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Challenge: Illusions II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G6
Location: My new studio !
Date: Aug 3, 2005
Aperture: F/2,2
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/15
Galleries: Portraiture, Studio
Date Uploaded: Aug 4, 2005

 This is a self portrait.

I shot something very similar a couple of months ago.

You can see it in my PBase account here.

I thought it would be a good entry for this challenge, so I decided to shoot it again.

I did not intend to do a sepia version, but since the white balance was not properly set, the colors came out very bad. I tried to reshoot it, but couldn't get one as good as this one.

It was not easy to hold the bulb perfectly (I know it's a little bit tilted ...). I also had a hard time to place my fingers in a symmetrical way ... The remote on the G6 was very helpful for this shot !

Setting : I had a flood on my right side, and a small flashlignt was squeezed between my chest and the bulb.


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Thanks to everyone for all those nice comments. I appreciate a lot !



Statistics
Place: 11 out of 127
Avg (all users): 6.6141
Avg (commenters): 7.8966
Avg (participants): 6.4945
Avg (non-participants): 6.6667
Views since voting: 7346
Views during voting: 661
Votes: 298
Comments: 32
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 08/17/2005 11:02:58 AM
This is beautiful in nearly every way. I don't know why the appearance of being nude adds so much to this picture, but it really is truly complementary.

I personally would have liked overall lighting to be much subtler and softer (as in slightly more spread through the foreground for instance to see more clearly on the thumbs.

After reading how you did this, I think a little more attention on the thumbs would have helped. I was originally thinking that it was lit by small low voltage wires held on by tape and thumbed over. Knowing there were no wires makes the shot that much better. Maybe spillage from another flashlight with a rather tight beam on the front of the bulb?

If it was me, I would have used blue tones and placed more emphasis on the bulb. Mine would have sucked compared to this because yours places the emphasis on skin tones.

Superb.
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 08/15/2005 12:14:17 AM
An outstanding study. Congratulations on your top 20 finish.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/14/2005 09:33:11 PM
Wow. This shot has one thing going for it that I always look for in a portrait/set up/studio type shot. You got awesome lighting going on. You got a great soft focus effect too! I hope you're not getting bad comments about it being out of focus. Soft focus for some reason doesn't seem to do good here. I keep hoping that shots like this will change that. The only minor complaints that I have are that the base of the light bulb is hard to see which doesn't help the illusion. Nor in this instance does the lighting help the illusion. It would have been the first ten in my voting history if the overall lighting would have appeared to have come from the bulb itself and not from outside frame left...
Kudos
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 08/14/2005 06:00:25 PM
The lighting is fantastic here. Up'd my vote, this definitely deserves a 10.
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 08/14/2005 04:28:20 AM
Very well done illusion. interesting variation on the theme.
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 08/13/2005 03:57:09 PM
hmmm, not sure how I feel about the soft focus here...maybe it adds to the mood, maybe not. Either way, I have to know how you did this!
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 08/11/2005 07:06:14 PM
Very well put together to create a subtle but pleasant illusion.
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 08/11/2005 01:21:12 PM
I love the dramatic lighting and subtle colouring.
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 08/11/2005 05:26:44 AM
Good illusion great lighting and overall very nice image, bumping up.
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 08/10/2005 11:06:47 PM
Nicely done. More light would have destroyed it.
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 08/10/2005 02:04:23 PM
This is a difficult shot to take, a very bright object with a dim background. You have done this well and created an interesting illusion to boot.
Well done
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 08/09/2005 09:48:29 PM
I like the soft focus and the warmth of this shot. Well done!
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 08/09/2005 08:01:03 PM
nice lowkey image..soft and interesting
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 08/09/2005 02:07:09 PM
I really like this image... the composition and lighting are splendid
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 08/09/2005 01:13:15 PM
Nice job and great soft lighting. Very zen like. 8
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 08/09/2005 05:33:53 AM
Very nice picture. Well done.
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 08/08/2005 11:19:34 PM
The lighting on this is really effective. Nicely done.
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 08/08/2005 09:31:16 PM
i love these shots... for obvious reasons........ the bulb effect... light bulb.
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 08/08/2005 09:24:26 PM
The soft touch is good. There's a certain calming qulity to this photo that I like very much. Very Zen-like :)
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 08/08/2005 08:17:26 PM
brilliantly done, very very cool shot!
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 08/08/2005 07:22:07 PM
one of my favourites in the challenge so far. very good use of light and shadow, and very good illusion.
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 08/08/2005 03:26:22 PM
oooo, Cool, nice effect, I like the B/W.
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 08/08/2005 01:11:01 PM
i like this this is amazing, good luck
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 08/08/2005 01:06:44 PM
First Impression: Ver nice tones. Nice and soft glow.
Was I fooleded? almost. The light source should be the bulb, not frm the right.
Very nicely done.
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 08/08/2005 12:22:53 PM
Great lighting. Good idea
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 08/08/2005 10:24:28 AM
Very pretty picture. I like the lighting and the soft focus goes well here. I like the illusion illustrated here. The only thing that bothers me is that the lightbulb appears a little crooked. Perhaps a rotation a couple of degrees to the right would fix that. 9
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 08/08/2005 09:53:56 AM
Love the soft focus. Very well composed & executed.
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 08/08/2005 09:45:48 AM
Nice sepia tone.
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 08/08/2005 02:58:42 AM
this is a beautiful serene image i love the softness, not something you would expect to come across in such a challenge but definately effective.
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 08/08/2005 02:24:10 AM
Nice image and wonderful illusion - well done!
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 08/08/2005 01:49:40 AM
Beautiful balance of light and shadows, like this lots..
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 08/08/2005 12:33:53 AM
WOW! Great shot, great model and how'd ya pull that one off? The only thing taking away from this IMHO is that the light isn't centered / more vertically positioned. 9
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