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Challenge: Seeing the Unseen (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: Deland, FL
Date: Dec 2, 2007
Aperture: 9
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Emotive
Date Uploaded: Dec 4, 2007

 A man contemplates a spiritual journey near this thought- provoking roadside sign in Deland, FL. Shot with a model at about 4:00pm. Created three exposures from the single RAW file and combined into a tone mapped image in Photomatrix. Blended tone mapped layer (~ 35% opacity) with the three other exposures with layer masks, applied noise filtering, capture sharpening, color adjustments in LAB, dodged/burned on an overlay layer and high pass sharpened.

Statistics
Place: 25 out of 109
Avg (all users): 5.9418
Avg (commenters): 6.3846
Avg (participants): 5.3095
Avg (non-participants): 6.1224
Views since voting: 1040
Views during voting: 320
Votes: 189
Comments: 13
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/11/2007 12:39:06 PM
i like this shot, 7
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 12/09/2007 06:10:13 AM
Something unsettling in this shot - perhaps the wacky sign, maybe the oversized jacket and the suitcase... What were you trying to say using those props?
 12/08/2007 08:36:22 PM
LOL nice comical take on the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/07/2007 08:18:46 PM
Certainly unseen. Very good technically. There is a lot of tension with the person, the sign and the tree.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/07/2007 09:35:25 AM
Great storytelling.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/06/2007 05:04:39 PM
OK... is there a message here ?????? If so ... it is well done !
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/06/2007 10:36:37 AM
good idea and composition. the image has a perfect focus, but has been sharpened way too much, as you can see for instance in the trees, that show strong pixelation, or in the line "ye must be born again", which looks like text on computers when anti-aliasing is off.

Message edited by author 2007-12-12 11:02:24.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/06/2007 09:47:30 AM
Well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/05/2007 03:33:23 PM
well composed
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/05/2007 09:28:38 AM
too staged
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/05/2007 09:13:45 AM
I love the concept... would have liked to see less of the profile, more toward the sign as opposed to off to the side. Great old country road sign.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/05/2007 05:08:13 AM
good idea
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 12/05/2007 02:58:56 AM
Interesting shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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