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Mr. Hitchcock
Mr. Hitchcock
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Challenge: Silhouettes II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Wheaton, Maryland, USA
Date: May 15, 2005
Aperture: f1.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/6
Galleries: Emotive, Action
Date Uploaded: May 15, 2005

 Not much to tell -- last minute entry (almost literally). I made paper cutouts and lit them with an LED camping light. I fully expect to get hammered on this one, but it was fun. Cloned out a couple errant shadows, but left the color as-shot.

Statistics
Place: 234 out of 248
Avg (all users): 4.0553
Avg (commenters): 3.4667
Avg (participants): 3.9231
Avg (non-participants): 4.1864
Views since voting: 878
Views during voting: 349
Votes: 235
Comments: 16
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AuthorThread
 05/23/2005 01:58:41 PM
Ladies & Gents, thanks for not being too brutal -- this entry should teach me not to rush poor entries in just under the deadline. I clearly didn't give enough thought to the distinction between shadows and silhouettes. As an additional disapointment, I was just out of reach -- a mere 11 places -- from the Brown Ribbon! ;)
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/22/2005 07:01:51 PM
Concept: Good Idea, not well executed. Comes off cheap (toys and shadow boxing)
Composition: Lighting seems good, but the use of shadowcasting as a sil will hurt this image. Shadows themselves are uneven and come off blurry.
Challenge: Hurt by shadowcast as opposed to backlighting.
 05/19/2005 07:28:34 PM
This is a shadow? Not a silhouette?
 05/19/2005 12:23:26 PM
Good composition but maybe not very original.
 05/19/2005 08:55:49 AM
These are shadows, not silhouettes.
 05/19/2005 08:24:56 AM
sharper edges would have been better. Classic idea though. Keep it up.
 05/19/2005 12:30:52 AM
The hand on the right looks out of proportion to the person (whose arms also look out of proportion). While it does technically meet the definiiton of silhouette, I think, it is still a bit "flat" as far as pictures go.
 05/17/2005 03:40:42 PM
I don't care for the blue light in the bottom of the photo, causes the arm to be too soft of focus. Looks overprocessed and pixulated.
 05/17/2005 01:09:46 PM
Good idea but not sharp enough. It also looks more like shadows to me rather than silhouettes.
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 05/17/2005 12:35:34 AM
Like the composition! But IMHO shadows do not count as silhouettes. Good show of creativity though!!
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 05/16/2005 11:10:16 PM
i'd swear that is a Jesus doll on the left with the hands in an outstretched "bless the people"
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 05/16/2005 04:06:53 PM
I would have to say this is a shodow, NOT a silhouette...
 05/16/2005 03:40:58 PM
I think you are confusing silhouettes with shadows.
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 05/16/2005 02:18:54 PM
Very creative. Love this composition. 10
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 05/16/2005 09:06:13 AM
shadow to me
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 05/16/2005 01:52:25 AM
In my opinion, shadows are not silhouetts, they are shadows. You can get the same shot in a silhouette, just use a light and a sheet. Try it again.
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