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Henkel, The Duct Tape Dragon
Henkel, The Duct Tape Dragon
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Fantasy World (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: Avon, OH
Date: Jun 19, 2005
Aperture: f 6.7
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/90
Galleries: Humorous, Advertisement
Date Uploaded: Jun 19, 2005

 The main feature of the Avon Heritage, Duck (brand) Duct Tape Festival was this 15 ft dragon with a 10 ft wingspan created by art students from the Cleveland Institute of Art. Every inch of the dragon is duct tape (dosen't just come in silver. . . 19 colors as a matter of fact)! An imaginary dragon (certainly one born of duct tape) is something you might see in a world beyond our own. . .
The difficult part of the effort was trying to position myself and time an exposure with the least number of people showing up in the background. With this particular shot -nobody! However, my concern is that without a reference of some people, the size of the dragon is not self evident.

In Photoshop:
Gaussian blurred the background for a more uniform presentation;
deliberately left the glow around the face;
slightly adjusted the levels;
cloned out a distracting small support post;
smudged light hot spots;
sized for the web;
unsharpened mask by 114%, radius of 2.8, threshold of 8;
saved for the web.

BTW: Henkel is the name of the Adhesives Company

Statistics
Place: 124 out of 151
Avg (all users): 4.6019
Avg (commenters): 6.2000
Avg (participants): 4.3902
Avg (non-participants): 4.7313
Views since voting: 1947
Views during voting: 343
Votes: 216
Comments: 5
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/24/2005 07:23:16 PM
the background seems a little too busy, and the artwork is doing all the work here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/23/2005 10:29:57 PM
i like the depth of field .. i just wish the photo was taken with a solid background .. the checkboard is a bit distracting
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/23/2005 10:28:19 PM
I hope Henkel has some friends. Just caught my lighter side - even on the third pass. Good shot!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/22/2005 05:28:03 AM
Oh, u set fire to the cat?
Chequerd floor distracts
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/20/2005 04:43:49 AM
Really in your face image fantasy land must be scary !!!!8
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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