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Hot Tub Loch Ness Monster
Hot Tub Loch Ness Monster
giantmike


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Famous Photograph (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Madison, WI
Date: Jun 8, 2010
Aperture: 3.2
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Humorous, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jun 8, 2010

I'm going to guess this won't do too well. This was a really hard challenge for me to come up with any ideas that I could even partially pull off.

The photo is simply a rubber ducky floating around the hot tub (low jets).

The processing is what really makes it Loch Ness like. In RAW, I cropped a little, changed brightness, highly decreased the shadows, increased contrast a bit, and increased color saturation.

After RAW, I changed the lightness of red and yellow to make them dark. Then I desaturated the photo, followed by a bit of Box blur, and added some noise (via a pointalize layer set to darken at mid opacity).

Not a great reproduction, but the description does say to re-create it in my own way. I just hope it's not a personal worst! Here is the photo I was basing this off: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lochnessmonster.jpg

Statistics
Place: 90 out of 92
Avg (all users): 4.1824
Avg (commenters): 6.1429
Avg (participants): 3.9130
Avg (non-participants): 4.3039
Views since voting: 947
Views during voting: 356
Votes: 148
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0


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06/21/2010 12:19:08 AM
Though it tanked on the overall broad appeal score, the comments and votes show that your entry had it's share of fans. I'd count it as a successful entry.

Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:

A Loch Ness duck! What a great idea, wish I'd thought of it!

Ok, I fibbed a little. I did think of it.




Message edited by author 2010-06-21 00:19:53.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/20/2010 11:12:15 PM
7 for making me laugh.
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06/20/2010 08:15:00 PM
A Loch Ness duck! What a great idea, wish I'd thought of it!
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06/19/2010 07:27:00 PM
Points for humor.
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06/17/2010 11:51:27 PM
5 - grainy effect is appropriate but unfortunately I'm not a fan of the rubber duck run on DPC.
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06/14/2010 08:05:17 PM
Sigh, this is funny, but.. 5...
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06/14/2010 01:55:39 PM
5
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06/14/2010 12:35:36 PM
lol funny
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06/14/2010 11:20:25 AM
lolol....interesting, 6.
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06/14/2010 12:47:11 AM
ROFLMA!!! CLASSIC!!! Too funny, and an awesome reproduction. A sentimental favorite.
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