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Challenge: Fool the Viewer (Expert Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM
Date: Sep 14, 2011
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100 sec
Galleries: Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Sep 14, 2011

 I was a little confused by the challenge topic (it made more sense to me as an advanced editing challenge)... so I tried to make this look as real as possible while fully using the expert editing rule set.

I used 3 photos to create this, the body and window (yes I stuck my feet out), the curtain blowing using a fan, and used the arms from another photo. My feet could have been higher up like I was really flying in but I think that’s what made it look a little more “real”. Yes, I removed the chair I was balancing on (and fell once LOL). All three shot had the same light for consistency, window light + flash bounced off the ceiling ;)

I wish I would have had more time to work on this, only worked on it for a couple of hours including set up, the most difficult part was that it’s a self portrait, and I don’t have a remote, so I had to run back and forth, try to balance on a swivel chair, and attempt to pose like I was flying in 10seconds!


Statistics
Place: 3 out of 65
Avg (all users): 7.2297
Avg (commenters): 8.1176
Avg (participants): 7.0000
Avg (non-participants): 7.3009
Views since voting: 5024
Views during voting: 599
Votes: 148
Comments: 36
Favorites: 5 (view)

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 09/28/2011 11:11:16 PM
Brilliant job!
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 09/28/2011 03:53:30 AM
nice job ...
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 09/27/2011 01:33:52 AM
biscuit.. you still do the best sp's
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 09/26/2011 05:44:43 PM
Congratulations on your third place. There should have been an admin announcement for this change in results to give you the deserved credit.
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 09/25/2011 10:01:59 PM
Well done. Congratulations.
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 09/24/2011 09:55:29 PM
I always love seeing your work. This is fantastic. Great concept and beautiful lighting too. Congrats on the HM!
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 09/24/2011 07:57:44 PM
Congratulations!
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 09/24/2011 11:17:42 AM
Very nice!!
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 09/23/2011 06:55:27 AM
Brilliant!!! :o) Congrats!
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 09/23/2011 04:37:37 AM
beep beep beeeep *crash!* click
LOL! Any good outtakes? :) Congrats, Justin! Awesome job as expected from you.
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 09/23/2011 02:00:42 AM
Congratulations on another great shot and high finish, Justin. Great effort on concealing the truth too, but this gave it away.
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 09/23/2011 12:58:00 AM
Congrats on the image and the high finish Justin!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/22/2011 09:55:39 PM
So hard to tell... the right pants leg at toward the bottom looks funky like it might be fake, but the left pant leg, where it touches the window sill makes it look real. Gonna guess real... looks dangerous!
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 09/22/2011 11:38:09 AM
one of my favs in the challenge
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 09/22/2011 09:19:58 AM
Interesting shot, certainly gets more than a glance from me.
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 09/21/2011 10:50:16 PM
since this is the sapo himself, I'm going to guess it's real.
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 09/21/2011 05:29:21 PM
Defenestration! Well done. It's A.
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 09/21/2011 05:18:48 PM
Well 'Shopped is my guess. I love this, Justin!
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 09/21/2011 04:11:52 PM
top 5 for me and a 9 vote, the only reason i didn't give you the full ten is i feel the subject appears a little rigid.
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 09/21/2011 10:46:32 AM
elsapo? maybe... great shot
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 09/20/2011 01:50:49 PM
I am going to say "real", only because it is obvious what you want the viewer to think, So I'll say the opposite.
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 09/20/2011 11:14:40 AM
fake
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 09/19/2011 07:44:32 PM
"Oh, what lovely fun
Watch me everyone
Take a look at me
And see how easily it's done
I'm flying!"
-Peter Pan

Hehe, I like this. Guessing photoshopped. =)
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 09/19/2011 04:35:22 PM
So Gyaban, without being Gyaban - on that basis I'm saying "real" :-)
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 09/19/2011 02:19:28 PM
Hmm... Looks like adigitalromance's last expert editing entry.

Well done (again if it is you)! :)

Wait a minute...

Came back because I was wrong! elsapo is that you?

Still think this is a great shot!
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 09/19/2011 02:18:50 PM
Wow, very good work!
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 09/17/2011 07:25:12 PM
Not real unless the laws of physics have changed, or you failed an insurance claim for damage to your model. Well done.
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 09/17/2011 06:52:58 PM
Nicely done. Very ethereal. I'm assuming this is real although certain aspects of the processing are catching my eye, mainly your right hand... If I could figure out exactly what was making me curious about it, I'd probably figure out that it was nothing. :-D

I'm wondering if this is just your processing style. Some kind of noise reduction or something making me think too hard.

Still, nice image and we'll probably see this at the top!
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 09/17/2011 05:27:02 PM
Aha...a levitation. I think he was indeed in this position and leaning on a cupboard or something, which is shopped out.
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 09/17/2011 01:00:42 PM
Spectacular image. Front Page all the way and a 9 from me. (voted earlier).
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 09/17/2011 09:37:29 AM
nice channeling of Peter Pan, great image the tones and motion are great. A manipulated image not real.
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 09/17/2011 02:34:14 AM
Nicely done!!
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 09/16/2011 08:53:24 PM
While I know you are very good at staging this type of optical illusion, i'm guessing you did this one digitally, because it looks like you removed whatever you used to support yourself. BTW, I love the curtain and the sepia tone.
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 09/16/2011 06:39:45 PM
Not real elsapo but very clever.
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 09/16/2011 11:40:25 AM
Loving the tones here. I like the curtain blowing and his expression, but having his knee rest on the sill wrecks the illusion a little.
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 09/16/2011 09:19:35 AM
Where's Wendy and Michael? ;P Again, you aced it.
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