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Mind Over Matter
Mind Over Matter
TampaDan


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Extraordinary (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon PowerShot Pro1
Location: Studio
Date: Jun 26, 2004
Aperture: F4.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/10
Date Uploaded: Jun 26, 2004

Plastic skull hanging from a black wire against a black background.
Adjustments: Color Balance, Selective Color, Levels, to blacken background as much as possible while leaving the hand and skull natural looking.
Cropped and re-sized and Unsharp mask applied.

Unfortunately, a little bit of the wire is still visible at the top, apparently a reflection from the light. Darn those "NO CLONING" Rules!

Statistics
Place: 206 out of 278
Avg (all users): 4.6406
Avg (commenters): 5.5556
Avg (participants): 4.4917
Avg (non-participants): 4.7516
Views since voting: 661
Views during voting: 357
Votes: 281
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/06/2004 07:42:58 PM
Hmmm, the idea is ok but the skull looks a bit dodgy.
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07/06/2004 01:50:05 PM
Good idea - and very nice submission. It would be more effective if the hand were a bit lower so there was more obvious seperation. Black background was a perfect choice.
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06/30/2004 06:24:22 PM
Interesting. Nice use of illusion. Really fake looking skull :)
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06/30/2004 04:03:46 PM
Pretty clever. I'd of liked the light to be toned down or have more of a mystery, spooky feel. It's a little bright for the shot. It's a good entry and creative idea.
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06/30/2004 03:45:39 PM
lol nice, I think I can see the fishing wire
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06/30/2004 03:29:47 PM
I can see the string. Still, pretty clever shot and for the most part, well done. It would be better with a less fake looking skull.
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06/30/2004 12:00:02 PM
Would have been more extraordinary if that wire wasn't poking out the top
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06/30/2004 06:33:11 AM
cool effect
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06/30/2004 03:33:38 AM
really extraordinary.. something is holding the skull up while you lamely pretend to hold it.. if you have to try this hard, i don't understand why you even bother..


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