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Challenge: Rejected Movie Poster (Expert Editing*)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Boulder / Denver
Date: Apr 28, 2010
Aperture: f/9
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/320s
Galleries: Humorous, Advertisement
Date Uploaded: May 2, 2010
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Ok, this represents waaaaaay too much time invested. About 3 hours shooting and driving and at least 9 hours of editing.
Originally I wanted to create the Dark Knight poster exactly, but I couldn't figure out how to get a good picture of Batman, so I came up with this alternative.
I shot clouds, buildings, fire, and even took my girls (as a cover story) into McDonalds to shoot the Ronald statue.
I imagine that this will be quite a competitive challenge, so I hope this stands up. It's the most time I've ever invested in a challenge, so if it tanks - I give up. =)
Editing steps:
- used shots of clouds for the sky and smoke/fog
- each building is a separate shot. the two skyscrapers were 2-story buildings I cloned up
- Ronald is a statue, I burned in shadows and liquified the menacing expression
- the fire was the worst part; it's hand painted then smudged, and I ended up doing it more than once
- text layers give it that "movie poster" feel with a couple hand-drawn logos.
- various adjustment layers to get the lighting just right
- a dark and light noise layer to unify the multiple images and match the Dark Knight original
Can't wait to see the other images in this challenge. I enjoy this kind of creative editing. |
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05/10/2010 12:15:27 AM |
| I thought this was wonderful! Top 20 isn't bad at all. |
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05/10/2010 12:10:11 AM |
Don't every give up, Jeff. Fabulous score in this fine competition.
Nice finish, indeed. |
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05/07/2010 06:30:17 PM |
| Looks great. I think your score would have gone through the roof had you used a model made to look like Ronald. |
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05/04/2010 04:57:54 PM |
| ok,,, like the mcdonald´s logo,,,,,,,,, |
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05/03/2010 05:30:12 PM |
| Creative idea... mcyd's is evil. Bit more blending to make Ronald sit in the photo more making it look like one image. But good idea, good text and I hope you didn't really set that building ablaze. |
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05/03/2010 08:36:29 AM |
| ROFL. I am so glad that you added all of the extra text to make it look like a real poster. |
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05/03/2010 06:20:10 AM |
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05/03/2010 03:23:23 AM |
Ummm... Heath Ledger - he'd be dead right?
Anyhoo - FANTASTIC - just FANTASTIC. |
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05/03/2010 02:25:24 AM |
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05/03/2010 01:16:47 AM |
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05/03/2010 01:16:29 AM |
| LOL, brilliant idea and good PP |
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05/03/2010 12:29:15 AM |
| well done...great processing |
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