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Its Time for Peace
Its Time for Peace
tyt2000


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Your Shadow (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Sony Mavica FD-200
Location: Tampa, FL (Bedroom)
Date: Feb 2, 2004
Aperture: F/3.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Emotive, Political
Date Uploaded: Feb 2, 2004

 My hand's shadow displaying the peace sign and my Swatch. If you look closely at the watch, its hands are also displaying the peace sign. The white background also represents peace.

Edits:
Black & White
Brightness & Contrast
Blur to remove grain
Glow effect to whiten the background
Cloned out a small spot
Cropping
Border.

Statistics
Place: 22 out of 53
Avg (all users): 5.6902
Avg (commenters): 7.7000
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Avg (non-participants): 5.6667
Views since voting: 1295
Votes: 184
Comments: 13
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AuthorThread
 02/14/2004 05:31:32 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club:
This is a clever response and a fitting one for the challenge. My initial response was that it looked more like a shadow picture of a rabbit than a peace sign but that's unimportant, really. The watch face is too dark to really see the hands and the watch overall is out of focus or soft enough enough to be distracting. There are many good suggestions below for re-shooting this so that the watch appears to go around the wrist. Your concept was original and your underlying motive to be praised, the image is an interesting one.
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 02/11/2004 12:03:29 PM
Thanks to everyone who commented, I really appriciate it.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/08/2004 02:57:44 PM
A great idea. Consider buying an old (broken) watchband at a secondhand store and re-shooting this, so the band could seem to disapear behind the shadow -- I think it would make it even stronger.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/08/2004 08:18:51 AM
Good use of prop.
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 02/04/2004 09:46:57 PM
Good composition and a great take on the challenge. What would really make this picture really cool to me is if the watch actually looked like it was on the wrist. Meaning that it was more round. I know that would be hard but it would be cool. Like it, good job!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/04/2004 07:43:20 PM
hehe good one ... 9
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 02/04/2004 10:45:28 AM
This is a nice, simple composition with a "timely" message.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/03/2004 09:10:49 PM
Very cool shot & I agree with you! One might even say we were overdue! 10!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/03/2004 01:20:33 PM
Maybe a flashlight on the watch face so it looks more like your arm is inside the band? Good idea.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/03/2004 01:59:04 AM
very creative!
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 02/03/2004 01:07:33 AM
clever idea The watch is a little off focus to me but I like the overall shot
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 02/03/2004 12:50:36 AM
Nice concept!
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