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Coley


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Challenge: Fallen (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: Bradford Ontario
Date: Aug 2, 2008
Aperture: f 5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Humorous, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Aug 2, 2008

As promised the story continues... The fallen Angel has found a new friend in the Umbrella man. She hopes that his wisdom and magic will help her in her quest to return from whence she came ...

Not much done to the shot ... cropp, convert to BW, a little bit of dodge burn in the clouds, sharpened resized and submit

Thanks to [user]Carleeh22[/user] for helping and as always being my Angel

Hope this does well ... even though I am sure there will be DP back lash :)

Thanks for looking

Coley

Statistics
Place: 9 out of 144
Avg (all users): 6.3769
Avg (commenters): 8.3333
Avg (participants): 6.5200
Avg (non-participants): 6.2875
Views since voting: 4004
Views during voting: 374
Votes: 130
Comments: 21
Favorites: 6 (view)


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08/13/2008 06:00:28 PM
Wonderful to see the continuation of your story. Waiting to see more :)

The mood was more grimm in the first, more mysterious might be a better word. Here it's more upbeat, they befriended eachother already. For the final I imagine seeing rays coming in between the clouds as the angel makes its way up.

Message edited by author 2008-08-13 18:01:57.
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08/13/2008 12:19:41 PM
The two in this series are just brilliant. Awesome. Guggenheim-worthy, in my unqualified opinion.

My only reservation is that for some reason, I feel strongly that in "The Re-Training," the fallen flying girl should also be borrowing the umbrella and holding it opened in her free hand, trying to add a "Mary Poppins" to her host of other unsuccessful attempts to re-attain the skies.

Anyway, brilliant work.
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08/12/2008 05:03:18 PM
Congratulations on your top 10 finish. Great shot!
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08/11/2008 03:25:26 PM
I like the claro-oscure here. Congrats on the top 10!!
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08/11/2008 11:18:01 AM
excellent contrast! love it!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/10/2008 04:13:39 AM
Signature. It doesn't leave as many questions to be answered and I find the position of the models inside your frame to be a more static than your previous entries. I don't think I'm making sense.... Maybe the light is different. NOt sure. I'm going to need to revisit your others to see if it will help me articulate.

ETA: see what Karmat said below. :) I think that is what I meant.

Message edited by author 2008-08-11 00:16:00.
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08/08/2008 10:55:42 PM
Coley, this is a fantastic follow up to your last angel shot . I hope this one does just as well as the last one. It's nice to see the story contunue and you have left it open to ones own imagination.

I find the shadows interesting, your umbrella does not have one, you have only a small oneand it's in front of you, about the size of your right leg, your angel's shadow is an the ground in front of her, the shadow from your right arm cover some of her legs, the bench's shadow is behind the angel and the balloons have no shadow to speak of. Interesting lighting set up you had out there on the open plain, very interesting indeed.

I think B&W was a great choice for this shot and the DoF is spot on. I love the contrast and the view in your shot. Great work as per usual coley.

I should hope to see this one in the top 3. 10 from me.

MAX!
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08/08/2008 04:18:37 PM
a neat idea, and setup, but it seems to lack some of the "mystique" of the earlier shots. Not sure why.
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08/08/2008 08:04:34 AM
Your style is so interesting ... and unique. I'm sure you'll do well with this.
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08/06/2008 10:05:52 PM
Excellent as always! One of my favorite series out there!
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08/06/2008 08:12:37 AM
another brilliant one in that surrealistic series (not that I would understand what it's about)
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08/05/2008 05:32:00 PM
Fun! Nicely done!
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08/05/2008 04:07:16 PM
Love it!
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08/05/2008 08:19:19 AM
Ha! I hope it works! :)
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08/04/2008 03:27:47 PM
Gee, I wonder who this could be? ;O)

Awesome shot... and another great addition to the series! Hope it does well!
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08/04/2008 02:51:04 PM
mmmm the angel don't fly, the angel don't fall.... is this the backstage or the photo? an interesting interpretation of the fallen angel before the fall :) A good photo that really I like, good use of the black and white, it add something to the image. good the composition and the the pose of the models. I want be an incurable perfectionist(on the photos of the others :) ), the more grey on the right-top side of the angel would have cloned out(I don't know if this is right but as personal opinion that point,is only a point, I would have cloned out). very good the sharpness and the details are very visible. an excellent work. 10
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08/04/2008 08:56:00 AM
ha-ha-ha! one pont extra for this creative idea!
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08/04/2008 02:22:21 AM
Coley... or a copy kat! Nah it's you! Nice shot as always
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08/04/2008 01:07:25 AM
I think you're becoming one of my favourites!
Very cool shot. 10
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08/04/2008 12:28:06 AM
thought you'd be in here Coley, well done...
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08/04/2008 12:15:12 AM
just spot on perfect!!
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