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Out of the Night
Out of the Night
Jason


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Painting with Light (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: Studio
Date: Jan 19, 2004
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 20 sec.
Galleries: Emotive, Studio
Date Uploaded: Jan 19, 2004

 One of my favorite models ... one of my gargoyles.

Taken with a 70-200mm 2.8L IS lens from the other side of the room. Room was totally dark then lit by a Mini-Maglite with a fiber optic attachment. Moved the light around trying to get more light on the areas of interest.

Harldy anything done to it.
Cropped and resized
Removed a dead pixel
Sharpened
Added border

Statistics
Place: 13 out of 120
Avg (all users): 6.3874
Avg (commenters): 7.5556
Avg (participants): 6.2469
Avg (non-participants): 6.4909
Views since voting: 4861
Votes: 191
Comments: 23
Favorites: 7 (view)

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AuthorThread
 06/13/2004 02:59:32 PM
Speak about strong visual impact.
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 02/08/2004 08:35:00 AM
Greetings from the CC, well you have certainly produced a photo with some emotional content, granted its a bit of a creepy feeling that it gives me, but hey its a feeling! You have done a very good job on this shot IMO< not too much to critique, The lighting certainly serves to add a feeling of 'evil' as does the composition it really seems like this gargoil is creeping out of the nite shadows. Even tho it is a fairly central comp, the subjects positioning still makes for an interesting comp. The border even works well for your shot ( i generally hate borders) it is subtle yet adds a containment for the solid black bckgrnd. Very nice job, creepy but nice, I will leave him alone now : )
keep up the good work! and happy shooting!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/31/2004 05:26:20 PM
Fantastic & eerie. Love the subject & title. Nice border as well. 7
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 01/30/2004 06:53:56 AM
Interesting effect. Almost looks as if lit by firelight. Maybe a red tint would enhance that impression. On the second go through, I upped the score on this one point. Looks even better the second time around.
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 01/30/2004 05:48:24 AM
Great light and very menacing as well. Like a monster appearing from nowhere...

Is it a large statue or a small figure you have used?
/KOB
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 01/29/2004 11:48:38 PM
Incredible photo! Very interestingly, it seems like the light reflected from water... Scary, though.
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 01/29/2004 01:53:26 AM
I like how the face is in thirds and the frame works well, too. The lighting and tone are great for this photo.
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 01/28/2004 04:27:27 AM
Wonderful!
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 01/28/2004 12:59:56 AM
Well done, nice creepy subject.
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 01/28/2004 12:48:29 AM
Creepy & spooky...good use of light.
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 01/27/2004 04:59:06 PM
Just perfect. I cannot say anything negative about this photo. (Thinner border perhaps, but that's just my taste). Beautifully done and dead on with the challenge topic.
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 01/27/2004 03:53:39 PM
This is nicely done with the proper painting with light technique.
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 01/27/2004 04:33:01 AM
Great shot.. the painting with light makes this gargoyle seem quite spooky :)
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 01/27/2004 01:23:09 AM
Very effective indeed!
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 01/26/2004 05:39:40 PM
spooky! the boarder works well here, not sure about the cropping though. Fantastic job overall!
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 01/26/2004 01:07:41 PM
The moving light has created a flickering feel - makes us look again to see if the gargoyle moved. Very myterious and unnerving. Lovely detail, great composition - 10
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 01/26/2004 01:01:27 PM
A great picture - but (for me) not one that seems to be "painting with light" certainly is dramatic and well positioned and makes a sinister object even more sinister. There appears to be no "movement" of the light source or use of long exposure and seperate light sources to create what I would call painting with light
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 01/26/2004 09:28:19 AM
Awesome! I might have preferred a thiner border but that's just my taste. - 10
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 01/26/2004 09:00:09 AM
Beautiful tones. Good luck in the challenge.
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 01/26/2004 07:37:32 AM
truly eerie. the use of light and shadows is done well in this image. would be frightening printed big!
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 01/26/2004 04:38:37 AM
execllent mood set by your lighting and choice of subject. very dark and gothic. 8
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 01/25/2004 08:31:26 PM
This works. The subject and the challenge go so well together. You've really brought out the demon-character with the moving light treatment. I'd have given a higher score had the gargoyle been much lower in the frame. That would really have brought out the 'waiting to spring into action' feeling here. 7
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 01/25/2004 07:42:37 PM
Spooky shot! I like the darkness and the shadows.
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