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iPod photo (headphones sold separately).
iPod photo (headphones sold separately).
JoelHSmith


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Challenge: Silhouettes II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D1X
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 20mm f/2.8D
Location: My Studio in Warsaw, IN
Date: May 11, 2005
Aperture: 14
ISO: 125
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Action, Advertisement
Date Uploaded: May 11, 2005

 This wasn't very complicated.... it just took a hell of a lot of power.

I used 4 Force10 Speedotron monolights bounced off my infinity wall at my work studio. All 4 were pumped up to the equivelent of about 800watts each.

I had no light on me at all to create the siloette effect.

Post Prossessing:

I cranked up the exposure +1 in the NEF
I cranked up the Shadows, Brightness, and Contrast to +100
Then I dodged the fake ipod I have in in my hand. (Its just folded up paper). I could never afford an iPod.

I had headphones on but I could not legally dodge them in without breaking the spirit of the rules. That is why they are not present.

The purple was made with a Photoshop photofilter. Used solid purple at 100% dencity and unchecked "preserve luminosity".

Statistics
Place: 62 out of 248
Avg (all users): 5.9837
Avg (commenters): 7.7692
Avg (participants): 5.8254
Avg (non-participants): 6.1500
Views since voting: 1438
Views during voting: 420
Votes: 246
Comments: 13
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/19/2005 10:22:50 PM
A nice piece of work, reminiscent of the Blue Man ads for the chipsets. Technically flawless, but it leaves me feeling a lack of emotional response.
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 05/19/2005 09:43:25 PM
Okay...that's just beyond cool.
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 05/19/2005 04:00:22 PM
Dang. . . the headphone wires would have made it complete!!! BOL
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 05/18/2005 07:18:46 PM
A smart take off of this great commercial.
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 05/17/2005 07:32:56 PM
interesting shot, though as a sillouette without the title I would not have guessed it was an ipod, to me it looks more like a cup, just my opinion though. 7
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 05/17/2005 05:46:08 PM
love everything about this except the white ipod. Nice work tho and a cool image
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 05/17/2005 01:54:35 PM
That looks awesome. The purple is so cool! I love it!
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 05/16/2005 04:32:04 PM
9 Love your clever idea, and you've done it sooooooooo well.
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 05/16/2005 01:31:24 PM
Very fun shot. Love the intense purple agaist the black. Composition has nice line.
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 05/16/2005 09:27:49 AM
Really cool, bold image. Great simple combination of 3 colors and simplicity of design, goes well with the iPod style. I would imagine this in a magazine ad.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/15/2005 08:54:45 PM
This looks pretty good. The shadow looks off and it really doesn't
look like an ipod but those are my only two things I can say negetively. - 7
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 05/15/2005 08:44:27 PM
this would've been perfect to me if it werent for the shadow since their ads are straight clean images. very cool idea
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 05/15/2005 08:32:57 PM
too cool! see you at the top 10
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