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And the Light Emerged from His Hand
And the Light Emerged from His Hand
palmero


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Shadows III (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: St Hans Backar, Lund, Sweden
Date: Jun 7, 2006
Aperture: 5.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/2s
Date Uploaded: Jun 8, 2006

 Shot in RAW, converted in PS CS2, levels, selective color, NeatImage, hue/saturation, a little dodge/burn, save for web.
Fired of the flash manually (held it in my hand) when I heard the camera go off - Human Auditory Flash Synchronization :) Anyway, it was a fun experiment, made in the name of trying to be creative.

Statistics
Place: 118 out of 154
Avg (all users): 5.0678
Avg (commenters): 5.8333
Avg (participants): 5.0588
Avg (non-participants): 5.0734
Views since voting: 743
Views during voting: 279
Votes: 177
Comments: 7
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 06/25/2006 11:23:13 PM
From the Critique Club:

What I like: I love how you have combined breaking the rules with following the rules. You have a great third line with your model (youself) on the rightmost vertical third. You broke the rules by putting your horizon right on the center horizontal line. This works very well! Good tones in the sunset.

What I don't like: This shot is extremely contrasty! I would love to be able to see more detail in the horizon line instead of the almost solid black. You're highlites are almost blown out while your shadows are almost completely black. I wanna see what is there but it ain't there. Nothing here seems to really be in focus. It might be, but it don't look like it is. This is part of the downfall of such a harsh backlighting. It also (the backlighting) makes it look oversharpened.

Why didn't it score better? This challenge was about shadows. You have shadows, but they are overwhelmed by the darkness of the silhoutte of the background. The first thing I thought when I saw this shot wasn't shadow but glowing silhouette of the subject. If you look at the higher scoring shots in this and the other shadow challenges, you will see that the shadow plays a much more prominent role in the shot.

Hope this helps,
TC
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/15/2006 07:08:19 AM
Wow...I love this. Into my faves for sure. 10!
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 06/14/2006 07:36:17 PM
Nice colors.. Maybe the shadow could have been longer because it is so dark that you really focus on it, but... Good picture :o)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/14/2006 01:32:57 PM
Nice use of the light.
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 06/14/2006 07:44:12 AM
Not sure where the shadow is
 06/13/2006 11:44:34 PM
looks to artificial for my taste
 06/12/2006 04:24:24 PM
There is shadow in this shot but it doesn't seem to be the main visual element.It's there because of the time of day. The sunset and the light emerging from the guy's head seems to be the focus of this image.


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