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The final exit
The final exit
kevip6


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Challenge: Exit (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: loft studio
Date: Jan 22, 2007
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 13sec
Galleries: Emotive, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Jan 23, 2007

 4th Place!!!! That's almost a ribbon!!

Thanks for all the voters and comments.

For those that wondered about the basic editing, there wasn't a lot of post processing done on this shot. brightness and contrast adjustment, neat image filter for sharpening, slight colour balance adjustment to a cool it down.

Taking the shot was the hard part as I didn't have any help! so i set the camera on a tripod, focused it on where i would be laying and then set the shutter to 13 secs and the aperture to f/11. Clicked the self timer shutter and went to lay down next to a softbox flash that i rested on the floor pointing towards my head and slightly up (as to not light the floor too much) then comes the tricky part! the shutter went and the softbox fired exposing me in the floor, i then quickly pull out an led torch (actually a cheap gimmik cigarette lighter with the torch on the top) hold it at arms length to keep it out the shot and switch it on pointing at my face. Then slowly sitting forward gives the ghostly trail, and holding still at the top gives a more sold exposure of the "soul"

That's it!

Thanks

Statistics
Place: 4 out of 142
Avg (all users): 6.6936
Avg (commenters): 8.1579
Avg (participants): 6.5455
Avg (non-participants): 6.7389
Views since voting: 2722
Views during voting: 420
Votes: 235
Comments: 26
Favorites: 10 (view)

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 01/31/2007 01:44:44 PM
wonderful job! Congrats!
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 01/31/2007 08:13:19 AM
Excellent shot! Very creative of you to do in basic editing. Your work is very imaginative and well excuted overall - you'll have that ribbon in no time, I'm quite sure!
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 01/31/2007 03:43:29 AM
congratulations. love this shot!!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/30/2007 08:12:08 PM
This is reaqlly creepy!!!! 7
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 01/30/2007 10:13:24 AM
Nice image, but is this not supposed to be basic editing?
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 01/29/2007 07:59:02 AM
Great effect , well done !!
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 01/28/2007 06:51:57 AM
This is a popular theme in this challenge & I apprciate most your composition .
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 01/27/2007 05:57:59 PM
Beautifully done and a great idea for the challenge. Back to bump you up to 9.
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 01/27/2007 02:14:41 PM
Really neat idea. Bit worried that my soul isn't going to get a body!

I think this is the best realisation of the concept in the challenge.
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 01/26/2007 11:26:40 AM
I like the image in this photo it gives one the feeling of a out of body experience nicely done
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 01/25/2007 10:15:48 PM
This is the best one of these "ghosty"/"soul departing" shots that are so popular that I've seen to date - very well done & conveys the challenge excellently. Is this possible w/in basic editing? I'd sure love to know how you did it.....
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 01/25/2007 09:36:20 PM
Good job. Compelling photo.
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 01/25/2007 08:39:38 PM
classic; is this still under basic editing?
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 01/25/2007 05:21:24 PM
Good entry, my top five.
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 01/25/2007 12:59:50 PM
Absolutely phenominal shot! My fave in this challenge!!! 10 all the way from me!!!! Would you mind sharing your secret to how you shot this after the challenge is over??? It's really a tremendous shot!
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 01/25/2007 08:11:25 AM
no doubt. Best of challenge. 10
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 01/24/2007 09:56:45 PM
great,but is he really dead or sleeping? wink
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 01/24/2007 09:24:14 PM
Fantastic!
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 01/24/2007 05:21:26 PM
WONDERFUL!
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 01/24/2007 04:34:05 PM
Love this shot! I would love to see this in landscape format.
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 01/24/2007 02:57:38 PM
A concept that has been done by others in the challenge, too. But this is the best execution of it that I have seen so far. Good work.
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 01/24/2007 10:41:06 AM
how did you do that?
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 01/24/2007 08:07:25 AM
looks like a ribbon winner! great shot. good luck!
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 01/24/2007 07:39:36 AM
Clever and well done. 10
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 01/24/2007 03:02:49 AM
similar to nico_blue's shot. BUT i have to say this is fantastic too!!! 10
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 01/24/2007 12:21:15 AM
WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! neat!
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