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You're Going to Feel a Little Pinch...
You're Going to Feel a Little Pinch...
EricMGB1974


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Self Portrait V (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 24mm f/2.8D
Location: Elmira Heights, NY
Date: Nov 4, 2006
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/20 sec
Galleries: Portraiture, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Nov 4, 2006

 This is my first try at a real self portrait. It's definitely a different experience and I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of reception it gets.

Shot RAW with the camera lying in the dental chair.
Manual focus, manual exposure, available light.
If I had time to reshoot this I think I would have used the 20mm lens and either a reflector or fill light from the chair.

ACR Conversion
Temp : 3250
Tint : -7
Exposure : -0.70
Shadows : 0
Brightness : 110
Contrast : -19
Saturation : -41
Custom Curve applied

PSCS2 Post Processing
Curves layer
Neat Image
Color Balance layer
Hue/Sat layer
Flatten Image
Crop
Saturate yellow needle hub
Add border
Resize
Duplicate Layer
Gaussian Blur
Mask off needle
Flatten image
Duplicate Layer
Smart Sharpen in Lightness channel
Mask off everything but needle

Statistics
Place: 109 out of 193
Avg (all users): 5.5037
Avg (commenters): 6.9565
Avg (participants): 5.5091
Avg (non-participants): 5.5000
Views since voting: 995
Views during voting: 441
Votes: 268
Comments: 24
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/11/2006 04:37:32 AM
love the tight field of focus on the deedle, makes me shiver. super shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/10/2006 06:42:36 PM
I don't like needles. 1!

Just kidding.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/08/2006 02:08:30 PM
Ok, let me say that this gives me the chills...as I HATE going to the dentist. HOWEVER, my husband and I are both in the medical field, so I definitely am feeling this photo. I like the different angle, and even the darkness of it. You can definitely feel like you are the patient in this photo. Good job!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/08/2006 06:04:48 AM
I like this one. Clever idea.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/07/2006 07:32:18 PM
Unique Portrait. I think the selective coloring takes away from the "portrait" aspect, but I like what it conveys.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/07/2006 02:49:22 PM
Yikes, hide that thing! Quite dramatic and alarming capture. Bump on fear factor. lol
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/06/2006 07:04:13 PM
Most excellent!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/06/2006 05:43:03 PM
too bad this self portrait is a bit too dark at your face and hand. you have to tell me how you got that needle sharp!! bumping up!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/06/2006 03:37:33 PM
...I'd pull my pants back up and go back home and think about it. Fun!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/06/2006 01:53:35 PM
FANTASTIC POV! Love it! 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/06/2006 12:20:50 PM
Hey, whatch out the needle, Doc! It's going to drop on the lens...
Definitely a different facet of self... I'd like to see your face less blurred.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/06/2006 12:16:51 PM
Oh no! You are a dentist!!! Running away to hide...here take 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/06/2006 09:39:00 AM
Very effective. The first thing my eye was drawn to was the needle, but it did not take much at all to see the "self-portraitness" of the photo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/06/2006 06:01:28 AM
great! perfect DOF. could be a little brighter
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/05/2006 03:24:42 PM
very original! well done. now could you please get rid of the needle!?!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/05/2006 10:33:23 AM
my husband said "oh, God!" and ran from the room. of course, that means i like it!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/05/2006 09:24:22 AM
That will be my view on Monday 6th Nov
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/05/2006 08:09:29 AM
Creeeeeeeeeepy. I LOVE it! good luck!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/05/2006 06:00:06 AM
arrrrggghhhhhh!!! great idea...needed a better exposure though as the lighting is not great
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/05/2006 05:35:12 AM
2th dox! Auch!

Maybe time for a new appointment soon? Thanks for the reminder :-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/05/2006 02:26:43 AM
I wonder how many legally blind people who visit dpc aren't even going to be able to figure out what this is. This scares me the more I look at it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/05/2006 12:54:06 AM
I was actually going to shoot a very similar shot with my loupes, facemask, and a drill instead of the anesthetic. Our labs were locked for the evening though, so I went with a different shot. I really like this though. Excellent composition and subject. I feel like maybe the light threw off your metering and you are a little underexposed, but not majorly. Good luck.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/05/2006 12:30:42 AM
why'd ya have to scare me like that??!! I hate needles. My eyes just started tearing up! Thanks a lot!

btw...nice idea :P
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/05/2006 12:14:17 AM
Good idea but my eyes are kind wander around the image without good place to rest.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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