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Composing The Shot
rob_franklin


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Low Key (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: abandoned house in north carolina
Date: Mar 18, 2006
Aperture: F/7.1
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/100
Date Uploaded: Mar 18, 2006

 i hope this is "low key" enough. i wish i could have had the advanced rules so i could have gottan rid of the distracting reflections in the main shadow.


post processing- started out in RAWShooter Essentials where i desaturated and pushed the exposure, fill light, and highlights contrast way up, converted to 8-bit/jpeg from there(which always seems to kill the quality a lot more than converting from tiff to jpeg in PS does...but i purposely did it because it made it really grainy), from there i went straight into neatimage and went a little overboard with it(made the grainy look more grungy), then i went into photoshop and just ran some levels, resized, and gave it a slight sepia kind of tone.

no dodge/burn or filters(unless you consider neatimage a filter)....i think the other problems(besides the distracting reflections) voters will have is that it may not be low key enough(im not exactly sure where the definitive line is to make something "low key") and they may think i did use a filter or something illegal.

Statistics
Place: 5 out of 281
Avg (all users): 6.6825
Avg (commenters): 7.9333
Avg (participants): 6.2247
Avg (non-participants): 7.0164
Views since voting: 3122
Views during voting: 342
Votes: 211
Comments: 18
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 03/29/2006 08:47:43 AM
Outstanding study. Congratulations on your top 10 finish.
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 03/29/2006 07:26:48 AM
All in all, I'd agree with stdavidson: a worth-while image. The dusty shaft of light is particularly live and dynamic. I'm a little less content with the discernible Neat Image effects (edges of ceiling boards and support strut), especially in combination with sharpening (see the haloed outline of the photographer on the left).
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 03/29/2006 04:37:12 AM
Congrats on the high placing with this interesting composition.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/28/2006 02:37:59 AM
wow.. i like this a lot.. very well composed! 9
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 03/26/2006 04:41:33 PM
awesomely crisp shot
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 03/25/2006 12:50:08 PM
Very nicely done. This is one of the best images in this challenge. The harshness of the bright light coming in from the outside coupled with the choice of sepia and inclusion of dark tones makes this a terrific composition. Bright outlines on a human figure is a classic feature of low-key images and there is no highlight detail inside at all. It is not immediately obvious why the model is holding their hands to their face and will distract some viewers.

Message edited by author 2006-03-29 09:36:07.
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 03/25/2006 07:05:05 AM
Very nice lighting in this.
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 03/24/2006 12:16:48 PM
Fantastic shot, suffers a bit from compression, but otherwise great work.
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 03/23/2006 03:33:00 PM
Personally, I think I would have liked this better without the person in the photo. If I cover the person with my hand, I just see it as a stronger image. It's strong as it is, I just think it would be be better. I love the duotoning and how the rays of light expose the dust in the air.
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 03/23/2006 11:49:14 AM
very nice... reminiscent of something I did on film once...
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 03/23/2006 08:43:40 AM
Really cool image.. love it.
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 03/23/2006 06:30:07 AM
Love the Shot Great Tones! Ill give it a 10
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 03/22/2006 11:24:45 PM
great light and I hope this does well for you..well done, suits this challenge well
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 03/22/2006 07:45:14 PM
Reminds me of a scene from Law-n-Order detective TV-show.
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 03/22/2006 01:33:42 PM
REALLY GREAT!! I like that character filter. Nice smoothness yet the image has lots of grunge and weathered stuff in it. I like it alot.
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 03/22/2006 11:52:43 AM
Wow very nice.
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 03/22/2006 10:25:12 AM
Nice work. Just a tad too much contrast though.
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 03/22/2006 01:39:30 AM
This is a great idea that works well.....
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