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The Intimate Fulcrum — Love's Failed Leap
The Intimate Fulcrum — Love's Failed Leap
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Challenge: Jump (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: Harwich Port, MA, USA
Date: Apr 9, 2006
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 200
Shutter: 8 seconds
Date Uploaded: Apr 9, 2006

 I know full well this is absolutely doomed, but I put a lot of thought into it and I just don't care :-)

Processed from RAW, shot under two tungsten downlights in a corner of my gallery. The "pedestal" is a driftwood sculpture by Mark Roberts.

Fred Miranda's BW Workflow Pro for the conversion, set to warm grey duotone "strong"

Laid in gradients from top and both sides, fading them together.

Levels, hue/saturation to adjust the final color, resize, USM, border

Statistics
Place: 128 out of 151
Avg (all users): 4.7444
Avg (commenters): 4.4000
Avg (participants): 4.4167
Avg (non-participants): 4.9083
Views since voting: 1176
Views during voting: 317
Votes: 180
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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 05/05/2006 11:44:22 PM
Vaguely reminiscent of the hospital scene in the book, "Catch 22", where Nurse Duckett gets suspended upon her 'divine fulcrum'!
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 05/03/2006 07:30:20 AM
It's witty, I like it. :)
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 04/19/2006 09:45:56 AM
Love the subject but don't like the color cast or the flat contrast. Just MHO. :)
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 04/17/2006 07:20:27 PM
OK, you've probably forgotten more about photography than I know, but here goes...

1) I would have gone with a single light source. The multiple shadows tend to confuse the eye.

2) With that, perhaps upping the contrast. I know I'm leading to a slightly different shot overall, but I'm trying to add a bit more dynamics.

3) That warm gray looks more like a mauve on my monitor. Not a fan.

4) If you are happy with it, then who the hell cares? ;)
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 04/17/2006 09:54:21 AM
I really hate the way Woody shots are treated on this site. I am convinced people are jealous because they don't have a Woody or do but lack the imagination to create a good shot with one. In any case, I know where at least one of your 10's came from.

Thanks for the 'cringe of pain!' Nice job on an underappreciated shot.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/16/2006 11:26:47 PM
Ouch! Enough to make men cry! :)
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 04/15/2006 02:52:05 PM
Your subject is not very interesting. The Woodies are hard to handle in photography, if you use them you should make sure that it results in something unusual and unexpected. On the technical side, your subject is lit too flatly and casts distracting shadows on the background. (You can prevent this by moving the background further back.) The picture might also profit from a stronger contrast, it would add to the nice textures in the wood. 3.
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 04/13/2006 09:35:23 PM
Owwww!!! And I'm not even a guy!
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 04/12/2006 11:30:23 AM
lol, ouch!
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 04/11/2006 11:29:01 PM
ouch!
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