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Butterflying Knife
Butterflying Knife
labuds


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Date Uploaded: Apr 26, 2004

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 This is basically my butterfly knife spinning, while held up by fishing wire on both sides. The blade was ugly so I modeled a blade from scratch, it's purely digital (many will hate me for this). I think it looks pretty good, maybe too good to be believable, but I think I'll fool a few with this one. The reason it's blur free is that I used the slowsync flash technique. The blurs come from two stationary 500W lights, one from the top, one from the bottom

Post-Processing:
Creation of the blade :), Contrast enhancements, desaturate, rotate, crop.

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 03/30/2006 10:45:31 PM
A very atrractive image that taxes common sense, yet one leaves the possibility open.
 01/26/2005 09:34:24 AM
i have a butterfly knife, and i couldnt even tell it was that! its cool though, even if the blade is too sharp/perfect. good idea!
 04/26/2004 11:23:48 AM
TommyMoe21
Sony DSC-F717 03/30/2004 10:54:31 PM
I'm not sure what it is, but I am sure it looks great!

ddmckinney1954
Canon EOS-300D Rebel 03/30/2004 09:09:59 PM
i like the black and white for this shot

Zoomdak
Sony Mavica FD-95 03/30/2004 11:30:36 AM
I like the diagonal positioning. Seems to me that it could be a little more in focus, even though it is motion Blur. Cool border.

willem
Sony DSC-F707 03/30/2004 06:00:59 AM
Original idea where the motion blur really enhances the image. Makes one look closer at what is happening.

lara
FujiFilm FinePix S2 Pro 03/29/2004 09:35:38 PM
This one is one of my favorites from this Challenge..PERFECT!!!! I

andywightman
Olympus C-750UZ 03/29/2004 01:57:51 PM
THis looks interesting but I'm not sure what's going on. What's a butterflying knife? A good photo though with fine contrast. It would score higher if it was clearer what is happening.

jas0420
Canon EOS-10D 03/29/2004 07:27:59 AM
nicely done!

jmsetzler
Canon EOS-10D 03/29/2004 12:15:26 AM
This is a strong subject for a black and white. The contrast is excellent. My personal lack of ability on this photo is that I don't really understand what I'm looking at. Compositionally, I think this photo could have a minor improvement. I'm not a big fan of diagonals that leave the frame in the corners directly. I seem to prefer leaving over or under the corner... I don't know for sure which would work best here... excellent work... = 7


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