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Little Monster
Little Monster
Arry3030


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Self Portrait Without People (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D40
Location: my basement, Newfoundland Canada
Date: Mar 3, 2009
Aperture: f4.5
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 0.5sec
Galleries: Abstract, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Mar 2, 2009

 This is my first submission to any contests. Originally I was thinking about photographing the contents of my bookbag to give a sense of who I was, but then the idea of laying my clothes on the floor would give a representation of myself that I expose to the world everyday. My girlfriend later informed that I was ripping off the movie "Little Monsters" that I saw as a child. When the lights come on, all that was left of the monster were his clothes. Oh well. You gotta start somewhere right?

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Ricoh GR III
Pentax DA 18-135mm F3.5-5.6ED AL [IF] WR DC
 03/11/2009 01:56:02 AM
This is oddly moving: the wide dark pants ending in the dark shoes like a very simple drawing, but monolithic nonetheless, leading backwards to the small dark headspace, and something a little sad about the tiny mostly rectilinear modern life artifacts, seguing with the crosshatched pattern of the top. Do I make too much of this? But this is what I see. And the lighting suggests you have been flattened on some anonymous pavement.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 03/09/2009 04:41:10 PM
Just about as literal an interpretation of the topic as is possible!
 03/09/2009 08:22:30 AM
I like the idea!
 03/07/2009 06:10:44 PM
This photo really isn't saying much. I see it as just a bunch of stuff on the ground and it really doest stand out much.
Nikon D80
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
 03/06/2009 02:45:10 AM
Focus is soft. Too soft for me to get those CC numbers.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 03/04/2009 11:50:01 PM
interesting light, but would work better if everything was sharp and in focus, and not only the shoes., cool concept.
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Apple iPhone 6
Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
 03/04/2009 10:58:13 AM
I like the setup for this one the best of the empty-clothes shots that I've seen so far in this challenge, the way the shoes are adds a sense of substance to it for me, but the lighting is really not as good as it could be - thre's a spotlight effect going on leaving the edges dark and the shadows behind the hood and shoulders are distracting.
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