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Challenge: Silhouettes II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D2H
Lens: Tamron SP AF 17-35mm f/2.8-4 Di LD Aspherical IF for Nikon
Location: Japan
Date: May 14, 2005
Date Uploaded: May 14, 2005

 After attempting the brown in Triangles I thought i better get back down to the real business of improving my photography and heading in the other direction again.

I went to a friends house still totally stuck on this challenge and we got talking about an old advert that was on UK TV about a stranger who left beautifull ladies a box of Chocolates, leave his calling card then dramatically leap from the side of the mountain house into the ocean "all because the lady loves Milk Tray".. then it hit me like a canonball.. crossed with a touch of James Bond we left for the store to buy a sheet and a very bright light. We pinned the sheet across the archway in the living room and asked my friend Glen and his Girlfriend if they wouldnt mind getting semi-naked and posing behind a screen with some guns and stuff... They both agreed and this was the result of that evening, they said it was really good fun to do and a nice change to the evening.

Cropped darkened the shadow converted to B&W levels, USM.
First entry with the new Tamron wide lens.

I intentionally left the creases in the sheet because at the end of the day it is 2 people standing behind a sheet and I wanted to leave that flavour than to make it look too processed, been there.

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05/21/2005 10:55:16 PM
Mmmm...don't quite get the picture what the gun is doing there. It really does dominate the photo, because it gives one no other choice then see 'holding power over...', while one could've seen 'adoration for...' if the gun had been left out.
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 05/20/2005 08:51:07 PM
You're going to get either loved or hated for this - i'm in the former category!
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 05/18/2005 07:22:02 PM
LOL
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 05/18/2005 05:34:39 PM
Should have cloned out that love handle.
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 05/18/2005 01:07:52 PM
made me laugh..... yeah, like this one, good effort !
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 05/17/2005 05:51:25 PM
Looks like a Film Noir poster. Good job.
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 05/16/2005 06:21:04 PM
Original and creative. Bold and interesting. I likey. Only thing I don't like is the wrinkles in the backdrop/screen/sheet.
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 05/15/2005 08:46:23 PM
i dont know what it is about this image that makes me like it so much but it's very cool
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 05/15/2005 08:43:43 PM
LOL, quite the piece your packing... Errr, well gun. ;-) Great negative space. more information in the white area or texture to show clear separation would be great. 8
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