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She's Really Gone......
She's Really Gone......
albc28


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Extreme Emotion: Faceless (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Hopatcong, NJ
Date: Jul 21, 2007
Aperture: 1.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/10
Galleries: Emotive, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jul 24, 2007

 Can't quite remember all the editing steps, but I'll try to remember.

Set camera to timed shutter
Used curves layer to lighten
Selective desat of yellow
Channel Mixer - set to monochrome
Unsharpen Mask
Guassian Blur
Fade gaussian blur
resized
sharpened
saved as jpeg

Statistics
Place: 50 out of 110
Avg (all users): 5.5745
Avg (commenters): 7.1538
Avg (participants): 5.0714
Avg (non-participants): 5.6625
Views since voting: 1176
Views during voting: 505
Votes: 282
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/31/2007 03:10:22 PM
10. Nice "real" feel to it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/31/2007 07:12:38 AM
Poor guy...maybe he oughta learn to cook. ;-)
 07/30/2007 07:02:43 PM
Very well composed, although the blown out fridge is a bit distracting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/29/2007 08:09:54 PM
chinese leftovers are my crutch too
 07/29/2007 05:30:25 PM
Removing the garbage can would have made for a cleaner photo. Nice execution.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/28/2007 02:13:35 PM
I like the backlight from the fridge but the bin should have gone
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/28/2007 09:14:30 AM
though not technically spot-on, i really get a sense of the story behind this pose. 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/27/2007 02:02:17 PM
I'm a bit confused over what you are trying to say with this shot. I don't get why he's eating on the floor in front of the fridge.
TC
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/26/2007 01:35:00 PM
I like this a lot. Good idea with the open refrigerator door. My favorite of the challenge so far.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/26/2007 10:50:07 AM
How sad is this??? Feels real to me. Love your lighting and composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/25/2007 02:28:13 PM
10
 07/25/2007 04:35:30 AM
Great idea!10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/24/2007 08:33:56 PM
this is great...i like the way you portrary that without her guys would not be able to fend for themselves to well...lol.. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/24/2007 08:29:20 PM
nice set up. very true to life. great work and creative lighting :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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