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Challenge: Portrait of a Camera (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Challenge Pics - Meh
Camera: Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Lens: Olympus 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5 ED Zuiko Digital
Date: May 18, 2008
Galleries: Black and White
Date Uploaded: May 18, 2008

Took it in a dark room. This is also my first camera that really got me hooked on the whole digital photography thing.

Should be interesting to see how this does. I wanted to catch a camera with the flash going off and i did. But it was a PITA to do it because I have incredibly poor timing. And I wanted to do an older-ish looking kind of photo so lots of over contrast and over sharpening! Plus I added a border! Guaranteed to be loved by all. Looks like I might make the top 200 so I am quite optimistic about this challenge :P

Statistics
Place: 130 out of 137
Avg (all users): 4.6139
Avg (commenters): 4.0000
Avg (participants): 4.5692
Avg (non-participants): 4.6452
Views since voting: 635
Views during voting: 279
Votes: 158
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0


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05/29/2008 10:28:15 PM
Nice and far out BW. (But then I have a great fondness for the 4 megapixels, and here it shows boldly emblazoned).
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05/27/2008 10:11:26 AM
wow michelle ... THIS IS BRILLIANT .. i wonder wot goes thru those voters minds sometimes .. it reminds me of one of the more famous b&w photographers work.. its that good .. very arty, very edgy and just so excellent .. 4.6 is total idiocy .. :)
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05/26/2008 06:05:45 PM
I really like it. Although I tend to go for the high contrast and sharpening thing, don't I? Anyway. You always have very unique and well executed ideas. Always fun to not only see what you did with a challenge, but what you say about it as well. (I feel like I've been caught by the paparazzi (can't spell) ).
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05/26/2008 07:13:24 AM
Way underrated by the voters. Sometimes I just don't understand! This is brilliant!
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05/26/2008 06:30:59 AM
Definitely one of those shots where you have a clear vision of what you want to achieve but for whatever reason others dont see the same thing that you have.

Clever shot with the flash firing and I really like the hard tones of the B&W conversion
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05/26/2008 05:43:24 AM
This score must have hurt. The shot deserved much better. It was original, and well composed. I'm quite impressed with your ability to get such clear detail on the camera with the flash going off right into your lens. And it's very portrait-like.

BTW - I was going to suggest that you clean up some of the spots in the image. Then I discovered most of the spots were on my screen. :\
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05/25/2008 09:46:32 PM
From your description it sounds like you nailed the photo you were going for. Too bad others did not see it. I like the vintage look. Maybe it would have worked better with an ancient Yashica instead or an earlier version of a DSLR. Who knows.

BTW: it's an excellent concept and photo.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/25/2008 06:02:10 PM
great idea, lovely effect
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05/22/2008 03:45:21 PM
For me, way to blown out by the flash or light source or whatever that white blob is. It makes everything else really difficult to see.
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05/22/2008 12:03:54 PM
I dont know if this is what you were going for but the flash is just very distracting and the pic seems very dark everywhere else
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05/21/2008 11:13:40 PM
certain items look like they are floating, its a really pretty picture though.
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05/19/2008 02:31:47 AM
The blown out flash is very distracting and there is a lack of detail in the camera body which make this image quite unappealing, to me. An adjustment of settings may have helped you to get more detail in the body and make the flash a little less blown. This is just my humble opinion :o)
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