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Flaming Sword
Flaming Sword
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Fire II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Montevideo, Uruguay
Date: Aug 13, 2006
Aperture: 4
ISO: 640
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Emotive, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Aug 13, 2006

Cotton and alcohol burning behind the sword.
Levels, reduce noise, USM in PP and some cloning to remove details.

Thanks Leo and Andrea!

Statistics
Place: 34 out of 160
Avg (all users): 5.8873
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.6867
Avg (non-participants): 6.0248
Views since voting: 1046
Views during voting: 325
Votes: 204
Comments: 18
Favorites: 2 (view)


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AuthorThread
08/26/2006 10:43:24 AM
Hello from the Critique Club

Great take on the challenge, this is a very creative idea. The crop used really brings the flame to the forefront of the composition. The right arm is a bit deep in the shadows and a bit more light there and on his chest would have add some definition to that area. If you could have used some lighting you also could have increased the F-stop and reduced the ISO and had a sharper image. At F/4 there is a limit on the DOF and I feel that lost of sharpness resulted in the lower votes.
Overall this is a very good imaged and had I voted in this challenge I would have scored it an 8
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/18/2006 06:52:43 PM
That's really nice, but you dodged the face too much.
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08/17/2006 10:17:05 PM
Nice composition
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08/15/2006 06:48:11 PM
I would like to do this but with a baseball bat. Do you do it as a double exposure or do you photoshop it in.
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08/15/2006 05:27:30 PM
Nice idea and good execution.
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08/15/2006 05:02:00 PM
Very cool picture! 9
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08/15/2006 09:28:55 AM
I like the idea, gave it 9 because it was different and cool.
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08/15/2006 07:56:51 AM
very , very nice. i like this one alot. interesting POV. 8
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08/14/2006 09:04:17 PM
Great concept, nice composition. I would like to see the lighting on the man a little crisper. 7.
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08/14/2006 08:42:53 PM
Nice idea, but a bit dark. I would like to see the model better lit.
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08/14/2006 07:28:08 PM
Super cool shot. Nice negitive space, leading lines. Oh yeah and FIRE!
Maybe a little soft but overall very cool. 8

Wazz
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08/14/2006 06:35:34 PM
Great composition, good focus and the flames a brilliant :o)
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08/14/2006 03:31:18 PM
Very nice idea and guy even look a bit like samurai. I think would be even nicer to see sword in some kind of action but I guess it was not easy to capture this either.
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08/14/2006 03:11:35 PM
the model is gracefully positioned, aiding the composition of your shot.
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08/14/2006 02:28:13 PM
I like the idea, but wish the comosition was coming more straight on
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08/14/2006 10:25:57 AM
I like the flames on the sword, but wish the face wasn't so grainy ...
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08/14/2006 08:01:36 AM
It's good, nice composition and all, but there's quite a bit of noise in the face
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08/14/2006 07:01:47 AM
I like the lighting on the face, hands and blade. A touch more definition on the right arm would have been nice. A little more downward angle of the blade to align with the V of the face while giving more vertical space for the diagonal formed to extend from top left to bottom right. Still a fine image.
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