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Kersplat-The Human Stain
Kersplat-The Human Stain
smyk


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Black & White III (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Nikon
Location: My communist flat
Date: Nov 9, 2006
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Nov 10, 2006

 I would like to thank my cousin, Karolina Czartoryska, for posing for this shot.

I don't think this has been done yet.


I bought a canvas, splashed black acrylic paint on it, cut out a whole for her face, painted her face black and voila. Well not really. The face paint absorbed all the light and the acrylic reflected it and so it was hard to get the two types of black to meld into one. As a result it was also a little hard to get the details in her face. After 45min, i think that the natural oils that our face tends to screet started to seep through the paint and that's why we actually see some light reflections. At fist it was all pitch black.

Post processing:
At first i thought this shot turned out to be a big fast waste of time and money. I spent quite a bit on this shot and the origilnal raw file looks like total crap. But I refused to just give up and began playing with the contrasts after having put it in grayscale. Soooo lots of contrast adjustments, some dodging and burning: the eyes, light spots on the acrylic paint and around the edges of the face to blend it in with the canvas.
Anyways, that's pretty much it.


Statistics
Place: 45 out of 424
Avg (all users): 6.2690
Avg (commenters): 7.5714
Avg (participants): 6.0619
Avg (non-participants): 6.6724
Views since voting: 1934
Views during voting: 446
Votes: 171
Comments: 21
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 09/10/2007 11:54:24 AM
Really neat! Exremely clever and creative - and excellent work on the difficult exposure. Black is such a tough color to work with!
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 07/13/2007 11:29:20 AM
im baffled as to why this didnt get a higher score, this is an awesome photo!
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 11/28/2006 01:18:39 AM
Crazy Smyk! I love the concept
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/19/2006 11:53:33 PM
Great splash!
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 11/19/2006 11:11:58 PM
Very cool and imaginative. Wish the black was a little blacker, but good photo nonetheless.
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 11/17/2006 06:30:13 PM
This is very trippy, i really liek it, good job and good luck
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 11/17/2006 04:09:07 PM
Different :)
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 11/17/2006 10:17:15 AM
funny and creepy and interesting. 8
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 11/16/2006 09:55:22 AM
cool. nice execution as well.
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 11/16/2006 08:52:36 AM
Great shot! Something different and fun!
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 11/14/2006 11:49:48 PM
that is hysterical!
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 11/14/2006 10:00:19 PM
creative use of paint!
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 11/14/2006 09:40:02 PM
Jackson Pollock meets DPC? Extremely creative and good lighting. 9.
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 11/14/2006 07:12:57 PM
very original and nicely done.
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 11/13/2006 06:29:27 PM
wonderfully creative
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 11/13/2006 06:08:44 PM
hehe, clever.
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 11/13/2006 05:17:50 PM
I want that hanging on my wall!
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 11/13/2006 06:52:38 AM
Hehe, very creative. Good thing the challenge wasn't "Red and White".
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 11/13/2006 06:50:09 AM
What an amazing shot. Good luck.
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 11/13/2006 03:23:55 AM
brilliant! well done...this should be popular
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 11/13/2006 12:49:20 AM
hahaha...very original!
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