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Skullduggery
Skullduggery
Les_Feck


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Challenge: Free Study 2009-02 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Sony DSLR-A100
Lens: Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED Zoom Lens for Sony Alpha
Date: Feb 21, 2009
Aperture: F29
ISO: 100
Shutter: 30
Galleries: Still Life, Traditional Art
Date Uploaded: Feb 21, 2009

 Kicking it old school. 1600's style.

I got some fruit from the kitchen, some candlesticks from the mantle, a noose from the gallows, and a skull from the duggery.

Composed and lit up

If viewed closely, there are lots of "real world" reflection and refraction effects going on here.

Gilded frame. In my minds eye, all still lifes are Dutch. I should have had something sliced open or half chewed but I'll leave that to the Masters.

Not sure if too understated or too overstated. Probably too dark for many. Oddly enough, I actually used multiple spot lighting to "create" the darkness. Something in this image appears odd in some way on someone's monitor.

I'm pretty confident I can hit the big 5.000 with this one.

Pretty basic editing, tweaked lighting and color curves. A little sharpening and an eye of newt.


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03/07/2009 03:44:21 PM
interesting, composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/04/2009 06:08:09 AM
great shot
 03/03/2009 01:59:01 PM
Eat that banana quick before it goes bad. And don't store your fruit with skulls. It sort of creeps out guests when they come to visit.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/02/2009 08:52:37 AM
There's too much going on between the fruit, the bowl, the candlesticks, then throwing in the rope and the skull. Sometimes less is more. The skull on it's own would be interesting. Good luck.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/01/2009 04:12:12 PM
Seems a bit dark and flat.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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