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Fallin'
Fallin'
zackdezon


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Challenge: Fallen (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Olympus E-300 EVOLT
Lens: Olympus 14-42mm f.3.5-5.6 ED Zuiko Digital Zoom
Location: Kimberly Elementary School, Redlands, CA
Date: Aug 2, 2008
Aperture: f/5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Sky, Action
Date Uploaded: Aug 2, 2008

 Had a lot of fun with this shoot. I've had this idea in my head for a while. Unfortunately, I had planned to do it with a model other than myself.

But, I was alone, and I decided I could teach myself to do a handstand.

PP minimal except for a good bit of cloning to remove imperfections--I had forgotten to empty my pockets in this shot, so there were some strange bumps I did my best to smooth out.

Curves, Shadows/Highlights, crop, save for web.

Man, I wish I could do a one-armed handstand.

Statistics
Place: 60 out of 144
Avg (all users): 5.7698
Avg (commenters): 6.8571
Avg (participants): 5.5102
Avg (non-participants): 5.9351
Views since voting: 942
Views during voting: 271
Votes: 126
Comments: 13
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 07/17/2009 11:44:44 AM
Funny you should say that, spatula--the handstand itself wasn't hard--I actually took a few shots in which I had a more deadpan expression--but I figured that dangling from the earth would be, and grimaced for what I felt to be comic effect.
 07/14/2009 03:03:44 AM
What is hurting you the most in this photo is the expression on your face, IMO. I know (personally) how hard it is to do handstands and especially one handed handstands by one's self, but your strained expression surely detracts from the thought. Perhaps a bit of light on your left side would have helped too. Good job going solo on this though, I've tried capturing photos of me dirt jumping and know how much of a headache it can be.
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 03/31/2009 04:00:06 AM
Thanks for the comment on mine. The only thing I would have done different on yours is use color balance to the cool side (or use suggested settings) and then desaturated the reds a little so it didnt look like the blood was rushing to your head. hahah. But I think its very good and I havent seen it before you sent it in your comment to me.

Where did you take it so I can go and search for some of the change? :=)
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 08/19/2008 05:50:16 PM
Ha! Creative and fun. :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/08/2008 09:53:31 AM
Very clever concept!
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 08/07/2008 01:10:11 PM
Nice shot, and a round 8 for creativity.
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 08/07/2008 08:57:37 AM
Interesting twist on reality, presenting this upside down.
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 08/06/2008 06:16:22 AM
Nice!
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 08/05/2008 12:07:57 PM
Great idea and well executed!
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 08/04/2008 01:57:19 PM
Great idea! I think if you had processed it some more you could have taken it over the top!
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 08/04/2008 01:41:21 PM
nice :)
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 08/03/2008 10:25:49 PM
creative!
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 08/03/2008 08:43:50 PM
excellente capture
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