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Challenge: Billboard (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: My Mad Laboratory
Date: Feb 27, 2005
Aperture: f9
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/15
Galleries: Humorous, Advertisement
Date Uploaded: Feb 27, 2005

Crop
Select green background and change yellow hue/sat
Expand selection and change master lightness
Inverse selection and increase yellow/ reduce red
Sharpen
Deselect
Select legs and increase contrast
Resize
Sharpen
Save for Web
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This was just a silly idea. I found the billboard format difficult for a studio shot, but thought I'd do fine if I left room for imaginary text. The real problem came when I tried to lighten the background and ended up leaving vestiges of my selection making the eggs look like they were cut and pasted.

I wanted to re-shoot. But when I went to do that the sticky tack I used to hold the tea towel in place stuck too well and a couple of eggs broke--messy! I wanted to re-edit. But there just wasn't much more I could do with it--everything I tried seemed to make it worse.

I think it placed well, I'm happy with the results for a 48-hour challenge.

Statistics
Place: 71 out of 148
Avg (all users): 5.5094
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.1209
Avg (non-participants): 5.8017
Views since voting: 900
Views during voting: 343
Votes: 212
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/04/2005 05:39:16 PM
Nice work
  Photographer found comment helpful.
03/01/2005 06:24:22 PM
The idea is good. But stick around for a while and you will learn alot! The outlining is obvious. The lighting needs a bit of work, but you have a good eye for creativity! Run with it, and absorb what this community has to offer. My best to you!5
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/28/2005 05:25:49 PM
Cute, but it's difficult to see the details (i.e. the legs). Remember, most billboard viewers are distracted drivers who have only a second to take in the image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/28/2005 02:44:13 PM
ok, i am voting this challenge in 2 passes. in this pass, you will get a partial comment and a score. then i will come back to comment again. if you have any problem whatsoever with this comment, pm me and let me know. otherwise, take it with a grain of salt...i'm not trying to be a know-it-all, i'm just explaining where i'm coming from in voting this challenge. and, if this comment is NOT helpful (of if you think i'm full of $#!+), don't mark it helpful.

billboards are a science unto themselves. a lot of research has gone into determining just how much information a person can digest and retain in specific time spans. they use this information to develop formulas for determining the number of words and letters to use on billboards, as well as their sizes. they also determine the size and number of visual elements to include.

the graphics/photograph on a billboard are designed to get the point across in a moment. on the road, a driver will have less time with a billboard than a voter will give your image. this is a key element in the challenge: composing a shot that will get its point across quickly and succintly. along those lines, a strong composition will probably have few details and make strong use of negative space.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/28/2005 12:23:45 PM
a little over-sharpening maybe - but nice setup.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/28/2005 08:36:39 AM
this is not 640x320


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