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Día de los Muertos
Día de los Muertos
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Challenge: Greeting Cards (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S45
Location: My House
Date: Sep 24, 2005
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 50
Shutter: 8 seconds
Galleries: Emotive, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Sep 25, 2005

 ...Remember...Honor...Celebrate...

Same lighting technique used as in my "Family" entry...except I have now added a spiffy new 5 in 1 reflector...{{{see Rachel doing her mad dance around her still life with light in one hand and reflector in other hand.}}}It's no wonder I feel so worn out after these crazy little still life sessions.

Very basic editing: A bit of rotation, auto levels, resize, USM, border and save for web...oh, and there was a teeny dirt mark on the wall I cloned out...I try ernestly to make my lighting do the work, and not Photoshop.

I hope no one gives out crap points for the title being in Spanish..."Dia de los Muertos" sounds much better than "Day of the Dead"...and for those who may not think there are "greeting cards" for this holiday...you are grossly mistaken.


POST CHALLENGE:

{{{sigh}}}

There is this thing called the "internet" where you can look things up...like, for instance....language...


Statistics
Place: 89 out of 211
Avg (all users): 5.4037
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.0734
Avg (non-participants): 5.7339
Views since voting: 807
Views during voting: 292
Votes: 218
Comments: 16
Favorites: 0

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 10/11/2005 09:54:00 AM
Fantastic ! Really nice , super original , "daring" as I imagine you are .
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 10/03/2005 08:58:21 AM
I thought a lot of people might not understand this....this is for the holy day of Nov 1st right?

I gave it an 8...I really liked it....The lighting wasn't perfect...but I loved the originality and thought that was put into this.

I would love to see it in a sepia or duo/quod tone too....just see how it turns out.

Message edited by author 2005-10-03 09:00:43.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/02/2005 10:37:28 PM
Points for originality!
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 10/02/2005 01:43:20 PM
Perhaps there is some cultural reference of which I'm not aware, but the smiling skeleton seems out of place to the overall composition. In addition, lighting needs improvement to avoid shadows on the wall.
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 09/30/2005 07:06:27 PM
Makes a wonderful card
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 09/28/2005 11:02:28 AM
I really like this picture. Love the cross, flowers and candles. Reminds me of home. The cracked up skull really accentuates the title.
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 09/27/2005 11:00:32 AM
This really does look like a greeting card set up. I'm glad you chose a different category as well. It is a bit busy, but considering the subject matter, it works. Nice composition and clarity.
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 09/26/2005 10:02:54 PM
This is lovely. My son lived in Central America with a family and I know they would enjoy this!
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 09/26/2005 06:41:25 PM
"Day of the Dead" ... Is that the equivalent of Halloween in the States? I like this picture. I'm not sure what everything represents, however the lighting and the composition are right on.
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 09/26/2005 01:05:25 PM
I'm not much up on the holiday, but quite a collection. The focus starts behind the front row of flowers, otherwise depth of field looks ok.
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 09/26/2005 11:44:24 AM
Classico... há o mesmo dia dos mortos no Brasil.
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 09/26/2005 11:12:29 AM
Hmm, I wonder how many foks will not understand this and vote accordingly, me, I have no clue what is says either, I'm guessing its day of the dead or somehting like that, in which case it rocks, but then again for all my foriegn language skills it could say DPC Voters Suck, who knows, either way 7.
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 09/26/2005 10:30:54 AM
Both sadness and hope portrayed.
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 09/26/2005 09:28:51 AM
it would sell here. Nice stilllife.
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 09/26/2005 05:02:05 AM
Interesting, do not understand the title and the mixture of objects leaves me totally confused
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 09/26/2005 03:43:27 AM
I don't know what that means. ...did you just put a hex on me?? ;-P
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