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Like Humans Do
Like Humans Do
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Challenge: Free Study 2011-01 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Olympus PEN E-P2
Lens: Olympus 17mm f2.8 M.Zuiko Digital
Location: Washington, DC
Date: Jan 16, 2011
Aperture: 10
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/800 sec
Galleries: Black and White, Street
Date Uploaded: Jan 15, 2011

 Ladies fashion boutique window display. I shot this for the lamp challenge but needed advanced editing to clean it up. For me, it has a "Twilight Zone" feeling. I've been trying to come up with a title for this image and finally settled on "Like Humans Do". An attempt at giving life to the manikin. David Byrne has a song with this name but his story is different.

I'm pretty disappointed with my score but got some great comments and a posthumous!

Statistics
Place: 259 out of 307
Avg (all users): 5.0141
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 5.0816
Avg (non-participants): 4.8636
Views since voting: 634
Views during voting: 230
Votes: 142
Comments: 6
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 02/07/2011 08:11:03 PM
I think stunning is the word. It takes awhile to take it all in. And it gets better the longer I look.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/07/2011 05:02:53 PM
All dressed up and... you know the rest.

The wintery suburban backdrop adds to the effect.
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 02/07/2011 12:48:04 PM
I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.

Positives: I really like the deliberate superimposition of the elements here - the window frame and the reflection overlying the subjects. I like your framing / crop too - unexpected but effective. It all makes me wonder about the real relationship between the structures you show.

Critical stuff: Not much really - I think you have certainly got the most out of this scene,

Overall: A really interesting shot.
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 02/06/2011 06:54:40 PM
beautiful collage

this hangs in the Posthumous Art Gallery

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 02/06/2011 10:11:43 AM
A giant faux-moon, a humanoid perfectly intersected by an urban skyline, a tortured tree and a massive, crushing crucifix. And on top of all that a marvelous title to tease all the parts into a coherent plait. I could easily be reading far more into this than you may have intended, but I suspect not. I just love it. Top three for me. Thank you.
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 02/01/2011 03:17:10 AM
apocalyptic. 8
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