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Challenge: Breaking New Ground (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S50
Location: House o' mine
Date: Jan 18, 2005
Aperture: 8
ISO: 50
Shutter: 4 seconds
Galleries: Black and White, Digital Art
Date Uploaded: Jan 18, 2005

 Ok...one of the things I like to do with my camera is a long exposure combined with a flash. It gives this frozen image, a blurred spacy image and a lot of fluidity to boot. Also, it helps to remove some of the harshness that a photo with just a flash can have (especially if you don't have an external flash like my point & shoot). My favorite setting for this type of photo is at night on a busy street with another person as the subject. I'd catch their face with the flash and then walk along with them as the shutter stays open for a second or so...it can give some interesting results (but judging by some of the shots on this site, maybe not the type of 'interesting' that people here go for).

To get this image, I used a 4 second exposure with a low-level flash (to tone down on the flash's effect). The flash went off while on the right side of my face, then I covered the lense with my hand, moved the camera to my left side, took my hand off the lense and let the exposure finish. I had my camera set to black & white mode, so that part was taken care of. Then I amped up the contrast to +44, turned the brightness down to -9 and adjusted the curves (which is what gives the mix of negative shadows and positive midtones/highlights). The image isn't cropped but was resized.

Thanks for the interest...see you in the funny pages.

Statistics
Place: 67 out of 191
Avg (all users): 5.4744
Avg (commenters): 7.3571
Avg (participants): 5.3883
Avg (non-participants): 5.5100
Views since voting: 985
Views during voting: 531
Votes: 352
Comments: 17
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 12/08/2006 01:54:59 PM
I like it!!!!
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 01/26/2005 08:21:16 PM
this is way more interesting than the winners, in my opinion. nice work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/26/2005 09:19:31 AM
This reminded me of the style of another artist, but not from photography...Picasso perhaps? Anyway, I found this an amazing shot, very innovative (as far as I know) and my favorite of the challenge. It pains me this wasn't more well received.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/25/2005 11:41:55 PM
creepy; definitely looks like you're trying something new and ground breaking.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/25/2005 07:13:47 PM
very cool, almost looks like a pen and ink drawing. great concept.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/25/2005 06:38:33 AM
A nice multiple shot, but could have benefited from being a little more defined on the main face. 8
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 01/23/2005 11:24:36 PM
I like the way you've managed to flow one face into the other
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/22/2005 07:09:11 PM
really cool, would like to know how you did that
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/21/2005 09:17:08 AM
Not all double exposure deliver. This one does. It also imparts character. Bumping up.
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 01/20/2005 08:27:32 PM
incredibly strange
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 01/20/2005 05:48:34 PM
stranger things have happened. not many, though... pretty wild image you've produced.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/19/2005 04:58:39 PM
awww.... how VERY cute :)
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 01/19/2005 01:19:09 PM
Nicely done? Curious to know how you did it.
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 01/19/2005 12:26:02 PM
The technique is very cool. I like the B&W and the grain, not entirely torn up about the main face, though. It's expression and overall appearance isn't very interesting. The rest of the shot is superb. 8
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 01/19/2005 10:22:11 AM
You might have to tell me how this was done, until then you get the merit you deserve - 8 fabulous image
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/19/2005 09:46:56 AM
spooky and surreal - and I think it meets the challenge very well -8
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 01/19/2005 06:42:57 AM
Cool effect! You really did a great job with this challenge.
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