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Challenge: All I Want for Christmas (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Good Stuff
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Tranquility, NJ
Date: Dec 21, 2008
Aperture: 11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 30"
Galleries: Digital Art, Overlays
Date Uploaded: Dec 21, 2008

 In order to avoid expert editing. I used a 30-second exposure. The room was completely dark. I flipped the light on and off to take a picture of a sketch I drew of myself. Then I took the sketch away to reveal a mirror behind it. I turned the light on and off again to reveal my face in the mirror. Voila! The dirty mirror acts like an overlay. I took several shots so it could line up differently. In this case, the drawn eyes are on my forehead. I kinda dig that because it suggests a mental vision, if you catch my drift. Now why can't we just have EE so I don't have to hog the bathroom for an hour?

PP steps: duplicate layer and apply the bas-relief filter. Blend this filter in difference mode. Apply curves to up the contrast. Go to Black and White with Infrared pre-set. Do another curves only for the sketch lines, to make them darker (using layer mask). Use hue/sat colorize to give it a reddish sepia hue.

So, I guess if I don't get a request for validation, I've failed...

Statistics
Place: 72 out of 89
Avg (all users): 5.0309
Avg (commenters): 6.3000
Avg (participants): 4.6047
Avg (non-participants): 5.1849
Views since voting: 1174
Views during voting: 449
Votes: 162
Comments: 24
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 04/25/2009 11:31:05 PM
brilliant
for you sir i tip my beret
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 04/25/2009 08:59:05 PM
Fantastic! Creative...I love it. Kevin
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 04/25/2009 08:46:42 PM
totaly cool self portrait i like
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 01/03/2009 08:01:42 PM
Bravo!
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 01/03/2009 07:54:33 PM
Hey there from the Critique Club

Very interesting image, though I disagree completely with the expert editing category. I find this type of work and creativity much more interesting and appealing than anything anyone could do with digital art. This is photography and using the tools of photography. I like the detail you caught here, and I like the drabness and moodiness that you created with the capture. Nicely creative, but I'd expect nothing less from your work. This one I like.

Thank you for the opportunity to provide a critique on your entry,
Eric
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 12/31/2008 04:59:01 PM
Marvelously inventive. And I concur with your sentiments, even though I hardly have expert editing skills, I'd like to see more of it.
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 12/31/2008 11:55:39 AM
This one gave me a good chuckle. The title of the shot is marvelous.
Beyond that the work is tremendous. Very original, very cool.

Technique reminds me of Albert Watson's shots of Mick Jagger. Different style, but kind of the same tone.

Cool.
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 12/31/2008 05:54:32 AM
Your real face and your sketched face have decidedly different dimensions. I take this to mean you see yourself larger than you really are? :-) I can request a post-challenge validation... Not sure I'm with you on the expert editing, at least not all the time, but that may well be because I'm not an expert editor.
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 12/29/2008 11:22:09 AM
Originally posted by pawdrix:
I see you in a more positive light but in your SP's, you seem to be brooding most of the time. ::: HUG'S :::

eta: Whasssup wit da beard?


That's just my "looking in the mirror" face. The beard is the real deal, though.
 12/29/2008 11:20:41 AM
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
So did you get a request for validation? I sure hope so!


Nope, I was robbed!
 12/29/2008 10:33:42 AM
So did you get a request for validation? I sure hope so!
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 12/29/2008 08:42:35 AM
I see you in a more positive light but in your SP's, you seem to be brooding most of the time. ::: HUG'S :::

eta: Whasssup wit da beard?

Message edited by author 2008-12-29 11:01:52.
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 12/29/2008 12:09:05 AM
I think you are going to give Cutout a run for his money :) I like it. Very creative. It's like what an old world master artist would produce if he had a camera.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/28/2008 06:06:44 PM
Ha! Maybe next year...
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 12/28/2008 04:37:51 PM
hear hear! ...or is it "here here!"? I'm with the 4-eyed Friar!
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 12/27/2008 10:12:29 AM
good idea...
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 12/27/2008 12:59:30 AM
the results of a hard night maybe? I like this but I'm not sure if its the right image for this challenge.
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 12/26/2008 10:52:59 AM
very interesting....
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 12/23/2008 05:29:41 PM
I'm not sure how this fits the challenge. Are you wanting a drawing, the person behind the drawing? Interesting image, but does not seem to fit the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/23/2008 04:29:01 PM
Funky!
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 12/23/2008 01:16:47 AM
This one of my favorites. Bumping to 9
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 12/22/2008 06:57:42 AM
well done, i don't like the duotone used but this is subjective.
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 12/22/2008 12:37:22 AM
No Kidding!!!!!
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 12/22/2008 12:16:48 AM
freakin brilliant
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