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"At the sixth hour darkness came over the land. . ."
"At the sixth hour darkness came over the land. . ."
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Darkness (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
Location: billiards room
Date: Jun 11, 2005
Aperture: 32
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Abstract
Date Uploaded: Jun 11, 2005

 Many hours, many settings, many methods.

Used sb800 on +1/3ev, 105mm, without diffuser - light crosses

used many black items to isolate crosses from surroundings

photographed self for pic

idea: to depict someone watching the crucifiction at the sixth hour.

"At the sixth hour darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour." Mark 15:33

no post editing occured

Statistics
Place: 327 out of 373
Avg (all users): 4.1208
Avg (commenters): 4.4167
Avg (participants): 3.9032
Avg (non-participants): 4.2759
Views since voting: 997
Views during voting: 460
Votes: 298
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/21/2005 02:48:31 PM
"And two tiny crosses in the distance were all to be had..."
 06/19/2005 12:46:58 AM
what is this?!
 06/19/2005 12:44:34 AM
I think the crosses are reflected in .... an eyeball? The quotation is biblical, from Matthew, regarding the crucifixion, which of course is the point of your image, but I still feel I haven't got your whole message (possibly my monitor is just TOO dark!). I'll return, but for now it's a 7 for a poignant, thoughtful entry. Back ... still 7. Good luck!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/18/2005 05:27:55 AM
Why not just a black rectangle? It would be just as meaningless.
 06/18/2005 04:23:32 AM
I don't know if it's my monitor or what, but all I see are three little white crosses. sorry... 3
 06/17/2005 10:53:25 AM
Very dark image, both actually and conceptually. Great concept. Meets the challenge exceptionally well. Ironically the blacks are not solidly black on my screen (which is well adjusted using a Spyder calibrator, btw) which makes it appear slightly washed out. Looks like it retains color noise that you might want to remove. Hard to say how you could display all the very dark detail in the image that prople could still see the eye and surroundings but you could try selective color where you blacken the blacks and whiten the whites just enough to give it a little more contrast but preserve the dark nature of the image. Good job here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/17/2005 03:52:46 AM
maybe my screen is no good, but I can't see much at all...
 06/16/2005 08:46:47 PM
intresting
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/16/2005 07:26:08 PM
I think I need to adjust my monitor, I'm not seeing much here.
 06/16/2005 12:53:44 PM
It's too dark I don't see anything..try to light some parts I think it'll be a great shot! really!
 06/16/2005 06:05:23 AM
can't see anything but the crosses. if they are the subject, a closer shot would've worked better IMO.
 06/16/2005 12:20:14 AM
i would have liked this to be a tad brighter, it's a strain to make it out. very interesting idea.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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