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Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty
Loki


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Challenge: Fairy Tales (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Nikon D100
Location: Bedroom
Date: Aug 28, 2004
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/6th of a second
Galleries: Portraiture, Studio
Date Uploaded: Aug 28, 2004

 The day I read we had a Fairy Tale challenge I ran straight to the Libary and got as many picture fairy Tale books I could find. I decided to use the drawing from a book of Sleeping Beauty retold and illustrated by Mercer Mayer.

I was going to use a studio to shoot this, but decided that using an acual bedroom would give me more natural lighting and better props. (Unless I wanted to disassemble a bed and set it up in a studio many miles away)

After taking the photo, I moved it to Adobe Photoshop where I used curves, cropped it, and softened it. That's about all I did to this one.

Statistics
Place: 30 out of 104
Avg (all users): 5.9151
Avg (commenters): 7.3500
Avg (participants): 5.7846
Avg (non-participants): 5.9728
Views since voting: 1745
Views during voting: 494
Votes: 212
Comments: 26
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 11/26/2007 05:38:38 PM
AHHHH I LOVE THIS. It's so perfect. I love the very very dark darks and the very white whites. I love the purple textured bit at the top... yeah, this is just fantastic.
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 01/16/2006 06:57:28 PM
NOt crazy about the guy's black lips. I like the idea and the softness of it though.
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 01/16/2006 06:39:49 PM
Very beautiful image. Good work.
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 10/09/2004 05:28:18 PM
Love the colors and dreamy effect.
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 09/06/2004 01:49:01 AM
I openly picked this one for the red in the associated recent thread. I thought it was the hippest image and certain to score. Do not despair, you are talented and your port looks good. Will look forward to more of your work.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/05/2004 03:08:49 PM
She looks a lot like Debra Messing. Excellent lighting
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 09/05/2004 08:56:51 AM
This is quite the modern take on Sleeping Beauty! I love the colours of this, and the wonderful contrast between the whites surrounding her and the blacks surrounding him. The cool tones in the background give this a nice atmosphere and compliment the blue hair; I'm glad you chose a relatively light background in favour of a dark one, which would have swallowed him up. Very nice work :)
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 09/04/2004 06:34:31 PM
Brought to date with class and style. There is some loss of texture specially apparant where the pillow blends right unto the forehead. Regardless, the image is one of the most exciting and certain to ribbon. At least I hope so, otherwise I want my money back. .lol Ay least you have my 7
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 09/03/2004 10:50:06 AM
Very non-traditional view of a traditional story. I believe the thinking that this image inspires makes it great!
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 09/03/2004 08:27:24 AM
This is a well staged shot. Very nicely done. Lighting is a little harsh though.
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 09/02/2004 02:38:35 PM
This is really cool & different- love the glow and the twist on the tale- awesome job- 10!
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 09/02/2004 01:01:56 PM
Nice! Reminds me of the 1990 film version of Romeo and Juliet. Lighting seems a little harsh - the whites seem a bit blown out for my tastes. 7
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 09/01/2004 10:30:29 PM
appears to be too much contrast
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 09/01/2004 05:57:52 PM
where is the spindle and apple?
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 09/01/2004 10:39:36 AM
cant explain why I like this but I do - really a great composition
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 08/31/2004 10:32:37 PM
Nicely done. I think, IMHO, the back ground should have been done away with in favor of a solid color. Lighting a bit harsh on the white.
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 08/31/2004 07:05:06 PM
Love the twist
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 08/31/2004 06:43:06 PM
Well done!! Great imagination used and you obviously put a lot of thought and work into this.
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 08/31/2004 11:20:37 AM
very refreshingly modern idea about the 'same old same old' theme - I would have liked a little less brightness allover though in order for the sheets to not be overexposed
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 08/31/2004 08:51:40 AM
Kind of scary, but well done
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 08/30/2004 10:48:39 PM
Love the idea, but the composition seems off somehow. His black shirt seems to leave too much dead space on the left side of the image, and the tips of the windows at the top are distracting. The lighting is great, though.
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 08/30/2004 04:14:39 PM
Very nice - I like how the light is on her, makes it look magical. The lips on the "prince" adds a twist that I like. I think that the light across the top of the background is distracting.
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 08/30/2004 04:37:23 AM
Not sure that the pronces hairstyle helps this picture (sorry) Excellent entry though.
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 08/30/2004 02:38:05 AM
Hmmm. This is quite nicely photographed, but I'm a bit puzzled about why the "prince" has dark blue lips.
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 08/30/2004 01:53:30 AM
too bright .. andthe guy. looks more like a vampire than prince charming
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 08/30/2004 12:25:07 AM
Get rid of the freakish prince with the freshly and rather poorly died blue hair (no offense if it's you, I actually died my hair blue black for this challenge too but then ended up going black and white anyway :) and you have yourself a winning photo here.
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