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The ear is the avenue to the heart (Voltaire)
The ear is the avenue to the heart (Voltaire)
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2009-05 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark IIn
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 I
Location: spare room
Date: May 28, 2009
Aperture: F/13
ISO: 400
Shutter: one second
Galleries: Studio, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: May 28, 2009

Shot for the 'unusual' challenge but feel its better placed in the FS. I'd love to see my 3rd 7+ score with this as I really like it.

Simple set up, just stood in front of the cam in a dark room, set the cam to 1 second exposure with the 580EX flashing twice whilst I 'struck the pose'

Out of the cam

Statistics
Place: 111 out of 434
Avg (all users): 6.0227
Avg (commenters): 8.4000
Avg (participants): 6.0215
Avg (non-participants): 6.0256
Views since voting: 2078
Views during voting: 260
Votes: 132
Comments: 15
Favorites: 2 (view)


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07/06/2009 09:24:53 AM
I like this a lot, Andi! You did an amazing job bringing out the detail.
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06/08/2009 04:55:08 PM
I really like it. I am a little jaded by the strange way free studies are judged so much more brutally than other challenges. This photo and its score just further confirms my unhappy heart about the matter. It's like they are conditioned for those knock-your-socks-off Icelandic or Pacific Coast land/sea scapes, or a Middle Eastern portrait -- and anything else is darn sure going to pay. I'm sorry you "paid". It is an amazing technique pulled off to perfection!

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06/08/2009 04:30:46 PM
Seven in a FS is very hard to get. Actually, seven in ANY challenge is quite a 'challenge' to get.

This is good. And interesting. I like the ears heart.

But, competing with FS entries will always be tougher than the usual competition. :)

It's good and sharp, amazingly so for 'two' shots. Congrats on a fine FS score!
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06/08/2009 04:26:09 PM
another technical coup from you. I'm impressed.
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06/08/2009 12:33:46 AM
WOW!! An excellent piece of work.
I had hoped this would ribbon for you or at least given you that 7 you wanted:-(
Glad it picked up abit in the end.
But hey And, you knew that anyway!!XX:-)
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06/07/2009 09:51:16 PM
Andi - brilliant concept and execution.
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06/07/2009 08:41:52 PM
Sheesh, getting a 6+ is like pulling teeth round here. Except for Deb and Sarah, that is ;) So glad to see it kept afloat, congrats, wish it had scored better for you.

And ditto Enzo's comment - it's a work of art.
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06/07/2009 08:15:35 PM
Andi, it tipped over the 6, yippee!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/07/2009 06:48:53 PM
this is awesome...apart from the blown out highlights on the ear, it's a work of art...would equally look good as a b and w
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06/06/2009 05:16:16 PM
Ok Andi, I'll give it to you straight. I wouldn't be at all surprised if a lot of voters think this is a combined mirror image put together in photoshop. It's nigh on perfect in terms of alignment, and when most folk zoom through voting, they tend to miss the details, making egregious assumptions in the process!

You've done something pretty advanced here, and well... there just aren't that many advanced photographers making up the dpc voting masses. Heck, I still get the odd comment or two alluding to post processing...

Suggestion: Dumb it down in future.

[shrugs] But shouldn't be a sub 6 score by any stretch of the imagination anyway. Maybe no-one likes you? ;P
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06/06/2009 09:36:22 AM
Amazing that you managed to get this that symmetric.
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06/04/2009 09:39:35 PM
The photographic deception is amazing,processing excelent,my tip for the blue....10
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06/04/2009 11:43:48 AM
very interesting, I really like the idea behind this one and the execution and editing give very rich skin tones, very well done
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06/01/2009 06:04:52 PM
very interesting to say the least...excellent shot
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06/01/2009 10:07:48 AM
Andi, I'm at a total loss to figure out why this is not scoring higher. I do hope and expect it to pull up. It's a great shot.
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