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The Passion of the Christ
The Passion of the Christ
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Challenge: Movie Titles (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G5
Location: Champaign, IL / USA
Date: Jan 5, 2005
Aperture: f/2
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Still Life, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jan 9, 2005

 This is my first time submitting a photo on DPChallenge. I'm excited to see how I do.

I took advantage of the freezing rain last night to stage this image. There was a lot of ice falling off the branches as the wind blew so I grabbed a bunch out of the grass and ran inside to snap some photos. I just set up the pieces of ice on a white table top at work, shut off the lights and used a led flashlight for a lightsource. I set the white balance with the lights on so when I turned them off and used the flashlight, it gave it this really cool blue tone.

Final editing of the photo was accomplished in Photoshop CS. I used unsharp mask, levels and color balance.

Statistics
Place: 10 out of 328
Avg (all users): 6.5959
Avg (commenters): 8.2857
Avg (participants): 6.3219
Avg (non-participants): 6.8031
Views since voting: 7133
Views during voting: 584
Votes: 339
Comments: 29
Favorites: 10 (view)

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AuthorThread
 01/19/2005 11:01:45 PM
Wow! Thanks for all the comments everyone. They are very helpful. I'm amazed. I sure didn't expect a top ten finish for my first submission on the site!
 01/19/2005 02:55:44 PM
Congrats on your top ten placing...outstanding work!
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 01/18/2005 07:16:54 PM
Congratulations on your top 10 finish and this is extraordinary for a first time submission. I tip my hat in admiration.
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 01/18/2005 07:07:59 PM
congrats, one of my top picks.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/18/2005 12:55:49 PM
Outstanding photo. Really a super shot!
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 01/18/2005 12:38:58 PM
This is a beautiful image. Very aesthetic shot indeed - great exposure.

Personally, I don't realte the title that much (but maybe I'm missing something) since I don't match ice to passion particularly. However, I can't bear to vote it down for that, so good luck.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/18/2005 05:06:40 AM
excellent colors and exposure to light what a use of ice !!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/17/2005 11:31:20 PM
Striking
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 01/17/2005 11:31:53 AM
Wow. Looks like ice burning downwards. Two oxymorons with one element. Great colour, I like the cold blue and the range of the bright and dark areas. I don't like the other...stuff around it, it's distracting (mainly on the left). Otherwise, and with a tighter crop on the right, this would have one more point. 9.
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 01/16/2005 05:08:37 AM
I think I would have it in red color
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 01/15/2005 05:07:01 PM
Nicely done.
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 01/15/2005 02:55:06 PM
Has some elegance, but I think ti would be stronger for a crop on the right of frame - I rarely make these recommendations, usually presuming that the photographer has made a choice - but in this case it would be easily done, and would certainly strengthen the image in my opinion. The light is good, exposure, focus and all that is fine. Too much of a designer image to really get me going.
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 01/14/2005 04:55:48 PM
Lighting is creative, nice color, composition is ok. Gook job.
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 01/14/2005 02:20:54 PM
I think this needs to be in the "How They Do That" section!
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 01/14/2005 01:32:37 PM
an amazing photo, right on track
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 01/14/2005 01:07:31 PM
nice work. dramatic and magical.
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 01/14/2005 02:21:52 AM
I like the concept... Original...
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 01/13/2005 10:06:28 PM
Good shot and nice effects and colors.
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 01/13/2005 05:53:28 PM
Beautifull, just I thing the name is not the best for this one. Excelent work. Have my ten
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/13/2005 04:16:37 PM
very fascinating lighting
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 01/13/2005 11:46:28 AM
WOW! Beautiful lighting, sharp focus, pleasing composition. My ribbon pick!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/12/2005 01:41:46 PM
Nice use of light
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 01/12/2005 12:28:47 PM
good job. good choice of colors
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/12/2005 12:01:48 PM
Very well done.
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 01/12/2005 11:08:01 AM
This is very nice! Would love to know how you did this.
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 01/12/2005 10:38:23 AM
This is breathtaking. I've never seen something like this done so well. Love everything about it. 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/12/2005 07:57:59 AM
i like the colors and lighting in general, i feel your going to get hit because of the religious reference. none the less a good photo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/12/2005 05:04:53 AM
I love it, I love it, I love it! Please tell me how did you do it?
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 01/11/2005 07:22:24 PM
very neat effect. good job on the lighting.
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