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Challenge: The Username Challenge (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: the keyboard of my laptop
Date: Dec 24, 2005
Aperture: 2.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/25 sec.
Galleries: Emotive, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Dec 24, 2005
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Ok, this photo represents "Tranquil" in a pretty stereotypical fashion (though maybe a calmer sky would have been better - oh well, I like this version), so my creativity here is in something other than my representation-
This whole scene is 100% artificial - the background is a photo on my computer monitor, the 'tree' is a trimmed branch of a Noble fir (about 1" high), the 'lake' is aluminum foil smeared with chapstick, and the 'land' is a sock. The reflection in the 'lake' is from a handheld flashlight
The reflection should have matched the apparent position of the moon, but my aluminum foil wasn't flat enough for that to work - the reflection just got out of control. So I settled for it being in a funny spot but having a nice shape. The 'lake' should also have been more reflective; I'd have used a mirror, but I don't own one that I could use that way.
What with Christmas and all, I don't think I'll have time for another shoot, but I'd do it differently if there were a next time.
If the fakery is obvious, I think this image will bomb. If it doesn't, maybe it will do reasonably well. In any case, I think it will be interesting for me to see peoples' reactions to it, and perhaps also interesting for people to find out afterwards what it is they are looking at!
all that having been said, this is probably too dark |
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01/02/2006 03:33:14 AM |
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01/02/2006 01:15:00 AM |
| WOW - you fooled me. Still under rated in my opnion. |
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01/02/2006 12:23:32 AM |
Maaan, I just read your comments. Fucking genius. I was so convinced it was real, excellent job sir.
Message edited by author 2006-01-02 03:38:40. |
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01/02/2006 12:19:28 AM |
| How did this not place higher? I loved this picture....one of my favorites of the challenge, If not my favorite. |
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01/01/2006 11:13:31 PM |
| great image | very mystical |
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01/01/2006 09:10:45 PM |
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12/31/2005 11:43:12 PM |
| Nice photo,m the light on the clouds make a nice effect. |
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12/31/2005 01:42:28 AM |
| I like the silhouetted tree, but the white "spectral-like" image reflection in the water looks kind of out of place to me compared with the rest of the photo. |
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12/28/2005 10:57:51 AM |
| This image actually makes me feel a sense of foreboding more than tranquil :) |
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12/27/2005 09:12:03 PM |
| Excellent work, I had to add this to my favorites. This is a great piece. |
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12/27/2005 08:50:33 PM |
| Tranquil really suits this image, so well done, super image as well.................Hope it does well............ |
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12/27/2005 06:35:56 PM |
| Great image. Nice the username well! |
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12/27/2005 07:01:20 AM |
| gorgeous, but I think it would look better without the bright spot in the water. |
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12/26/2005 06:32:39 PM |
| There are a few for Tranquil I think, but this one is the most tranquil looking to me. Nice shot! |
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12/26/2005 12:52:28 PM |
Nice depiction of the user name. I like the moonlit color you chose. Not sure about that spot of blurred light in the forground. I wonder what it would look like if it were cloned out. Hmmmm
I love the single tree and the wisped clouds. Very pretty. |
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12/26/2005 08:37:39 AM |
yay! i feel special... so you get a ten right off the bat ;)
I like the shot and I like the tones... the minimalistic aspect of it is very good and the overall mood adds to the shots valor <--- that's a million dollar word but idk what it means.
In all seriousness, I like the shot! |
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12/26/2005 06:52:33 AM |
| I really like the mood set in this shot. Well done. |
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12/26/2005 05:38:04 AM |
| The sky is beautiful but the white thingy in the water really disturbs me. |
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12/26/2005 04:16:34 AM |
| nice image. wish it was a tad lighter. but very beautiful place |
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12/26/2005 12:27:48 AM |
| something about the tree...distracts from an otherwise pleasant shot |
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