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Challenge: Mirrors II (Basic Editing)
Collection: WTF was I thinking?
Camera: Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Lens: Olympus 14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 Zuiko Digital Zoom
Location: Malabar Farm
Date: Nov 1, 2008
Galleries: Abstract
Date Uploaded: Nov 2, 2008

 This was taken at Malabar Farm in Lucas, Ohio. This is where Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall got married.

This turned into one of those happy accidents. We were on the tour and the guide was giving a lecture in another room. My attention span is about zilch for stuff like that so I started to wander around and found this room full of mirrors. So in this room it was just me and this other guy. I started taking pics and he kind of snuck into the frame. So what I like about this is that it appears as tho this bust has two views of the guy. The face that the viewer sees is actually looking at the man. The reflection of the bust is looking at the reflection of the man. I thought it was kind of cool but oh well lol.

yospiff was certainly right about the compression. The photo was too dark and had too much noise. So I actually used some noise-reducing software twice and the software that I had also shrinks the dpi size. That sucks so I am buying some new software lol. And I am also glad he shared his opinion during the challenge because it probably represented what most saw when they looked at my photo.

Statistics
Place: 104 out of 133
Avg (all users): 4.7181
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 4.8095
Avg (non-participants): 4.6918
Views since voting: 622
Views during voting: 308
Votes: 188
Comments: 10
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 11/24/2008 10:31:02 AM
I have no idea what you're talking about with the compression stuff - I think it's a phenominal shot for the challenge! Mirror and reflections in way more than one sense. Great stuff!
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 11/18/2008 04:31:14 PM
Very cool find, really makes you stop.
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 11/11/2008 08:09:19 PM
I see I was on target about a few things. Even though I was one who didn't care for it, I applaud you for entering the one you liked, In spite of the flak and low voting you expected and got. Sometimes you just don't know how it will be received. You have to throw it against the wall, and if it sticks then it's art!

Message edited by author 2008-11-12 01:10:53.
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 11/11/2008 07:50:47 PM
Well, I think Jaime has said it well. That last comment is one of inexperience, no sweat. "Photographically", this image tells a story, if you stop to look and listen. She also has likely not read Oscar Wilde's The Picture Dorian Gray, which is what I think of every time I look at this. Totally creepy. Yes it has limitations, but it is not the content.

In hindsight, I think the composition may be improved by cropping to the top of the bust. It may lessen the impact of the door from the viewers attention as mentioned below.

For Steve ( Yospiff), I think you may be correct about the bust, but what if you allowed the bust to lead your eye around to the reflection. For me, I then settle on the man, who is then clearly being watched by the bust as evidenced by the reflection in the mirror. Pretty neat, eh?

Do you think you will process it again without the restrictions of basic? I think more than a handful of us would be interested! Don't forget how excited you were when you first posted this photograph!
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 11/11/2008 07:21:14 PM
You know what? I didn't know that this shot was yours of course and I really liked it! I didn't comment but I liked it. The reason being, I kind of thought that the actual man in the shot could have been the bust itself. It was kind of an "eerie" second in time that you caught this!

Steve (Yospiff) made a great point about JPEG overcompression in posting. Someone else told me about that as well. I didn't know that before. Takes a little fussing but, it works well.

As for the last of these comments...well, just my own opinion here....certainly not coming from YOUR mouth..., it's mine....but, I'd say that this person needs to wake up and learn to comment helpfully or stop commenting! :) She really needs to take a good look at her own portfolio before she makes comments like those! LOL

Really great shot!

Message edited by author 2008-11-12 00:23:20.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/05/2008 05:29:15 PM
I'm really trying to understand your photo. Overall, it is not a great shot photographically.
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 11/05/2008 02:03:36 PM
This photo struck me as soft, and I think most of it is due to the use of excessive JPEG compression. Your file size of only 46k indicates a highly compressed image and that is what is robbing a lot of the detail and sharpness from this image. Check your compression settings when you save your file. Always adjust JPEG compression so that your file size is as large as possible, but within the challenge limit. (150k for this one)

The composition of the bust in the frame is also a problem. It leads my eye out of the picture, rather than into it. The man in the mirror does not seem like anything other than that he happened to be there when you took the shot.
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 11/05/2008 01:12:40 PM
Nice image, lighting is a bit dark, 7.
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 11/05/2008 08:04:05 AM
Hmm. Interesting. At first view I wasn't a fan, but the more I look at it the more I'm intrigued by it- looking at the eyes, and understanding the reflection. It's nice! I think a little crop off the top could do a lot- I know the space defines the door, but seeing the door and frame takes away from my eyes being drawn to the man. Well done.
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 11/04/2008 10:14:28 PM
Lil out of focus.
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