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Phantom of the ruins
Phantom of the ruins
thorgils


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2007-04 (Expert Editing*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: Hvítanes, Hvalfjörður, Iceland
Date: Apr 30, 2007
Aperture: 3.5 & 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/30 & 1/125
Galleries: Interior, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Apr 30, 2007

 Two pictures taken on a day trip. Both pictures used as is from camera, no RAW tweeking. Cut the person out and inserted as a top layer in the next. Pulled the transparency down and erased along the areas in the front. Lots of burning to match the surrounding. Cropped, resized and saved for web.

Statistics
Place: 270 out of 573
Avg (all users): 5.7432
Avg (commenters): 8.2500
Avg (participants): 5.5827
Avg (non-participants): 6.1071
Views since voting: 728
Views during voting: 246
Votes: 183
Comments: 6
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AuthorThread
 05/09/2007 10:36:45 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club.

Hi Thorgils,

Well done for going for such a different concept for your submission. IT's always a bit of a risk to try these sorts of things on DPC. Per the comments you have already recieved this is haunting, or a bit spooky - depending on how you interpret it. In this respect you have doen a greta job of layering the 'phantom' into the ruin in a convincing fashion. I only part a bit less convincing is the side of his face where his left eye is - because the background is much lighter there it looks a bit odd. I think the whole would have been better if you had shrunk the phantom and shifted him to the left a bit.

It is my hope that these insights are helpful and constructive. Please feel free to PM me if you have any questions regarding this critique. And please remember to mark it "Helpful" if you found it so. Good luck with future challenges.

Cheers
Paul
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/03/2007 06:39:27 PM
Very nice feeling to this picture
 05/02/2007 10:20:13 PM
I like the DOF of the walls here. And our main man seems to fit into his environment. It a bit of putting though that he is in clear focus but the wall that is also in clear focus is well behind him.
 05/02/2007 11:23:58 AM
I like this photo a lot. I think you read what you want into a photo like this, and that is what makes it different. One photo can tell many various stories. A 10!
 05/01/2007 03:18:19 PM
love this, very nice combination of all these different elements and layers. the tones are great as well.
 05/01/2007 09:34:11 AM
Very cool spooky image. Nice.


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