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Dark Rider
Dark Rider
egillbjarki


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2005 (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Location: Reykjavík, Iceland
Date: Jan 22, 2006
Aperture: 5.0
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1.3sec
Galleries: Abstract, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Jan 5, 2006

 A bunch of curve layers along with some color adjustments done in hue/sat and selective color. I also but in some soft focus effects, to put across the atmosphere in the photograph in a clearer way.

Statistics
Place: 80 out of 833
Avg (all users): 6.5444
Avg (commenters): 8.5405
Avg (participants): 6.5421
Avg (non-participants): 6.5556
Views since voting: 2388
Views during voting: 742
Votes: 428
Comments: 40
Favorites: 7 (view)

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 03/11/2006 12:32:53 PM
Such an amazing portrait! Very creative!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/30/2006 02:37:25 PM
Sweet! Excellent composition and mood set off by the fog. Great capture.
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 01/29/2006 05:27:40 PM
Nice picture.
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 01/28/2006 04:07:07 PM
woah! Scary.:0
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 01/28/2006 07:28:39 AM
One of the most interesting in BO2005. Great job with the framing and the lighting.
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 01/27/2006 11:51:44 PM
Very intersting! 10.
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 01/27/2006 06:02:46 PM
What the hell kind of a bike is that?! lol :) Really nice shot, I love the blue>yellow colours and the mist. I wish that one light wasnt directly above his head but still a great shot. 9
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 01/27/2006 10:16:47 AM
I know these shoes!
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 01/27/2006 09:58:02 AM
Cool picture. Like the bike.
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 01/26/2006 09:45:08 PM
What a bike!
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 01/26/2006 05:53:38 PM
Very gritty well done picture.
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 01/26/2006 02:18:53 AM
Amazing bike here, and actually this image is amazing as well.....
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 01/22/2006 11:59:05 AM
Has a gothic feel to it, but a little too bright to be considerd gothic. The long bike if shot at more of an angle to really give more depth to this.
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 01/22/2006 08:38:03 AM
Looks like such a cool tough dude on his bicycle, love the cemetery setting, works well with the subject, nice focus, the light above his head is just a tad too intense, in my opinion only. Well done
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 01/22/2006 07:05:15 AM
cool shot!
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 01/21/2006 03:01:33 PM
Joey??? nice pix, excellent use of light, great use of atmosphere, color a bit flat but not disturbing, dragonized??, good dof, good texture, overall a keeper
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 01/20/2006 09:04:55 PM
Fantastic mood created here, well done
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 01/20/2006 05:05:24 PM
Of all the entries this was one of three that caught my interest. Very nice shot. Good luck...10
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 01/20/2006 12:49:10 PM
I confess I am a motorcycle enthusiast. I was initially attracted to the thumbnail thinking this was a chopped bike. Seeing the full sized image, I liked even better applying this style to a bicycle (the prototypical symbol of innocense) juxtaposed with the tough guy "biker" image. Great idea and well executed. Among my top picks.
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 01/20/2006 10:38:52 AM
One of my favourites!! GREAT mood and just everything fits so well!! best of luck to you
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 01/20/2006 10:22:17 AM
The lighting above the head is a bit too distracting. Maybe, if you darken his head a bit so it has more contrast from the backlight (i.e. like the jacket and bike) it would make that spotlight more easy on the eyes. Overall, I like the image.
 01/20/2006 04:34:30 AM
very well done ... 10
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 01/20/2006 02:39:19 AM
Very cool !!! I like it a lot ! Good luck !
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 01/20/2006 01:37:53 AM
töff mynd, vonandi gengur henni vel í keppninni :)
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 01/19/2006 06:12:31 PM
Very good picture. It has some hollywood effect. I like it. 8
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 01/19/2006 04:54:19 PM
This I like. One of the top picks I hope 10
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 01/19/2006 04:02:22 PM
Nice capture. I like how the two lights seem to highlight both the rider and the bike. Excellent job.
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 01/19/2006 02:03:06 PM
SCHWEET BIKE! and a nice caputre by you! Your lighting is stupendous... 10
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 01/18/2006 02:01:14 AM
This was such a well lit image. The setting is really great and I love the misty air surrounding the subject. Good detail.
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 01/17/2006 09:08:13 AM
Superb portrait with wonderful lighting and treatment. Gotta love this atmosphere. A small nitpick of mine would be that the highlights on his shoes seem a little too bright for my tastes and look very manipulated.
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 01/17/2006 08:18:17 AM
awesome portrait.
10.
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 01/16/2006 07:31:29 PM
Yes. Great idea for a set up. Even the street lights look cool here. 10.
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 01/16/2006 03:26:27 PM
This doesn't look real. If it is you are a photoshop master. a 10 from me. Congrats on your ribbon.
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 01/16/2006 02:08:43 PM
Great shot. Ya done good!
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 01/16/2006 09:53:25 AM
you got a 10 from me...love where you took it...love the lights, love the fog...i love the bicycle...hehehe 10
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 01/16/2006 05:41:39 AM
Holy cow...this is just cool...
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 01/16/2006 03:32:43 AM
this is so good. Looks like a movie or something. Fantastic lighting and processing!Best of luck! (9)
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 01/16/2006 03:32:43 AM
Beautiful work. Love it.
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 01/16/2006 02:22:43 AM
Really good work I think your picture will be in top 3
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 01/15/2006 08:39:31 PM
this is so sweet, that guy has some serious pizazz
love the backlighting
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