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Lash of the Whip (1926)
Lash of the Whip (1926)
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Scene It! (Basic Editing III)
Collection: Stories
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Tamron AF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 LD for Canon
Location: Wild West City, NJ
Date: Aug 28, 2006
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 200
Shutter: 250
Galleries: Vintage, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Aug 29, 2006

 I used channel mixer, mostly on the red channel, to convert to black and white. I used curves and black/white for a harsher silent movie look. Then I converted to duotone for a sepia look, but tried to degrade the image even further. Then I resized and used USM to degrade the image further still. So much work to bring my score down, but I wanted to obscure all those trees in the background. Trees in a western?

post-challenge: I confess, I've never seen this movie. I just looked for movie titles that had "whip" in them. This was the only good title. I lucked out in that it is such an obscure movie that you can't even find stills of it online.

Statistics
Place: 45 out of 99
Avg (all users): 5.6285
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.3600
Avg (non-participants): 5.6676
Views since voting: 1309
Views during voting: 559
Votes: 393
Comments: 17
Favorites: 0

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 09/06/2006 02:34:12 AM
This should have done way better. it was a great job on the PP to get it to feel like a movie.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/04/2006 04:23:10 PM
Great Job. Looks very authentic. Nice attention to detail. Comp is nice and tones make it look like its from that era.
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 09/01/2006 11:34:17 PM
Crack that whip! Damn good shot!
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 09/01/2006 04:35:52 PM
Great work at making this look "vintage"
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 09/01/2006 02:43:00 PM
Nice editing, I like the stance of the man and the 'action' you have captured, would like to have seen a little more light on his face though
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 09/01/2006 06:59:13 AM
Nice shot.. Love the effect... :)
but watch the horizon... 7 for me...
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 08/31/2006 09:15:07 PM
You really have managed to make this look like it was taken in 1926 – well done!
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 08/31/2006 09:12:49 PM
I like the duotone treatment here. It makes this look really "old timey".
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 08/31/2006 01:43:49 AM
well done period shot !
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 08/30/2006 06:32:34 PM
Haven't seen it, but neat photo! Really has that old time movie feel.
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 08/30/2006 04:01:35 PM
I couldn't find any photos from the movie but it definitely has the feel and tone of an old movie. well done
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 08/30/2006 03:38:05 PM
huh?
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 08/30/2006 01:17:10 PM
I love the post-processing. It gives a very old feel--well done.
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 08/30/2006 06:52:25 AM
you've edited this to give it a 1920's look, well done...
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 08/30/2006 06:33:16 AM
Good old style photo.
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 08/30/2006 05:03:04 AM
looks the part
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 08/30/2006 03:39:56 AM
Nicely done.
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