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Challenge: Mirrors (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: Home
Date: Sep 11, 2004
Aperture: f16
ISO: 100
Shutter: 8 sec
Galleries: Still Life, Studio
Date Uploaded: Sep 11, 2004

 Apollo's bust.

I imagined this photo in my head and I wanted to use black as background. I set up the black velvet for background and put the bust and the mirror on the table. The mirror reflected the bare wall which was not black and ruined what I first saw in my head. I rearranged the background and bought a few more yards of black velvet to cover the wall.

For lighting I used two small low-wattage bulbs on each side and a halogen lamp diffused with white paper on top. I used long exposure and a narrow aperture as I didn't want the foreground to be too blurry.

Shot in raw mode.
Post processing: levels adjustment, color adjustment, a little bit of burning, cloning of some unwanted white spots, cropped, resized, Neat Image, USM.

Canon 24-70mm f2.8L USM.


Statistics
Place: 26 out of 140
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Avg (commenters): 8.8750
Avg (participants): 5.8989
Avg (non-participants): 5.9674
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Votes: 181
Comments: 9
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 09/26/2004 12:34:16 PM
Greatings from the Critique Club.

There's little that I can say that hasn't been said by others. The tonal range is exceptional. I especially like how you kept the focus slightly soft on the foreground so that the eye goes to the reflected image first. While I initially thought the light might be a little hot on the temple and cheek of the reflected image, my eye immediately goes to that spot, holding me on the face, focusing on the detail of the hair, and then finally pulling back to take in the rest of the shot.

It's such a beautiful image that all I can do is point out some very minor details that caught my eye:

1) Does the bust have a dimpled chin? There is a small 7 shaped shadow under the lower lip and traveling down the chin. It made me wonder about the shape of the lips and the chin.
2) Maybe I can't see it on my monitor, but it looks like the line of the arm holding up the frame is lost in the background. Right before it hits the base, it becomes very dark. As I said, maybe I just can't see it, but it was the only time I saw a line get lost in the shadow.
3) Is there a crack on the bridge of the nose? I noticed some strange little lines.

There's nothing more I can say on this one. It has been beautifully executed. Please excuse the anal-retentive quality of the comments, but your skill has left me precious-little to critique. :-) An excellent, excellent job and intrepretation of the challenge topic. Congratulations!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/19/2004 06:50:39 PM
Perfect. 10.
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 09/18/2004 12:37:31 PM
Great idea and execution! I canot be very constructive since I like all of it: lights/shadows, POSITIONING etc.
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 09/16/2004 09:00:38 AM
nice lighting
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 09/16/2004 08:11:09 AM
Very good study. Great lighting.
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 09/16/2004 12:55:37 AM
This is a great shot
I hope it will do very well
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 09/15/2004 07:23:43 AM
Very good composition, and the lighting is perfect in my opinion.
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 09/13/2004 08:19:24 PM
Very well composed. The lighting is great. The tones of light and dark balance beautifully. And the focus is sharp throughout. Yep. I like this.
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 09/13/2004 09:02:12 AM
Well done. The light and composition is perfect, and I like the way the statue appears to be looking at its reflection.
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