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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Black & White IV (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Location: Mountain View, California
Date: Apr 3, 2011
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/50
Date Uploaded: Apr 3, 2011

 I probably should have submitted something else for this, but there's something about the image that tugs at my attention. This is a manequin in a downtown store window, which is regularly dressed and posed differently.

Some of the aspects of this image that stand out for me:
* This is a "familiar" subject, as I walk downtown whenever I can find the time
* The ever-changing looks catch the eye, so it's also "new"
* The visual mix of inside and outside elements due to reflections in the glass

I'll typically capture an image of "her", if I have the camera with me, as the lighting and arrangements are always different, and I try to compose the image differently each time. I guess this qualifies as a "study" (5 or 6 shots in 10 months isn't quite an obsession, right?). ;)

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post-challenge:

Thanks to everyone for all the great feedback! This did much much better than I ever expected and bumped my #5 image (my first DPC entry) off my profile page.

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post-post-challenge:

I submitted a similar image in the Reflections Without Mirrors challenge, but it didn't do nearly as well:



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Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX100
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 04/12/2011 06:01:18 AM
The inanimate watching the animate, still eyes documenting the scurry. The changing of outfits upon the mannequin add even more. I like that the mannequin is sufficiently blurred to keep the viewer from readily ascertaining its artifice. A stand-in compelling us to remember times where we gazed at a steadily changing world, at forlorn days receding into the past, of drops falling upon the pane that we would never see again. Very nice. I also like how there is such a variety of lines, characters, everything within the reflection. Drives home the change and complexity all the more.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 04/10/2011 11:04:14 PM
lovely layering of images
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Sony DSLR-A100
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 04/10/2011 03:10:40 AM
amazing 10
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Fujifilm X30
Custom Made Pinhole
 04/07/2011 08:09:05 PM
eerie
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/05/2011 10:43:12 PM
Wonderful compilation!! Very well seen.
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Nikon D3
 04/05/2011 09:03:36 AM
Too busy
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 04/05/2011 08:57:48 AM
Interesting and thoughtful.
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