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Golem
Golem
smurfguy


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Challenge: The Four Elements II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Location: Colorado
Date: May 24, 2007
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60s
Galleries: Portraiture, Textures
Date Uploaded: May 27, 2007

 This didn't turn out like I'd hoped - my vision was stone/rock/mud texture on a human face. Apparently projecting an image onto a face does not produce very high quality results.

So I had to work this one a bit in PP, and in the end I was happy with it. I don't think it's DPC-friendly, I bet it'll score sub-5, but I don't care. I like it.

Selective shaprening, curves, hue/sat, USM, various dodging/burning, yadda, yadda, and voila. =)

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Huge thanks for the favorite, and to those who actually look up what a Golem was. Cheers!

Statistics
Place: 303 out of 394
Avg (all users): 5.1491
Avg (commenters): 6.2000
Avg (participants): 4.9278
Avg (non-participants): 5.4844
Views since voting: 933
Views during voting: 318
Votes: 161
Comments: 12
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/03/2007 07:29:09 PM
very interesting image, well executed
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/03/2007 02:48:14 PM
Cool! I had to look up what a Golem was, very interesting!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/03/2007 02:29:04 PM
"In Norse mythology, a clay giant, built to help the troll Hrungnir in a battle with Thor." I googled it - very creative, very cool.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/02/2007 08:08:38 PM
Intense eyes and great texture. I'll be interested to see how you did this one. Great picture, but the only problem is I don't see the four elements. I even looked up Golem in Wikipedia and didn't see a match there, other than maybe earth, though I found out it isn't something from Lord of the Rings. Despite that I am giving it one of my higher scores based on the uniqueness of it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/02/2007 10:28:54 AM
Which element was he?
 06/01/2007 07:11:27 PM
Nice graphical representation. Bump.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/30/2007 10:30:58 AM
I like concept and execution. Nice shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/28/2007 09:31:21 PM
Nice and startling.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/28/2007 01:29:07 PM
Very creative - well done - How did you do that in advanced editing - it´s just to the edge of the rule isn´t it
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/28/2007 06:03:18 AM
I really like the PP or whatever was done on this. Not sure how you did it, but I will assume it is legal! :) Very creative. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/27/2007 09:52:11 PM
Is this Earth? Air? Fire? Water? A portrait with a grunge texture layer? I don't know? More of earth if anything with the cracks and kind of dirt feel. Dirt as in Dirt, not saying it is dirt all though if it is it is good dirt.............well you know what I'm saying right. Right. Am I right, or am I right, or am I right. Right. Nice processing!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/27/2007 08:12:07 PM
love the eyes.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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