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Left Handed Exakta VXIIa (1959)
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Challenge: Portrait of a Camera (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 2008
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Home window
Date: May 18, 2008
Aperture: F13, F5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200, 5
Date Uploaded: May 18, 2008

 Combining two captures of the same scene. One with flash on, focused on the camera, while the other being a 5 seconds exposure, focused on the clouds. The camera was hung off of the window using a nylon string (one can actually see it if one knows what to look for).

Editing steps:
In dcraw: adjust exposure.
In The Gimp: open as layers. blend the two images based on color (the sky in the first image is much darker than the camera black body). Desat using Channel Mixer. Selective sharpening. Add border. Scale, USM.

Post challenge:

Following the comments, here is a re-edit of the same image:


Statistics
Place: 101 out of 137
Avg (all users): 5.1795
Avg (commenters): 5.3333
Avg (participants): 4.9683
Avg (non-participants): 5.3226
Views since voting: 789
Views during voting: 350
Votes: 156
Comments: 10
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 06/02/2008 04:05:58 AM
another very interesting image indeed. the blur and the deep sharpness contrast very well, and i love the depth of tone.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/25/2008 06:02:30 PM
they make lefty cameras? cool
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 05/23/2008 02:36:21 PM
Interesting, although the processing is kind of otherworldly and the camera doesn't seem to flow well with the background.
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 05/22/2008 11:19:52 AM
Looks a lot like a UFO. I like the black and white on this, but the lighting on the camera gives it kind of an eerie, otherworldly feel (hence my UFO reference)
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 05/22/2008 04:43:08 AM
I love this, very creative
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 05/21/2008 12:40:44 PM
My problem with this is editing. I can still see the strap, so the effect of the camera just floating in the sky is lost. Either you need more editing to completely get rid of it, or you can just let it be...show off the strap as well as the camera. Still well done and nice creative idea.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/20/2008 07:30:43 AM
Nice shot, good background. I never thought about left handed cameras, but it makes sense. Are they hard to find?
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 05/20/2008 02:58:13 AM
really like the thinking here.
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 05/19/2008 05:44:54 PM
I don't care for the straps being faintly visible. Either have them there or not.
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 05/19/2008 02:31:43 AM
Is that two bits of 'something' I can say dangling from the sky holding the camera up? I do like the detail in the camera and the little starburst on the bottom left is quite cool, however, the sky is very distracting. A better background would have made this a stronger image. This is just my humble opinion :o)
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