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Challenge: Secret Self Portrait (Basic Editing)
Collection: 2012 Challenges
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Location: Chateau Snaffles
Date: Oct 18, 2012
Aperture: f.20
ISO: 100
Shutter: 3 seconds
Date Uploaded: Oct 18, 2012
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Yeah it's me, trying to look unrecognizable. Don't know if I'll succeed but it was fun trying.
Shot in my front yard against one of my maples, #2. Stuck an interesting, asymmetrical maple leaf in the bark to act as a focal point. Then I stood in front of the tree and leaf, tried to wear an unknowable expression and hit the remote. Counted to just past one second then quickly dropped from range. It can be tough to hold still that long and get an image that is fairly crisp, yet not so opaque that you lose the bg.
pp: altered RAW, crop, brightness/contrast, vibrance/saturation, desaturate, resize, sharpen, save for web
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Post-challenge notes: LOL must be a good image, it got a validation request during voting! Yes, it looks like an image overlay and yes, it does include two images - me and the tree - but it's all one capture. Apart from the odd PhotoChop project, I'm strictly a single-capture person. I don't even use in-camera Image Overlay, because things never look right...the bg from one image always messes up the other.
The only trick here is to start the exposure with the subject in the frame, and have them vanish by the time the exposure ends. The hardest part was holding still for 1 second and change to ensure a fairly sharp image.
Camera on tripod, used mirror lockup and remote. |
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10/26/2012 01:11:25 PM |
| Excellent finish! I knew this would do well! Great job SUSAN! |
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10/26/2012 11:49:36 AM |
Simply stunning.
It's a foundation piece. |
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10/26/2012 10:18:00 AM |
| with a smile you're mona lisa |
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10/26/2012 10:13:20 AM |
| Beautiful image, nature girl. Should have been in the top ten. |
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10/26/2012 09:42:43 AM |
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10/25/2012 11:10:17 PM |
| Well executed, Susan. Didn't recognize you - probably because your skin normally doesn't look like tree bark. ;-) |
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10/25/2012 09:21:08 PM |
| Perfect job. Thanks for the notes. |
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10/25/2012 08:31:39 PM |
| Thank you for including notes. I had no idea that you did this with a long exposure. I thought that there was a window between you and the tree and that you were reflected in it. You did a great job. |
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10/25/2012 07:44:51 PM |
| Well crafted if not perfect. |
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10/25/2012 06:21:19 PM |
| This is cool. It's like a Natural Mona Lisa. Can't wait to see how you did this. |
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10/25/2012 05:58:26 PM |
| snaffles? remarkable to do this with basic editing. well done. |
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10/25/2012 05:39:13 PM |
| Liking it a lot, the leaf adds such another dimension. 10 |
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10/25/2012 02:55:57 PM |
| I almost wish for more of a punch, more contrast but the subject and execution is great 9 |
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10/24/2012 02:34:18 PM |
| Great lost and found portrait. Works well for the challenge. |
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10/24/2012 01:10:16 AM |
| This is simply a great idea! |
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10/23/2012 08:08:01 AM |
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10/22/2012 08:17:22 AM |
| Cool. don't know how you can do this in basic...good job. |
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10/21/2012 05:18:46 PM |
| excellent, don't know how you did it, but great job. |
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10/21/2012 08:45:15 AM |
| Is it double exposure? Great shot 10. |
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10/20/2012 10:20:35 PM |
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10/20/2012 09:46:56 AM |
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10/20/2012 03:45:28 AM |
| This may be a little belter known as Susan but there again it may not. Nice image whoever. |
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10/19/2012 05:32:32 PM |
| cool and mysterious, like this a lot, it's got a Mother Nature or wood nymph feel to it, the leaf adds a nice touch to this. |
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10/18/2012 08:37:54 PM |
| This is amazeing... I Have to know how you did this!!!! |
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