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Challenge: Heart (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM
Location: school, park, home
Date: Feb 14, 2006
Galleries: Emotive, Digital Art
Date Uploaded: Feb 14, 2006

Three images combined, the background, person, and heart. This was my first idea and Im just glad I was able to do it in 24 hours..

Thanks everyone for the comments and the blue :)

Ohh and thanks to Gaby for posing in such short notice ;)

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 140
Avg (all users): 7.2597
Avg (commenters): 8.9310
Avg (participants): 7.2338
Avg (non-participants): 7.2727
Views since voting: 17955
Views during voting: 618
Votes: 231
Comments: 60
Favorites: 38 (view)


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10/07/2007 09:43:55 PM
awesome shot, lovely lighting and a really nice job
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02/26/2006 01:02:19 PM
Very nice Justin. Love the surreal detachment. I would really like to see a version of just the background and the person. Keep up the great work.
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02/26/2006 01:28:49 AM
Another excellent submission from yourself. Congrats on another blue.
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02/25/2006 11:15:39 PM
Totally wonderful!
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02/25/2006 04:48:19 PM
wow that is an awsome picture you have....i am only 15 and would love to be a photographer...i hope one day i will be able to create works of art as good as this.
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02/25/2006 10:59:22 AM
wow. this is so pretty! I love the halo around the heart! great job!
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02/23/2006 07:44:20 PM
Does anyone else have a problem with how clean the person and heart are compared to the background? I see her in the picture, I just don't see her in the actual place.

With the contest being advanced editing, I'd like to see her blend into the background better. I guess 24hr wasn't enough time for that.

Otherwise, very pretty picture.

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02/23/2006 02:47:29 PM
Congrats! Lovely idea! :)
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02/23/2006 12:56:32 PM
Hey,

Wow you are really good. I like this photo.

I was wondering.... im new at this whole photography thing, (im 14) and umm so maybe u can help me out alittle bit with this whole thing? I only own a Kodak Z740 camera, so yea...
lol. oh yea. this picture is so great. i love it.

- september

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02/22/2006 11:48:32 PM
Dude you nailed it. This was great. Your movin up quick. Wow.
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02/22/2006 01:38:11 PM
Congratulations, great shot!
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02/22/2006 11:33:12 AM
Beautifully done, Justin, many congratulations!
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02/22/2006 11:12:55 AM
Nice finish Justin! You have a new model! This is really great and shows your talents well!
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02/22/2006 10:46:06 AM
I knew it I knew it, plus I saw it in DA :P
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02/22/2006 10:43:00 AM
Hey Justin: Congratulations on your Blue with this composite that delivers the very heart of the challenge.lol Great work!
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02/22/2006 10:32:41 AM
Congratulations Justin! WTG! Great shot.
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02/22/2006 10:13:29 AM
Nice work. Congratulations.



Message edited by author 2006-02-22 10:13:56.
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02/22/2006 09:59:26 AM
great shot, i thought this was heida :) congrats
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02/22/2006 09:18:13 AM
Should have known this wonderful image was yours... just amazing! Congrats!
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02/22/2006 08:19:27 AM
Congrats. This is just awesome.
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02/22/2006 04:24:45 AM
nicely done...from vision to finished product in 5000 easy steps ;). I like how you built the image in stages.

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02/22/2006 02:43:55 AM
congrats great image
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02/22/2006 01:07:23 AM
Dang, Justin, you did it again... This is a GREAT image.
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02/22/2006 12:19:43 AM
Congrats! Beautiful image!
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02/22/2006 12:10:49 AM
Sweet! Congrats on the blue!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/21/2006 11:46:59 AM
Nice composition and color.
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02/21/2006 09:11:30 AM
almost mystical...and I love that!
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02/20/2006 04:42:07 PM
I love this, there's something about it. Very nice.
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02/20/2006 11:47:28 AM
beautiful!
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02/19/2006 09:17:56 PM
Congrat ...Like it ..vote 9
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02/19/2006 08:12:17 PM
Wonderful shot, the subject is so beautiful and elegant looking.
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02/19/2006 02:21:29 PM
definitely in the top 10. great job. 10
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02/18/2006 10:19:06 PM
Beautiful
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02/17/2006 12:13:53 AM
this is so well done... I like the out of focus background and the crisply focused model - to me this is a very ethereal, almost biblical concept. You show the concept of love being a type of surrendering very effectively - my first 10
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02/17/2006 12:11:43 AM
AWESOME!!!!!!!
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02/16/2006 09:45:55 PM
Powerful and intriguing...good luck
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02/16/2006 08:24:57 PM
WOW! This is stunning! wish I could vote higher than 10 on this!
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02/16/2006 06:55:23 PM
Unusual, but I like it.....
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02/16/2006 01:06:36 PM
I like this very much. The lighting and selective desaturation are excellent. Well done!
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02/16/2006 12:42:19 PM
Beautifully done! Love the use of color here.
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02/16/2006 11:22:08 AM
Captivating
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02/15/2006 11:16:57 PM
I love this, the only thing I might add is to move the heart down a little or somehow make it stand out a bit more from her chest, to make help the illusion that shes holding it.
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02/15/2006 08:34:05 PM
Awesome. I bet this will be in the top 10. I really think you did an excellent job with processing. Everything about it is perfect.,
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02/15/2006 07:27:21 PM
Well I think we have a winner here! Fantastic, so well done! 10
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02/15/2006 03:23:50 PM
I like this photo a lot. Very effective use of desaturation. Beautiful.
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02/15/2006 01:50:06 PM
Very cool image and excellent post processing. I wish I had these skills!!!!
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02/15/2006 09:51:19 AM
a little more detail in her coat would make her hands look connected
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02/15/2006 09:41:47 AM
Absolutely beautiful.
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02/15/2006 06:19:09 AM
Good work, this has impact!
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02/15/2006 05:33:05 AM
this looks quite surreal, because your model and the background are so detached from each other because of the different lightings.
bumping up to 8 though because i like the composition, the lighting on the model and the b&w background.oh...and the cute model ;P
i'm excited to see how you did this.
good luck
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02/15/2006 05:14:58 AM
great lighting and colour...the heart looks a little sharp at the edges and could have done with a bit of feathering...well done...I hope you do well with this because it is great
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02/15/2006 03:33:56 AM
awesome. 10
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02/15/2006 01:55:35 AM
Beautifully done.
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02/15/2006 01:32:45 AM
Very cool :)
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02/15/2006 01:23:21 AM
Very well done 10
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02/15/2006 01:07:12 AM
cool shot, background adds alot i think
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02/15/2006 12:58:32 AM
This is my favorite of the challenge. Lighting, the background. This is spot on- great photo. 10
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02/15/2006 12:55:02 AM
Great shot, great editing. Best of the lot, to be sure. I'll be looking for this one on the front page!
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02/15/2006 12:52:26 AM
Beautiful job. Love the processing and the expression on the model's face. Really good work.
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02/15/2006 12:29:59 AM
ABsolutely excellent. I love the whole thing. It almost has a red riding hood sense with a modern twist. BRAVO 10
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