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The Asymmetric Grey Man
The Asymmetric Grey Man
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Self Portrait IV (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ20
Location: My garage office
Date: May 18, 2006
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/13s
Galleries: Portraiture
Date Uploaded: May 18, 2006

First ever portrait study - and I had to be the model! Really driven by the work of Martin Schoeller although there is so much asymmetry in the face that I wonder if this will work!

Post processing:
* used healing tool to remove some "noise" on my skin :-)
* burnt out some of the background
* lightened and saturated the eyes
* desaturated the overall image
* cropped to kind of Schoeller template
* sized to max 720 pixels
* smart sharp - added the grit I wanted
* saved for web

Statistics
Place: 195 out of 236
Avg (all users): 5.2190
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.2188
Avg (non-participants): 5.2192
Views since voting: 788
Views during voting: 403
Votes: 274
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/25/2006 07:30:53 PM
Goofy title, but i can forgive that. Good face and good composition and setup. I think I would have liked this better if the contrast were higher and perhaps the brightness a little less. With so much light, some of the personality (which derives from light and shadow on wrinlkes) has been lost.
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05/21/2006 07:19:29 PM
The way this is desaturated creates a slightly disturbing effect. I'm not sure I really like the saturation on your eyes being so different from the rest.
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05/21/2006 08:08:59 AM
Focus is really on your eyes but your pupils look a little wanhed out.
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05/20/2006 10:12:26 PM
defensive, yet intimately close. I like how the tones of the face blend into the tones of the shirt, yet the eyes stand out with hidden pathos. 7.
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05/20/2006 08:35:21 AM
Clear, sharp and in your face.
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05/19/2006 09:51:39 AM
Great ! I can feel it ! Attention is on eyes ! 7
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05/19/2006 08:47:08 AM
nice portrait, well done
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