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The 18th ?? Passenger
The 18th ?? Passenger
Nadine_Vb


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Challenge: Rejected Movie Poster (Expert Editing*)
Camera: Nikon D2X
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DL Macro for Nikon
Location: Home
Date: May 1, 2010
Aperture: F13
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Advertisement
Date Uploaded: May 1, 2010

 To start with, I took 4 eggs and put them in vinegar.
Two eggs remained in it for 48 hours, the other 2 for only 24 hours.
As everyone knows, vinegar dissolves lime. The eggshell in this case. What remains is the egg in its membrane.
The 48hour-eggs were way too smooth for the purpose.
The 24hour-eggs had more structure left, just what I wanted.

1 light behind at the left with snoot and a green filter which I held in front of the snoot.

- crop
- cleaned
- brightness & contrast
- levels
- vibrance & saturation
- Topaz Adjust: Portrait Drama (brightness + details)
- resize
- unsharpen Mask
- upload

- noticed the Extra Rule of Adding Text
- hesitate a few seconds...Decide to

- open the saved version after Topaz Adjust modification
- add text
- resize
- continue upload

- notice I forgot to do unsharpen mask
- slap myself on the forehead
- hesitate a few seconds...Decide to leave it as it is and hope this forgotten step will not be missed.

The preparation of the eggs was fun doing: see how the eggshell disappeared slowly but surely to become the so called bouncing egg.
Needless to say that, when manipulating these eggs, this should be done with care.
1 of the 48hour-eggs didn't hold it for long: when testing how far I could go with the manipulation of it, it drew the line quick and clearly. Reason why I took 2 eggs of each in stead on 1.

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/09/2010 03:58:07 PM
This is good because the 17th smelled like rotten eggs.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/09/2010 01:29:23 PM
the green is beautiful. i also like the simple image and blackness.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/07/2010 03:03:24 AM
great poster
this poster ell tickets
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/06/2010 04:57:17 AM
Great photo, love the texture!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/03/2010 11:28:28 AM
Extraordinary and nice. The beautiful lateral belichting gives an environment of spiritualism. Green for the egg, has been well chosen. The egg which acts here as a spacecraft seems have landed on an extraterrestrial small island.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/03/2010 04:55:39 AM
That's good. What would have sent it to the top for me would be to add the necessary credits at the bottom like a real poster. Maybe that's why it's rejected. LOL
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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