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Dark Phantom Cult
Dark Phantom Cult
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: DPC Cinema II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Date: Oct 16, 2009
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 200
Shutter: 30 seconds
Galleries: Black and White
Date Uploaded: Oct 18, 2009

Helshoogte Pass, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa.

Coordinates:
33°55'21.00"S, 18°54'30.00"E

This is prperold being menacing while brandishing a knife. SB-26 and SB-600 with CTO gels hand fired from about 45 degrees to the left and right respectively, the subject moved away and the SB-600 was fired again. Taken at the 18mm end of the lens.

Lightroom RAW conversion. Noise Reduction, darkened sky and figure with curves adjustment layer, brightened distant hill and blade with curves adjustment layer, resize, sharpen and save for web.

Statistics
Place: 17 out of 82
Avg (all users): 6.2536
Avg (commenters): 8.2667
Avg (participants): 6.4103
Avg (non-participants): 6.1919
Views since voting: 1289
Views during voting: 305
Votes: 138
Comments: 19
Favorites: 3 (view)


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11/01/2009 11:29:07 AM
Originally posted by snaffles:

Frankly I thought Phantom looked cut-and-paste and posed.


but but but ... that's what's so cool about it!!
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10/29/2009 09:42:54 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Initial impression: Menacing b/w of the hills and sky behind, which only seems to play up the lack of similar varied tones in the Phantom. Had to look for the blade.

Technical: Great light, good use of thirds, nice dof...though a 30-second exposure seems a little long! I think that a lesser exposure, esp with the phantom in the pic, would have resulted in a more multi-tonal and powerful image.

Aristic: Frankly I thought Phantom looked cut-and-paste and posed. However you placed in the top 20 in this challenge, so can't argue with that :-)

Overall: Great concept, I just feel execution could have been a little stronger to make the phantom more menacing. good work!

Feel free to PM me with any questions,

Susan
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/25/2009 11:19:22 PM
good concept here the ghost image works well with B&W using rule of the third and having the mountain in the background well done
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10/25/2009 11:13:36 PM
this is wonderful - is my favorite
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10/25/2009 10:35:32 PM
well done.
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10/25/2009 09:53:47 PM
Love how your guy looks like an opaque overlay. Making him blend in like that adds to the mystery of the scene. I think you could have gotten away without keeping all the extra sky on top. Clever shot.
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10/23/2009 12:58:34 PM
Great!
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10/21/2009 01:52:01 PM
Nice!
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10/21/2009 10:32:12 AM
Must see movie.
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10/19/2009 08:25:10 PM
Very creative, I love it. I like the ghostly appearance of the subject, keep up the awesome work.
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10/19/2009 07:16:02 PM
very very cool! 10
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10/19/2009 06:44:56 PM
Great effect. Works good for a poster.
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10/19/2009 06:24:01 PM
Oooh, neat! It took me a minute to see the person... all I saw at first was his hand.
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10/19/2009 05:59:26 PM
Took me a while to see what I was looking at! Very well executed!

Good title - very, very good image match. I like the space at the top and the whole thing has a very effective movie-poster feel.
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10/19/2009 04:22:18 PM
good title nice effect 7
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10/19/2009 09:02:38 AM
Oh!! I had to study this one to get it "right." Good going.
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10/19/2009 08:42:21 AM
FANTASTIC. Ribbon winner.
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10/19/2009 01:26:44 AM
don't know how you achieved this within the rules...
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10/19/2009 01:06:31 AM
Whoa, outstanding camouflage. Double-take city! Feels more like a real movie title than most, as well. Good luck!
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