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Challenge: Black and White in Color (Advanced Editing IV*)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Location: home
Date: Jul 25, 2006
Aperture: 11
ISO: 200
Galleries: Emotive, Persuasive
Date Uploaded: Jul 25, 2006

 This is last moment effort and one that is going to encounter some resistance because many people do not understand the grayscale. When I was a child I was so deeply impressed when seeing oil paintings which rendered silver utensils. The end result was sheer magic, yet upon examination it was only a grayscale rendition. That is, the artist used mainly white and black to create the intermediary shades and hence the illusion.

Well, this challenge calls for b/w and this meets the challenge head on but the neophytes will argue that silver is a metal which is neither white nor black and maybe too shinny! They find it difficult to associate silver, pewter, white gold etc with the grayscale. To have a b/w challenge, really meaning a grayscale and then to expect stark black and white is a different challenge much like b/w with as little grayscale as possible. This is not to knock any entries which took the literal route but only to point out that what the challenge really calls for is the grayscale.

A simple image to create. A cardboard with black poster board and then two holes to insert the fingers. Clay is used to hint at the melting appendagages and small amounts of clay near where the fingers will be inserted. The clay is covered with the silver paint.The front of the fingers are then painted with silver and inserted for the shoot.


Statistics
Place: 29 out of 263
Avg (all users): 6.0526
Avg (commenters): 6.6154
Avg (participants): 5.8588
Avg (non-participants): 6.1436
Views since voting: 2175
Views during voting: 496
Votes: 266
Comments: 21
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 02/19/2008 08:46:41 PM
Daniel, you continue to amaze me with your creativity, knowledge, depth in thinking and the way you approach any photo/challenge.

This one is such a lovely rendition and thanks for sharing the grayscale piece
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 04/01/2007 08:18:14 AM
you have one too many fingers in your lumps of clay.. but i do really like the image and thoughts behind it, as well as your willlingness to enter it into the challenge knowing most people wouldn't get it :)
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 08/19/2006 07:30:47 AM
as you predicted, wayyyyy underrated. this is up over 7 for me. great work.
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 08/19/2006 07:26:25 AM
another fine image - i may have deepened the blacks a bit to hide the dust and fuzz on it. i have a similarly themed image from the 'something old' challenge

Peace
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 08/03/2006 08:19:56 AM
stellar photo as usual.
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 08/02/2006 03:36:38 AM
You are such a genius!!!!! Amazing photo!

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 08/01/2006 09:25:38 PM
Loved this one! Thanks for taking the time to jot down the notes on how this was achieved! :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/01/2006 05:09:36 PM
very interesting, i'm curious to know how this was done
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 07/31/2006 07:47:25 PM
This is such a great idea. Sadly I agree that things are not looking good for the globe right now.
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 07/29/2006 11:15:25 AM
Very interesting.
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 07/28/2006 03:38:24 PM
neat
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 07/28/2006 08:47:11 AM
Very nice but it looks like there is some type of halo effect going around the bottom of the puddle. Not to noticeable though.
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 07/27/2006 10:35:26 AM
Interesting shot. Nicely done.
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 07/27/2006 07:52:26 AM
awesome depth
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 07/27/2006 01:50:23 AM
B/W in colour?
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 07/26/2006 09:55:56 PM
I'm afraid to ask what those appendages are. lol
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 07/26/2006 05:03:05 PM
Great image, but much more suitable for chrome or silver challenges. Why didn't you use white paint, as that would have suited the challenge better.
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 07/26/2006 07:47:29 AM
interesting effect
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 07/26/2006 05:41:31 AM
Silver and black
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 07/25/2006 10:21:53 PM
should ribbon...all the other shots were pathetic...this is clearly the best for this challenge...good luck 10
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