By the way, even with it's lovely 4.4ish score, I'm STILL pleased to have this as my entry for this month.

9 Oct 2009: Edit to add this is STILL one of my favorite shots this year. :-)

7 Jun 2012: I still love this picture.

Statistics
Place: 407 out of 436
Avg (all users): 4.6531
Avg (commenters): 6.8000
Avg (participants): 4.6381
Avg (non-participants): 4.6905
Views since voting: 1269
Views during voting: 233
Votes: 147
Comments: 18
Favorites: 1 (view)

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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 12/08/2011 11:02:59 PM
LOL! The devolution has begun :-)
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Ricoh GR III
Pentax DA 18-135mm F3.5-5.6ED AL [IF] WR DC
 10/09/2009 02:37:24 PM
Honestly. How do you expect to raise your average if you cannot resist le moment amusant?
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Canon EOS-D60
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 09/19/2009 01:52:23 PM
ROFL! First I've seen this. Excellent sci-fi feel! Sorry your score was soooo low. I would have given this a high vote.
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Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 03/31/2009 09:58:52 PM
I really like this Deb. Very well composed and the grain is great.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 03/10/2009 12:55:52 PM
Thanks to you and other fabulous photogs here, I'm beginning to appreciate my own submissions that only I "get". I happen to really love the mood here too. Very Star Trek in a Talking Heads mood.
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OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
03/09/2009 09:09:55 PM
You did a really nice job with creating an aura of mystery (and fun!)
and it sounds as if you had a great time doing it - it certainly made me smile! so thanks for that...
Penny Street
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 03/09/2009 06:03:15 PM
ROFL - I love the fact you had the courage to put this into a Free Study - a double helping of Kudos to you and a Gingerbread latte to follow . .

It looks worryingly like you have kidnapped him and are doing some crazed experiment involving thunderstorms and lengths of copper wire . . .

:- )
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/08/2009 07:56:57 PM
yeah that was a good time, I sure am glad i wasnt the one being humiliated in the free study ;)
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Sigma DP1x
03/08/2009 05:32:22 PM
I think it's the flash that killed you. Those harsh shadows scream amateur. But if you look past that, it's a great candid moment! Nicely processed with an air of mystery. And a good memory for you and Chris, it sounds like. My two cents anyway...
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Canon EOS R7
Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD MACRO w/Canon Nikon mount
 03/08/2009 11:14:22 AM
He kinda looks like a young John Lennon
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Nikon Coolpix A
Panasonic Lumix G 14mm F2.5 ASPH
03/08/2009 10:52:31 AM
:)
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Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 03/08/2009 01:00:17 AM
What are you doing way down here, woman!? Definitely an odd one. I can see why it came in where it did, but you appealed to Ubique, which is not easy to do.

I will not even guess what I might have voted it, because it did not come up for me. I am pleased to see you entering what you like, however. It's a way more interesting photo than my train!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Olympus PEN-F
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
03/05/2009 06:24:21 AM
I nearly always like portraits with eyes closed ... the good ones seem to liberate the subject, and give the viewer so much more scope for imagination. This is a good one.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED
 03/04/2009 11:46:37 AM
great shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony Alpha a7R III
Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM
 03/02/2009 04:13:48 PM
This doesn't have anything to do with a German GTG does it? Looks remarkably like Mephisto - with a gorilla pod on his head..... Probably one of the most bizarre portraits I have seen on DPC of late - nice one!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
03/01/2009 09:26:23 PM
Nice Shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon Coolpix A
Panasonic Lumix G 14mm F2.5 ASPH
03/01/2009 12:21:40 PM
wanna-be-yogi...
bwahaha
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/01/2009 12:18:59 AM
AHHHHHHHHHH DEB! hahahaha this was like the 3rd one to pop up, so funny. good times
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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