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2nd PlaceLow Key Stockman
willem


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Challenge: Deja Vu VI (Standard Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Sony Alpha a6700
Lens: Sony E 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS
Date: Feb 27, 2025
Aperture: 16.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100
Date Uploaded: Feb 27, 2025

 SNY00079

This is a remake of Mark Wiley's Low Key Cowboy
I love the play with light and shadow.

The most difficult part was to find the right size, distance and angle of the light source. I used a 15 cm spot at approx 20 degrees to my right, with the camera 60 degrees to my left. The hat is an Australian Akubra hat which is a bit more flat then Mark's hat, so shows less shadow.

I had a printed version of the original on the ground in front of me and the phone as a remote control (with live view of the camera image) in my hand, so I could see the light and shadows. It required very careful movements to get it close to the original.

Post processing:
* lower overall exposure
* background and shirt increase shadow to almost black
* crop
* vignette
* sharpen
* resize for dpc

Statistics
Place: 2 out of 14
Avg (all users): 7.4167
Avg (participants): 6.7500
Avg (non-participants): 7.7500
Views since voting: 103
Views during voting: 56
Votes: 24
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 03/11/2025 07:14:54 AM
Very well done! Congratulations
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 03/09/2025 08:45:48 AM
Well done Willem, so close to a new PB.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/07/2025 11:29:05 PM
WOW .. !! ..

you went above and beyond to get this photo .. and what a result ..
an absolutely wonderful recreation of Mark's Low Key Cowboy ..

congratulations on the ribbon .. so well deserved .. :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/07/2025 01:01:10 PM
This is so very well done Willem!
It was sooo close and you deserved the blue just as much!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/05/2025 11:21:30 PM
Excellent rendition of Mark's original portrait
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/05/2025 02:14:17 AM
Wow this is extraordinary - should do well, but there are quite a few top images in this challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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