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The Matrix Has You
The Matrix Has You
DrAchoo


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Challenge: Lighting III (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: Studio, Vancouver, WA
Date: Oct 13, 2006
Aperture: f/7.1
ISO: 400
Shutter: 2
Galleries: Portraiture, Advertisement
Date Uploaded: Oct 13, 2006

 This seems like an awful lot of work for a 5.8...

The characters came from the actual movie paused on my TV. They were hard not to blow out. The brightness of the TV is set to 0. I then found a matrix screen saver online, eye droppered the green off of it and created a whole screen of the color to light me from below. I'm holding the laptop screen just below the frame.

A lot was done in PP for it being a basic challenge. Layers include Brightness/contrast, Selective color, levels, curves, hue/saturation, color balance. I also used the channel mixer to bring out the red layer in monochrome and faded it so as to bring down the characters a bit. USM was then liberally applied for the sci-fi look. border. BAM.

Yes, I have no hair now.

No, the glasses do not hook to my ears.

Statistics
Place: 77 out of 311
Avg (all users): 5.7708
Avg (commenters): 8.2000
Avg (participants): 5.5213
Avg (non-participants): 5.9315
Views since voting: 2406
Views during voting: 411
Votes: 240
Comments: 20
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 01/02/2009 07:59:27 PM
cool!
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 01/08/2007 09:39:42 AM
great photograph ... and cleverly executed.

a lot of comments about how you didn't deserve the low scores. i have to agree. 14 people gave 1 or 2 ... just goes to show you can't please them all.

personally, i like it. great effort and very original self portrait.

bravo!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/06/2007 04:45:39 AM
I don't understand how anyone would rate this photo 1, 2, 3, OR 4! Great work!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/02/2006 04:50:51 PM
I don't get it......why would someone vote 1 or 2 on this image? Surely, 1 or 2 should be reserved for gross image technical errors, not personal opinion as to the subject matter. I'd be interested in why peopls scored this so low. If I were voting at the time, I'd give it 7, 8 if you're head was not cropped out.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/07/2006 10:02:53 AM
I gave this shot an '8' - and if I had to do it over again, I'd give it a 10. I really think this shot rocks!! Great color, composition, & theme. WTG!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/25/2006 05:35:17 PM
I didn't vote on this one, but clearly we have some non sci-fi lovers out there that just can't appreciate the impact of this shot. I love it.

After challenge 10.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/25/2006 05:31:58 PM
Wow, you were robbed - look at all these 1/2/3 votes... if I were SC, I'd investigate those.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/25/2006 06:59:40 AM
I am blown away with the results of this challenge. Disappointed actually. The highest scorers in my opinion were way underrated. This is awesome.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/25/2006 06:32:15 AM
good work, underrated for sure - and you do look better w/o hair
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/25/2006 04:19:16 AM
For what it's worth, I thought this was a creative take on the challenge with ingenious execution and still do. Voted it a 9.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/24/2006 09:08:46 PM
This is one of the best photos here, I can't find anything I don't like about it
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/24/2006 12:31:10 PM
Wow, great recreation, well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/24/2006 12:27:54 AM
This is a Neo Concept! ;)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/23/2006 02:08:52 PM
Weird: not a character I'd like to meet on my own on a dark night!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/21/2006 09:41:42 PM
Self-portrait? I like this a lot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/21/2006 05:33:49 PM
Really good idea and very well taken

Good luck
Kev
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/19/2006 11:51:28 AM
A bit oversharpened leaving a halo around the head but then again..it fits the theme...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/19/2006 01:11:55 AM
Good idea! Great movie.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/18/2006 07:46:21 PM
Love it! It's so clear. 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/18/2006 12:52:35 AM
EXCELLENT. I like the trouble you went to getting this image. Great effort.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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