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Surf Thongs
Surf Thongs
cushla


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Footwear (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ30
Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Date: Mar 9, 2006
Aperture: 3.0
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Sports, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Mar 9, 2006

 1) Took the image with flash after positioning the thongs in a surfing stance on the surf board in the lounge room. Used this room due to interesting carpet texture.

2) Post processed using two tones blue and green, adjusted shadows, midtown and highlihts then contrasted image a little to get an interesting (unique) effect.

3) Added a B/W border to finish off, hoping to provide a little depth and perspective for the image.

Interesting Fact: this used to be my brother in laws surf board; Former World Number (1) Air Show Surfer "Dave Reardon Smith" Dave gave me one of his old boards as a gift.

I was going for an image that you may find as a tag on a line of surf clothing or surf equipment range in retail?

Well tried to achieve this anyway.

Regards
Marc

Statistics
Place: 51 out of 271
Avg (all users): 5.5779
Avg (commenters): 7.2857
Avg (participants): 5.1776
Avg (non-participants): 5.8905
Views since voting: 1141
Views during voting: 394
Votes: 244
Comments: 20
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 03/24/2006 07:51:42 AM
I love the post-processing and the composition. I found your photo to be an eye-catcher and enjoy looking at it. After reading your notes on what you were trying to achieve, I'd say you did...and created a piece of art, not just a picture. Well done!
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 03/22/2006 12:26:46 PM
Glad to see your "unique" effect worked, I love the blue/green duotone and "logo" quality of your image. Like other commenters have said, sometimes post-processing backfires (mine for example, I thought high contrast would make my otherwise boring garage set-up more interesting) but I think you have done a fine job here in a rather "ordinary" challenge.
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 03/21/2006 10:46:33 PM
Not a bad finish at all, Marc. DPC as a rule does not respond well to posterized processing, which is what you did here of course. The composition and dynamics of the image overcame that negative bias to a considerable extent. Nice job!
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 03/21/2006 08:08:25 PM
You were robbed that for sure, as you should have been on the front page in my book.....
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/21/2006 02:09:18 AM
Excellent image....."LOVE" the fluro feel in this image, as it really appeals to me..."WOW"... I give it a "10".....
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 03/20/2006 10:32:39 AM
This would be a lot more effective without the color editing, it really detracts from a good picture.
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 03/20/2006 02:17:13 AM
I would have liked the surfboard alone or the sandles alone. Good use of editing though!
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 03/18/2006 11:48:33 AM
this is cool well done balenced framing and great staging of the subject overall also i like the wide to tone boarder it works well here GL with this one
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 03/16/2006 01:02:01 PM
Very creative and vivid to the eye! Cool shot!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/16/2006 12:24:44 PM
Gnarly
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 03/16/2006 08:09:05 AM
Nice composition and colors, surrealistic and artsy.
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 03/15/2006 07:13:07 PM
Wow great effects. Doesnt look real though.
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 03/15/2006 06:56:30 PM
pretty cool, although over manipulation in the 'lab' can cause lower scores
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 03/15/2006 03:13:51 PM
So funky it doesn't even look like a picture - just an ad of some sort. Love the color scheme - love the angles - love the lines - nice job
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 03/15/2006 12:30:33 PM
One of only 6 or so decent entries in this challenge. I love the editing.
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 03/15/2006 09:00:41 AM
LOVE IT!!! Great composition, great cropping. FUN water!! A pleasure to see a different style. 10
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 03/15/2006 04:59:47 AM
i think the extreme color shift works
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 03/15/2006 01:31:40 AM
But where's the sexy skeg body that goes with the thongs? Oh well. Better luck next time. 10.
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 03/14/2006 07:44:52 PM
Brilliant light, composition and processing. It all comes together and works because of the colors.
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 03/14/2006 07:35:22 PM
a lil too much contrast


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