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Photographer's Comments |
Challenge: Success II (Basic Editing)
Collection: 2008
Camera: Sony DSLR-A700
Lens: Lensbaby 2.0
Location: Virginia
Date: Jun 17, 2008
Aperture: F1.0
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/15
Galleries: Humorous
Date Uploaded: Jun 17, 2008
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PSP X2
- crop
- hist (0,1,220)
- NI
- resize
- usm (.50,100,10) +luminance
- noise reduction: S&P (1,1)
- color balance (5000 temp)
- hsl (ylw -40 sat)
- smart photo fix (15,5,-5,0,30)
- save as JPG
***** post challenge *****
Guess I should have titled it "Barack Obama"? :-) Maybe toss "Hillary Clinton" in there for good measure? He-he.
The concept was that Obama, the black King, triumphs over Hillary, the white queen, with a successful campaign. Their very powerful & successful spouses observe from a nearby spot in the game.
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06/25/2008 05:21:11 PM |
| Hehe, sorry, Barry. I really did think it was a whiterook. I wouldn't have scored it DNMC, but the technical deficiencies to me are the yellowishness (word?) and focus placement and composition. A for effort and clever concept though. :) |
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06/25/2008 11:29:41 AM |
I didn't vote in this challenge, but (since you asked in the forums), without the title I see this as chess pieces in various stages of falling over. With the title I see this as a metaphor for Barack Obama falling over, i.e., being defeated (possibly after having defeated Hillary Clinton).
Forgetting metaphors, it's a nice photo of the black piece falling. The piece really stands out thanks to that lensbaby. |
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06/23/2008 01:37:42 PM |
| Impressive that you captured the tilt of the piece. |
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06/21/2008 02:44:13 AM |
| The concept here is pretty funny- the joke may be more obvious if the king and queen pieces were more obviously king and queen for non-chess players. Very funny. |
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06/20/2008 02:52:09 PM |
| I wish the left side wasn't blurred. |
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06/20/2008 02:24:47 PM |
| I'm struggling with the symbolism. The white queen is down. OK. The black king is falling? Or just leaning over to watch her go down? |
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06/20/2008 11:34:40 AM |
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06/20/2008 07:56:57 AM |
| The focus seems a bit odd, I like the tilted piece. |
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06/18/2008 08:16:37 AM |
| Neat photograph, I don't understand the title though. |
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