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The Decorker
The Decorker
TommyMoe21


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Challenge: Adulthood Without Adults (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Location: Lombard, IL. USA
Date: Nov 27, 2005
Aperture: f/10.0
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/20
Galleries: Urban, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Nov 27, 2005

Shot, cropped, desaturated, healing brush, curves, levels, resized, uSM, SFW.

Statistics
Place: 31 out of 105
Avg (all users): 5.5090
Avg (commenters): 6.5455
Avg (participants): 5.0909
Avg (non-participants): 5.6859
Views since voting: 1227
Views during voting: 392
Votes: 222
Comments: 12
Favorites: 1 (view)


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12/09/2005 09:24:33 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club

The hardest thing to do in this shot must have been controlling your reflections and you have done a wonderful job. The lighting is spectacular in this shot and I love the contrasts. Smooth metal, rough surface behind it - excellent.

One thing that probably didn't work in the shot is the lack of context. Your title doesn't tell me anything to assist either - it looks like a doorknocker and you have Decorker? I don't understand. That being said - there isn't enough door to see that it's a knocker and there isn't enough cork to "get" the picture.

It's a beautiful picture - I'm just not sure what I'm supposed to get from it - the message - besides the beauty of the knocker.

Happy shooting!
Matt
 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/03/2005 09:22:54 PM
while on the whole the subject is not awe inspiring, the wonderful lighting on the textured backgournd and the lustre on the metal makes this a very intriguing photograph. 7
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12/02/2005 12:09:21 PM
CanĀ“t put my finger on it but I like the shot, very odd somehow in that I am not sure how this gimmick works and wether it is shot at a 90 degree angle or what is really up and down in the image but still without a sense of uncomfortable vertigo. Good job, 7 from me.
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11/30/2005 04:07:15 PM
I love the steel look... very cold but modern.
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11/29/2005 12:26:22 PM
For some reason this reminds me of the movie Dead Ringers. Great study in b/w.
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11/29/2005 12:13:14 PM
I was browsing through the thumbnails just to see what was in the challenge and ran across this image. And I had to vote and comment. So now I have to vote on the entire challenge. Thanks! ;) I am really intrigued by this. The tones are phenomenal. By the backdrop/background, it looks like you rotated the image. Even looking at it that way, I still have no clue what it is. But that doesn't matter. The fluidity of the shape is what drew me in. And you've shown it so well with your lighting. Excellent work! 10.
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11/29/2005 08:31:52 AM
Well photographed and lit, but needs a wow factor to lift it above it's peers
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11/28/2005 05:58:10 PM
interesting angle for display...lends a bit of a sinister feel to that handle!
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11/28/2005 05:28:49 PM
I'm sure this was unintentional (or not!), but the way you presented this horizontally adds a phallic nature which I think blends into the theme. Compositionally and technically, a great B&W photo, with what appears to have just enough tone.
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11/28/2005 02:21:14 PM
intersting concept
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11/28/2005 02:46:43 AM
a bit obtruse for most I think 6
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11/28/2005 12:38:08 AM
I don't understand why you rotated this 90 degrees counterclockwise... I think it's distracting
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