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The Stare
The Stare
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Challenge: In The Style Of: Heida (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L IS USM
Location: Atlanta
Date: Sep 5, 2009
Aperture: f4
ISO: 250
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Sep 6, 2009

 This was one of the 35,000 people at the annual DragonCon event in Atlanta over Labor Day. Great pose...the original image showed his contacts with a red circled iris.

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Place: 24 out of 129
Avg (all users): 6.2718
Avg (commenters): 7.0909
Avg (participants): 5.9623
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Views since voting: 1286
Views during voting: 396
Votes: 206
Comments: 12
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 09/15/2009 10:29:39 PM
holy mama, thats a creepy stare! maybe a bit too much shadow/higlights fiffing going on here
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Olympus 45mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital
 09/15/2009 10:06:52 PM
The eyes are freaky, giving this almost an evil/possessed kind of feeling. That kind of darkness is not something I got out of the heida pics that I looked at.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot A590 IS
 09/15/2009 12:34:31 PM
Scary!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D3X
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 09/14/2009 03:38:05 PM
Very good, Scary...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro
 09/11/2009 04:08:09 PM
This shot actually kind of frightens me. Nicely done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-600D/T3i Rebel
Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro for Canon
 09/11/2009 02:18:40 PM
I think that a darker background would have make this image very close to Heida style .Very impressive anyway!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7000
09/10/2009 05:16:32 PM
love this... looks like 300 movie
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 09/10/2009 11:06:40 AM
yikes, I don't like this..... its very very good... righ I'm looking away now
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Nikon
 09/10/2009 02:28:36 AM
looks a little like Wesley Snipes in Blade
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 09/09/2009 08:34:45 PM
And a stare it is indeed!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 09/09/2009 04:02:10 PM
This is very haunting and eerie, but I love it! It does look like her style too. Nice job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D3s
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
 09/09/2009 03:11:57 PM
That's not a real person, is it? Or is it? Good portaiture nevertheless.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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