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BrianR


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Challenge: Personification II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 III
Date: Jan 29, 2007
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Emotive, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 30, 2007

 We all get old and wrinkled, that is a human characteristic, I tried to capture this using the head of an adult egret, the back of the head and neck looked so much like a bald human with the wrinkled skin, I believed it would fit the challenge as evoking a human feeling, cut off the beak so to bring more into line of the human shape, IMO this has a more human characteristic than a toaster or rock or iron, because of the skin effect.


Cropped and color adjustment in Raw.

PhotoShop
Grayscale
Dodge & Burn
Sharpen/Noise
Minor clone
Spot healing
Brightness/Contrast
Border.

Statistics
Place: 172 out of 218
Avg (all users): 4.7701
Avg (commenters): 4.7778
Avg (participants): 4.3291
Avg (non-participants): 5.1368
Views since voting: 801
Views during voting: 292
Votes: 174
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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 02/12/2007 06:44:51 PM
This was a perfect fulfillment of the challenge and one of the most memorable photos from the challenge, possibly my yellow ribbon. Sheesh.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/11/2007 07:50:15 PM
Not really understanding this one, sorry :(
 02/11/2007 06:21:12 PM
This does look like the epitome of aging. 9
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 02/11/2007 06:10:20 PM
It's a bit dark...but has great contrast
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 02/06/2007 06:17:26 AM
I love the b&w, the high contrast, the dark feeling and the idea. I only wish I could see a bit more of the subject because it looks like some bird and it's not exactly personification of a non-human. sorry for my poor imagination!:)
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 02/05/2007 11:50:41 PM
i understand that "personification" doesn't mean the image or the thing photographed has to look human, however I think that the best shots from this challenge convey the idea of personification, and the emotions and feelings being personified clearly. if I have to read the title of the image to understand what the photographer intends, then that falls short of fulfilling the idea behind the challenge (though that does not necessarily mean that the photograph merits a dnmc). without your title, this is just a high contrast, close crop shot of a bird's head. it's an interesting shot, and I like the detail of the bird's skin that you have captured, but I don't think (personal opinion) that it deserves to rate high in this challenge, because (again for me) when I look at the picture I do not think - "oh, that's an interesting use of personification." sorry, still a 4.
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 02/05/2007 01:17:29 PM
This is a nice looking swan but doesn't look much like a person.
 02/05/2007 12:01:48 PM
scary
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 02/05/2007 10:00:51 AM
Love that textured skin, as it really does have that aged look.....
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 02/05/2007 04:15:14 AM
interesting detail, i cant quite tell what it is though.. maybe im just the only one confused
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 02/05/2007 01:42:18 AM
what is that? looks like a toy dinosaur :P


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