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Mom Calling
Mom Calling
macwilyum


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Challenge: Guns (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-60D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Date: May 13, 2014
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 3200
Shutter: 1/100
Date Uploaded: May 11, 2014

I enjoyed shooting this and reading the comments during the challenge.

I wanted to get the X-ray effect and the closest I have to doing that is to use invert image. It gets tricky editing because dodge/burn are interchanged by using the effect. HSL, exposure and brightness are also affected and so I had to take into account what the image will look like when inverted before reshooting. I had to reshoot 2 times.
I had to cut a book and put money on top of it to create the wad of cash. It looked very realistic and I felt rich by looking at it. I put the fancy box cutter instead of a knife because I did not like how the kitchen knife looks. I think it is out of place. The gun and bullets are just cutouts because I was not able to get a real/toy gun. I made them from white cardboard so they look really dense after inversion. I liked how the transparent folder looks but I think could have used it better for the see through look. There are so many nitpicks I can think of but I did not have time to edit or reshoot. The best part and most humorous imo is mom calling and the chapstick. Nevertheless, I had so much fun doing this set-up and on my attempt to execute this look.

Statistics
Place: 12 out of 73
Avg (all users): 5.8800
Avg (commenters): 7.4545
Avg (participants): 5.7000
Avg (non-participants): 6.0000
Views since voting: 479
Views during voting: 237
Votes: 100
Comments: 13
Favorites: 1 (view)


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05/21/2014 11:15:15 AM
I know! He was ROBBED!

Originally posted by ecmguy:

I was shocked to not see this on the front page--brilliant creativity, wonderfully executed, way under-rated...
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05/21/2014 08:46:41 AM
I was shocked to not see this on the front page--brilliant creativity, wonderfully executed, way under-rated...
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/20/2014 09:41:00 PM
Great creativity for this challenge. One of my top picks.
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05/16/2014 09:55:46 PM
Chapstick...Mom....LOL. 9
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05/15/2014 10:26:09 AM
Extremely creative and original idea how to look at things!
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05/15/2014 07:24:14 AM
I really like this concept of what you did and composition of things.
I did not rate this high or low...

I am not sure though about the background and lighting. I do like what you had the items in. For my it blinds my eyes and it really forces me to see through the items Too bright. I think I would have liked to see a softer darker touch, warming things up a bit bringing out the details of the items and especially the gun. Right now to me it looks just like a shadow.
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05/15/2014 12:53:26 AM
cool idea well done
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05/14/2014 03:20:53 PM
Ha, that is wonderfully executed.
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05/14/2014 02:36:54 PM
Great idea and super creative. Best is show for me.
Well done.
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05/14/2014 11:30:05 AM
Love the idea
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05/14/2014 10:38:39 AM
Haha! That is a very bad day for someone, but cool image!
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05/14/2014 03:59:20 AM
Smart. I love the title.
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05/14/2014 02:13:34 AM
for humour 7 !
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