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Challenge: Portrait of a Camera (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Nova Scotia
Date: May 18, 2008
Aperture: f6.3
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/20
Date Uploaded: May 18, 2008

 the classic photographer as a camera self portrait. i think i made a mistake with the eyes; i should have made them look more like the aperture in the camera lens. ah well.

Statistics
Place: 68 out of 137
Avg (all users): 5.5935
Avg (commenters): 6.4545
Avg (participants): 5.4286
Avg (non-participants): 5.7065
Views since voting: 836
Views during voting: 360
Votes: 155
Comments: 21
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 05/28/2008 08:50:11 AM
I love Joe's comment - and I like that you're using this as your profile pic. Very fitting, it seems.
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 05/28/2008 01:51:12 AM
you look as if your camera is a weapon, whose might and strength may only be unleashed by you and in amounts rivals can't even imagine.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/27/2008 12:25:33 PM
Life is a cabaret! I love the Vulcan eyebrow!
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 05/26/2008 07:20:17 PM
The grain is fantastic. This shot should have scored much higher.
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 05/26/2008 05:25:55 PM
When I see this image it appears to be more of a self portrait of the photographer than a portrait of the camera. Though the noise and high-contrast b/w is fun, one thing to remember is that dark against dark is a tricky subject.

For me here the camera gets lost and the photographer takes center stage because the hands and face are pushed forward with all of the dark around, hat, hair, shirt, camera.

I am wondering what if you rotated the camera in landscape position, cropped in closer with the hands more encircling the camera just under the face/chin. Create this as a wider image cropping part of the head off as well, and really focusing on making the camera the star of the image. You should experiment with different crops and see what you like better. You can always crop off just under the eyes, nose, or wherever to create a whole another feel to better push the camera forward.

This style is easy to use to 'cheat' certain technical aspects as well, as for one being focus. With the extra noise the image automatically because softer and any focus that was soft looks part of the overall design. However, there does appear to be a bit of motion blur in the camera itself. This could be because of the awkward position of the trigger being clicked by thumb.

As an image in itself I enjoy it, though for the challenge it needed to be stronger to make the camera the main subject. Though one last thought, the white parts of the eyes I believe needed to be touched just a bit to be lighter than the colour on the cheeks. This will allow your eyes to pop out a bit more.

Andrew
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 05/26/2008 11:10:14 AM
I love the grain! Very classic looking. Tones are perfect.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/26/2008 08:40:17 AM
There is something very cool, classic, and compelling about this. I like the spock eyebrow look (hehe). It's like you are daring someone to say anything illogical about this.
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 05/26/2008 08:28:02 AM
Oh, so sorry to see this place so far down; it was one of my top 3. I love the image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/26/2008 12:31:25 AM
Love the feel of this.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/25/2008 12:43:00 PM
I'm too...: )
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 05/24/2008 03:36:56 PM
mmm not sure i like the grainy-ness. your subject's hand placement on the camera is great
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/22/2008 07:23:47 PM
Self portrait blues. The mirror has inverted the name of your camera. I also tend to not like so much noise in the post editting, but that is me.
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 05/22/2008 02:33:48 PM
I'm not voting this one - just scanning thumbs - and this one definitely caught my eye. Nice use of grain and black - works for me.
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 05/22/2008 11:49:51 AM
Cool feel to the editing, but you could have flipped to get rid of the mirror effect.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/20/2008 09:40:16 AM
cool idea, cool shot...not sure i like the grainy like feeling to it though 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/19/2008 08:20:26 PM
Not into the graininess..
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/19/2008 02:00:23 PM
I like this a lot - although it is, perhaps, more about the photographer than the camera. Nonetheless, for me, one of the stronger images in the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/19/2008 12:30:03 PM
bonus point for the image grain. 8
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 05/19/2008 10:36:41 AM
i like the grain in this -- one of the very few shots it works in, I think.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/19/2008 05:31:07 AM
very noisy, don't know if it was intended?
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 05/19/2008 12:21:26 AM
I like the grain...
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