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Falling asleep
Falling asleep
MistyMucky


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: The Ribbon (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
Location: Domat/Ems, Switzerland
Date: Aug 15, 2009
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125 s
Galleries: Humorous
Date Uploaded: Aug 15, 2009

The sheep were drawn in photoshop with a pen tablet. The 3 colors printed out on heavy paper, cut out and suspended with fishing line over my pillow.

Processing: cloned out the fishing lines, levels (increased the blacks a lot to even the background and give the night feeling), dodge & burn, black & white with yellow filter (sheep masked), smart sharpen, resized, USM, added border, saved for web.

Statistics
Place: 6 out of 72
Avg (all users): 6.4929
Avg (commenters): 7.6364
Avg (participants): 6.4286
Avg (non-participants): 6.5204
Views since voting: 1840
Views during voting: 312
Votes: 140
Comments: 17
Favorites: 2 (view)


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AuthorThread
08/24/2009 12:08:58 PM
Thanks for the great and friendly comments! It's cool to get front page attention :)
08/24/2009 09:26:36 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club and congratulations on top 10!

First impression: It made me laugh, the faces are too cute. Fantastic image, very original and well done.

Tehcnicals: Your technicals are spot on, I love the selective desaturation. Your composition is good, although it feels a little tight for me -- a little more space on the sides would do it. Your focus is spot on and exposure is great, I love the wrinkles on the pillow.

Final thoughts: It is hard to critique an image that I like. The photo is really well done and everything works well. Great job!

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions.

Cheers,

Anna
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08/24/2009 06:07:58 AM
I loved this one--such a great idea! Congrats on the top 10!
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08/24/2009 01:09:44 AM
Great imagination here! Congrats on an awesome finish.
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08/23/2009 08:46:11 PM
congrats on your top ten..
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/23/2009 03:32:17 PM
The sheep are adorable - I must have one! I'm assuming this is not on rollover night tho - who sleeps at that time? :D Cute scene.
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08/22/2009 09:00:54 PM
lol so very freakin funny!! love it so much, made me giggle alittle
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08/21/2009 05:27:28 PM
That puts you to sleep?! Very creative!
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08/20/2009 01:29:44 AM
Funny, I was thinking of doing something on sleeping as well, couldn't think of a way to present it though, which you have pulled off successfully.

Good creative idea and nice presentation. I almost always mark shots down for partial desaturation, but I think this is actually one of the rare examples of it that actually works, well done!
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08/19/2009 08:02:03 PM
lol funny interpretation of the challenge
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08/17/2009 02:09:17 PM
Great photo which meets the intent of the challenge. Creative and unique.
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08/17/2009 08:58:06 AM
Nice! 8
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08/17/2009 07:55:45 AM
Very good idea, well executed.
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08/17/2009 05:54:22 AM
Yeah.. .me, too... *sigh*

*smile* Clever!
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08/17/2009 05:33:08 AM
Cute idea.
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08/16/2009 09:08:41 PM
very good idea. I love it!
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08/16/2009 08:44:22 PM
This concept is terrific and the image works.
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