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Challenge: Where In The World Is stdavidson? (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Backyard
Date: Aug 22, 2006
Aperture: F4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Nature, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Aug 22, 2006

 I had a hard time coming up with an idea for this challenge, added to that I started working a night shift that left me little time to be creative while my brain was still awake. This is a last minute idea that I really really like the end result of - which means it'll bomb. :D

It was taken in my backyard in our grape bushes, the eye is that of my little doll that I've had since I was 2 or 3. She's a black dolly so I had to make sure the skin color difference wasn't noticeable. I tried black & white and really liked the effect that I got from the leaves, the eye and just the feel of the shot. It gave me a feeling of hidden wildness.

RAW adjust:

B&W
Bright -.50
Highlight & Shadow adj
Red Filter applied to entire shot
Sharpen +7

Gimp Adjust:

Auto Level
Slight Curve adjustments
Bright +30
Contrast +50
Crop
Resize
Sharpen 20 x2
Border

Statistics
Place: 14 out of 107
Avg (all users): 6.3720
Avg (commenters): 7.6667
Avg (participants): 6.0667
Avg (non-participants): 6.5481
Views since voting: 1027
Views during voting: 320
Votes: 164
Comments: 19
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 08/31/2006 03:12:38 PM
Congratulations on your top 20 finish. Great shot!
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 08/30/2006 04:38:52 AM
congrats. great photo. very striking. I gave it an 8.
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 08/29/2006 08:41:06 PM
Awesome photo Sia and a great idea!
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 08/29/2006 08:34:04 PM
A cool presentation. Congratulations on your top 20 finish.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/29/2006 07:02:04 PM
Very clever presentation. Bump.
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 08/28/2006 09:52:15 AM
Beautiful rich tones in this amazing study in b/w. I like the eye in the hole of the leaf. Well done, you got a 10 from me while I was voting.
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 08/27/2006 02:14:31 PM
very cool. love the subtlety.
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 08/27/2006 05:17:13 AM
beautiful black and white conversion. like the eye - many may miss it.
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 08/26/2006 07:34:19 PM
very nice b/w and great interpretation of this challenge.
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 08/26/2006 09:20:43 AM
Like it. The eye in the image definitely draws the ....uh ... eye.
Beautiful texture too.
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 08/26/2006 04:21:52 AM
GREAT!! The eye is perfect. For the rest of the photo: Wonderful detail and gorgeous tones. I'd love to see the lower part of the leaf as sharp as the middle part, but it's not too distracting, so consider that a tiny nit, please. I'm giving you an 8.
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 08/26/2006 02:38:27 AM
Ohhh...I can see him...there he is...yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!
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 08/25/2006 03:32:15 PM
Really, really like the creativity of this image! B&W is perfect. Well composed and balanced image. The eye is perfect! It converts a mundane leaf into a mysterious presence.
I'd have killed to have broad leaves like this for sun protection during my long hiatus into the open desert. My sun protection came mostly from leafless palo verde trees ('palo verde' means "green stick" in Spanish and is the State Tree of Arizona, USA) - Steve
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 08/25/2006 01:08:09 PM
This shot is so beautiful, I almost wish that eye weren't there, but it doesn't actually keep the shot from being beautiful. Instead, it makes me feel tricked. I believe this was the true goal of the Dadaists and some of the Surrealists, and often Man Ray. I like being tricked. It doesn't happen often at DPC. As far as I'm concerned, you win the Steve Davidson challenge. Your prize? Steve Davidson, of course! I hope you have someone home during the day to accept packages. Don't worry, I hear he's extremely independent. 10.

Message edited by author 2006-08-30 00:37:02.
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 08/25/2006 09:36:39 AM
awesome idea and great delivery! the image as a whole works great, perhaps if there were other leaves to the right to fill in for the open space it might make the image even more "incognito" since he is clearly not over in that area of the frame. good work.
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 08/25/2006 04:47:00 AM
might be overseen, but i like the simple concept. well executed, too - 8
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 08/24/2006 05:52:33 PM
lovely simple haunting image though cutting off lower edge of leaf and white blurry blotch in lower right distracts
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 08/24/2006 04:24:26 AM
Very cleaver idea for the challenge. Nice conversion to B&W and the eye has just the right amount of sparkle to stick out. Well done.
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 08/23/2006 07:01:46 PM
This is kinda spooky, nice shot..
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