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Challenge: Duotones II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: Nashville, TN USA
Date: Feb 17, 2006
Galleries: Emotive, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Feb 17, 2006

I found this angel watching over an old cemetary. Her downcast eyes and the bouquet it carries really personified the somber chord the statue struck was really definitive.

Tech info:
I metered for the desired sky effect and then used a 550ex on a TTL cord to illuminate the statue.

-Matt.

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03/03/2006 04:10:49 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club...

First of all, I think it's important that you include your camera settings when requesting a critique. That information is beneficial to me when offering you suggestions on how to improve your work :)

I think this is an excellent subject for a black and white photo. I also applaud the camera tilt. I do that quite frequently myself to create imbalance and added dynamics. This particular subject seems to have a lot of smaller composition opportunities within the field of view you have presented here as well.

Per your notes, I believe you were going for a dark sky effect, and it seems to have worked out to some degree, but I believe the rest of the image may be slighly underexposed by the methods you chose to achieve that effect. The highlights are almost there, but not quite. You may be able to improve this effect by using a polarizer. The polarizer will darken the sky without much loss on the existing highlights in the scene...
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/28/2006 01:17:17 PM
This is a wonderful picture!
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02/26/2006 02:12:18 PM
Great subject for this post-processing challenge. I do like the angle you've chosen, I would've kept her wing matching the right border though, I am just to symmetrical probably.
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02/24/2006 08:50:02 PM
angle of the angel seems to work....
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02/24/2006 06:42:57 PM
Wow. EXCELLENT angle. The clouds add so much to this too, the way they seem swept in the direction of the wings. Powerful image here, good job.
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02/23/2006 08:49:55 PM
like the missing hand 8
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02/23/2006 05:45:43 AM
great work...hope this does really well for you this is true to the challenge
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02/22/2006 04:59:18 PM
Nice choice of black and white! It gives me a creepy graveyard feeling.
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02/22/2006 03:53:50 PM
i like the use of the tilt
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02/22/2006 10:20:55 AM
The clouds really enhance the mood in this pic. Nicely done.
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02/22/2006 04:40:12 AM
realy strong image, i like this
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02/22/2006 01:44:09 AM
Awesome capture...
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