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The D-Day Reenactors Club...History Shaping Culture
The D-Day Reenactors Club...History Shaping Culture
noraneko


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Cultural Events (Basic Editing)
Collection: Less than 5.0
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Canon
Location: Charleston, SC
Date: May 6, 2007
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Military, History
Date Uploaded: May 7, 2007

 "Was I Just Being A Dummy When They Said I Was Part Of Your Culture And Put Me On Parade?"

This dummy was on display with similarly-dressed live gentleman who are part of a D-Day reinactors club. I'll get a lot of DNMC, but I found this to be an interesting example of how events shape the formation of culture. In fact, I expect to get well and truly slaughtered with this, but I was still inspired in both the execution and processing.

Editing: Shot in both JPEG and RAW. Overexposed purposefully by 3 stops to totally blow background, as it was quite busy. Used adjustment layers to enhance color, curves, levels. USM. Saved for web. Could have been a lot more interesting in advanced editing, I suspect. Did what I could with available light, though I'm sure there are those who could have done far better!

I'm predicting a 4.5 with this beauty :-)

Statistics
Place: 63 out of 90
Avg (all users): 4.9886
Avg (commenters): 4.5000
Avg (participants): 4.5385
Avg (non-participants): 5.0667
Views since voting: 965
Views during voting: 402
Votes: 264
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0

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 05/18/2007 05:53:10 AM
I didn't vote in this challenge, and in fact never even got a chance to look at it. His face is kinda green, but it matches the rest of his outfit nicely. :-) I like that you thought this out, overexposed to get your intended result, and went with it despite expecting a low score. The colors, washed out to some, suit the subject very well, in my opinion. The whole thing has a nostalgic, washed-out camo kinda thing going. (My favorite part is the Airborne patch.)
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 05/17/2007 11:11:29 PM
this reminds me of my entry for some reason. strangely poignant. I love it.
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 05/16/2007 08:33:25 AM
Can't believe the score on this Catherine. I thought this was pretty cool. I gave this a 6 because the background is a little washed out otherwise it would have been a 7.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/14/2007 11:56:28 AM
I love the soft touches to this image combined with the roughness to the bag and guns.
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 05/14/2007 10:55:20 AM
nice image
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 05/14/2007 09:18:08 AM
just a preference but I find people to be infinitely more interesting that inanimate objects...actually I'm more interested in the person in the background than the mannequin in the costume.
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 05/12/2007 02:02:51 PM
I like the candid-ness of the shot, but it's overexposed and the skin tones are a bit orange. On the other hand, the area below the gun is quite dark, so maybe adjusting the contrast/brightness would have produced a more evenly exposed shot.
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 05/11/2007 03:25:09 AM
too much pp? 5
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 05/10/2007 10:30:01 AM
color saturation, contrast and brightness are in need of work on this shot, good detail
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 05/09/2007 02:40:56 PM
this picture seems to have some real funky colors (or is it my screen, or the whisky thats playing tricks on my eyes)
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 05/09/2007 10:28:31 AM
washed out colors hurt this image
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 05/09/2007 08:35:03 AM
I know it's supposed to be camo, but the color on the guy looks really yellow.
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 05/09/2007 03:49:26 AM
Nice image, with just a tad of overexposure.
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