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Why Can't I Be You?
Why Can't I Be You?
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Challenge: Duotones II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Minolta DiMAGE F200
Location: Seekonk, Massachusetts
Date: Feb 15, 2006
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1 sec
Galleries: Fashion, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Feb 17, 2006

 Okay, so I used a photo from the shots I took for the 80's challenge. It just seemed to fit the technique. I figured I would stick with the Cure theme, thus the title. Anyway, if you didn't see the details from my 80's entry, this is my son posing in Robert Smith mode. It was in a dark parking lot so I used a tripod and my son sat very still. Here's the post processing:
cropped
adjusted levels
adjusted brightness/contrast
converted to grayscale
converted to duotone mode
adjusted levels a bit more
converted back to RGB

Hope you like it.

Statistics
Place: 556 out of 631
Avg (all users): 4.3177
Avg (commenters): 6.5556
Avg (participants): 4.1686
Avg (non-participants): 4.5619
Views since voting: 958
Views during voting: 343
Votes: 277
Comments: 11
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 03/07/2006 01:57:08 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club...

This photo didn't score very well for several reasons. First of all, I am not completely sure the subject and technique lend themselves well to the duotone theme. The toning choices you chose don't seem to add to the subject or the mood of the photo. The second issue is that it's a character portrait that very few people will find a connection with. Any photo of a person posted for public consumption needs some element of universal understanding, either in the subject itself or in the presentation of that subject. The high contrast portion of your composition is nice, but I don't care much for the motion blur from the long exposure. I will say that the motion blur may be adding an extra sense of tension in the image, but it's just not my favorite way to present things.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/25/2006 10:29:37 PM
Unfortunately, there a lack of focus. That could have been an excellent picture. Still 6
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 02/25/2006 11:57:27 AM
Very striking portrait. I love the feel of it. I like the slight grain the darks and lights. Great job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/24/2006 09:05:57 PM
This is good but man, I'm going to have nightmares now lol.
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 02/24/2006 03:26:00 AM
Very strong character, works well in duotone.
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 02/23/2006 01:15:32 PM
The song of The Cure ? would have fit the 80's challenge too.
Nice and intersting job !
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/22/2006 05:43:19 PM
that would make you are boring person. you wouldnt want that would you. lol
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/22/2006 03:10:03 PM
like your editing on this shot.. his face is very expressive - all in all a really nice portrait
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/22/2006 02:52:44 PM
Be happy you're you ;-) Fantastic shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/22/2006 11:46:32 AM
Robert Smith?
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 02/22/2006 04:26:19 AM
Awesome pose and expression.
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