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The Dance
The Dance
paul58


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Personification (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S5100
Location: My Livingroom
Date: Oct 9, 2005
Aperture: F/5.7
ISO: 64
Shutter: 4 sec.
Galleries: Emotive, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Oct 11, 2005

 This figure is made from the left and right antlers from a small deer rack. I sawed them off of their main stems and joined them back together with a steel pin, so that I could swivel them to find just the right "pose". The "sash" is a piece of ribbon from my wife's sewing box, and it covers the joint. I also drilled into the bottom of the one supporting "leg" of the figure and inserted a very small pin, which extends down into the base (a piece of firewood approximately 6" in diameter). The base is draped with a blue cloth, which also extends up behind the figure as a backdrop.

This shot was taken around 7:15 PM, and the sun was going down. This setting sun became my main source of light, coming in primarily from slightly behind and to the left. I also used a very small flashlight with a red filter, playing it over the figure from the right during the 4 second exposure.

I took almost 40 shots, varying the lighting and the angle. As the sun set I had to adjust the lighting accordingly with indoor lights. But after working with 4 or 5 of the best shots on the computer, I chose this one, which happens to be the very first shot I took!

Statistics
Place: 15 out of 204
Avg (all users): 6.2334
Avg (commenters): 7.4000
Avg (participants): 5.9551
Avg (non-participants): 6.3586
Views since voting: 1708
Views during voting: 489
Votes: 287
Comments: 22
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 01/30/2007 08:30:26 AM
VERY well thought out and extremely impressive. Had I been around to vote on this one, I would have given it a 9 for sure.

Edit to add ... I would have expected this in the top 10 at least ...

Message edited by author 2007-01-30 08:31:19.
 10/20/2005 09:35:12 PM
Wild, evocative and lovely. Congratulations on your top 20 finish.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/18/2005 11:55:13 PM
Lots to love about this one. Top five at least in my book, if not first place!
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 10/18/2005 09:25:56 PM
Love this.
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 10/18/2005 05:20:58 PM
Nice abstract object with good light from the side.
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 10/17/2005 07:04:14 PM
Good Composition, Nicely Done!
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 10/16/2005 11:07:37 PM
Well done captures the sense of dance perfectly. The ribbon I feel is a bit muchand can distract from the sculptures form.
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 10/16/2005 10:37:44 PM
Wonderful figure and beautifully lit. Nice highlights. Love the simplicity of the compososition. 10
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 10/16/2005 09:54:33 AM
Nice picture. Love the ribbon, really brings out the dancing theme here. Great set up with the background.
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 10/15/2005 10:57:00 PM
Looks great...Good job..!!
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 10/15/2005 09:00:44 AM
Very gracefull dancer. Well done.
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 10/14/2005 02:42:36 PM
Great lines!
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 10/13/2005 10:31:33 PM
well, somebody made it to look like a person... nice photograph,though - good lighting snf focus
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 10/13/2005 07:34:09 PM
I think it does capture a "dance" well. I had it at a 6, but I'm bumping to a 7.
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 10/12/2005 06:03:20 PM
Very cool. Abstract. Striking. I think your border compliments it very well!
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 10/12/2005 02:16:08 PM
awesome photo, Good Luck!
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 10/12/2005 01:00:59 PM
Very elegant. Would have like to see a slightly closer up shot to minimize the blue folds.
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 10/12/2005 10:34:55 AM
Very nice
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 10/12/2005 09:30:07 AM
Good lighting. The pink ribbon is a nice touch. I'd give the dancer more negatie space and not have it dead center like a bulls eye.
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 10/12/2005 01:11:57 AM
I love it
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 10/12/2005 12:47:08 AM
what IS that??
 10/12/2005 12:39:32 AM
Strange...strange is worth 6
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