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Meet my Friend, tribute to Experiance by egillbjarki
Meet my Friend, tribute to Experiance by egillbjarki
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Deja Vu II (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: B&W
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Location: Home
Date: Mar 22, 2006
Aperture: f 7.1
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Mar 23, 2006

I was always inspired by work of Egill Bjarki Jónsson and when this challenge was announced I didn’t have second thought, I new exactly what I wanted.

I had lots of fun working on this portrait; thanks to my friend Andrey for being a model.

Shot in Raw with flash bounced from ceiling.

Post processed in Photoshop:
Levels
Curves
Channel mixer
Curves
More Curves
Dodge and Burn
Crop
Saved JPEG
Resized
Unsharp Mask
Saved for web


Statistics
Place: 15 out of 141
Avg (all users): 6.8934
Avg (commenters): 7.3333
Avg (participants): 6.5647
Avg (non-participants): 7.1429
Views since voting: 3331
Views during voting: 310
Votes: 197
Comments: 17
Favorites: 3 (view)


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AuthorThread
01/19/2007 04:43:14 AM
Beautiful work. Going to favorites.
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03/30/2006 07:25:37 PM
Cuts right to the soul. Congratulations on your top 20 finish.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/30/2006 11:38:57 AM
There are some incredible black and white facial studies entered in this challenge. Yours is one of them. Great work!
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03/28/2006 11:21:28 AM
Love the lighting here! This is really very nice-congratulation on a fine black and white.
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03/28/2006 08:29:11 AM
An excellent tribute to a great shot
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03/27/2006 02:02:23 PM
Very nice and moody b&w.
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03/26/2006 10:03:23 AM
love the wrinkles!
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03/25/2006 05:01:27 PM
Excellent portrait, and so strong an image, as it stand out really well.....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
03/25/2006 07:08:49 AM
Wow excellent eyes very enchanting.
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03/24/2006 05:34:59 PM
Not bad!!! I remember this photo and this ribbon. Excellent 3-dimensional detail in every line and crack! Congratulations!
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03/24/2006 08:16:43 AM
returning for comments:
A very nice study regradless of the challenge. Bumping up.
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03/24/2006 04:52:30 AM
very very nice!
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03/24/2006 03:16:23 AM
amazing detail
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03/23/2006 08:38:43 PM
Another nice BW face
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03/23/2006 08:03:20 PM
hey, I know you! :)
great minds think alike :))
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03/23/2006 07:23:56 PM
very nice
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03/23/2006 07:02:42 PM
Really good!!! Great eyes. The light is a smidge harsh on the nose and forehead, but really tack sharp and nicely done overall. 8
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