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Challenge: Clichés and Sayings (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
Location: Laugaras, Iceland
Date: Apr 28, 2006
Aperture: 2.5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Fashion, Humorous
Date Uploaded: May 2, 2006

 This is Berglind Veigarsdottir, some of you might know her as the girl on the far right in my Triptych entry. This photo was not taken with this challenge in mind, this is one of the few times I take a shot I took this week and made it fit the challenge, mainly through the title.

Lit with a single 500w bowens esprit head with a 75° softlite reflector. Taken pretty late, about half an hour after sunset, fortunately it´s bright outside for a bit longer than that this time of the year. My wife Henný was the makeup artist/stylist and a friend of Berglind was the hairstylist, don´t remember her name.

For the PP work I increased the contrast and reduced saturation, curves, shadow/highlights and sharpened after resizing, really wish I could darken and lighten some parts of the photo but alas, this challenge is basic editing so this will have to do...

Statistics
Place: 36 out of 288
Avg (all users): 6.2934
Avg (commenters): 7.9167
Avg (participants): 6.2169
Avg (non-participants): 6.3295
Views since voting: 2915
Views during voting: 554
Votes: 259
Comments: 31
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 05/10/2006 09:14:11 AM
This should have placed much higher. I can only imagine that 'title trolls' knocked the score down.
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 05/10/2006 12:45:31 AM
Hilarious! If I had seen this during the challenge it would have been a 10...

I wish there were a deck of cards or something to cue in with the title though...

The odd angle of the sofa chair is perfect.

Beatiful pic.
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 05/10/2006 12:29:38 AM
So clever. I had this pegged for a higher placement. I'd given it a 9.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/09/2006 09:22:39 PM
Reminds me off a picture I took for the "Faceless" challange:


Outside strobeing always works well on dpc :) The rock in front of the chair... not sure about that. Not sure if that was planed or not. The only thing i would have done different is to have the space between the model and tha chair shorter. It will place highly for sure. Good luck.
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 05/09/2006 08:58:20 PM
Extreme hairdrying lol! The chair is very good, without that it wouldn't have the smae impact.
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 05/09/2006 04:41:39 PM
Nice picture but I am missing the point somewhere
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 05/09/2006 10:12:20 AM
great use of lighting/contrast... very good picture!!!
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 05/09/2006 09:03:27 AM
This look's like Arnit's work, but I could be wrong :) Still a 10 from me.
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 05/08/2006 02:11:32 PM
Not familiar with the saying but really like the photo. Went and looked it up at //www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/260000.html and Unintelligence wasn't what came to mind but anyway...
One of my top5 picks for this challenge, even though I dont get the exact pairing with the title and image. That's how much I like it. Hope it does well for you :)
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 05/08/2006 01:56:12 PM
One of my favorites in this challenge. You have captured this perfectly - with the correct amount of light on the model and the background. This reminds me of a some photos I saw a few years ago with people ironing clothes in a rural setting like this. Nicely done.
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 05/08/2006 01:29:35 PM
Pottþétt frá Ãslandi. Hefði viljað færa stólin meira þannig að hann væri ekki falin þarna á neðra horninu, sem sagt sjá hann allan. Annars líkar mér svona myndatökureins og þú getur séð í nýjustu þáttökunni minni hérna á DPC.
Gangi þér vel.
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 05/08/2006 02:51:00 AM
lol
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 05/07/2006 06:42:17 PM
flott 60 look.
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 05/07/2006 09:32:51 AM
wonderful lighting...great setting...amazing
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 05/06/2006 04:19:43 AM
Very creative
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 05/05/2006 11:03:06 PM
A bizarre image, but I like it. Very nicely exposed for the subject(s).
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 05/05/2006 09:12:40 AM
Color/exposure/contrast: 2/2 perfect
Focus/sharpness/DOF: 2/2 perfect
Idea/creativity: 2/2 very creative
Theme: 0/2 the theme-title-picture are totally disconected. terrible.
Framing/appeal: 1.5/2 nice picture but I just can't get the chair and can't connect the hair drying with the background
TOTAL:7.5
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 05/05/2006 07:26:43 AM
This is great! Nice lighting!10
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 05/05/2006 12:29:33 AM
totally eccentric - that's why I like it
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 05/04/2006 10:33:22 AM
Very clever! Wonderful job!
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 05/04/2006 09:58:58 AM
Can't say this would have been the first image that came to my mind with this saying but it is fascinating. Almost has a fashion feel to it.
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 05/03/2006 09:04:34 PM
very cool idea, love this a lot, very clear!!!
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 05/03/2006 08:04:37 PM
Flott, næstum eins og dúkka. Ãtrúlega skýr og fín.
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 05/03/2006 04:44:42 PM
I'm going to let you off on the title and give you the 9 the image deserves anyway :-) If I was nitpicking I'd say the chair could be more upright. Iceland by any chance?
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 05/03/2006 03:08:08 PM
really nice capture..
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 05/03/2006 03:01:31 PM
A really inventive take on this challenge. There are a number of sayings that could fit this photo (elevator doesn't go to the top, a quart shy of a gallon, etc.) but it all works.

I might have liked one more item to push the incongruity of this woman's life. The shot is great, I love the moodiness of the lighting, her dress and the DOF. 8
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 05/03/2006 10:42:16 AM
not related at all.
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 05/03/2006 07:04:43 AM
Funny - like the lightening in the picture... Good saying also.
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 05/03/2006 06:20:13 AM
You Icelanders can't hide from the rest of the world anymore. We know your country, we know your women and we know your armchairs :)
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 05/03/2006 05:49:21 AM
hehe íslenskt :) ótrúlega flott setting og gott módel líka :)
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 05/03/2006 03:17:02 AM
could this be arnit?
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