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Family Portrait
by kiki2
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6th place
Family Portrait
by kiki2

One head-shot and one picture of a hand. The portrait was made into two people by mirroring same halves of the face: One face consists of the left side halves, the other one is made up of the right side halves. Shuffled around, resized, blended and masked, then added a hand. Utterly weird result. It doesn't quite hang together, but it was rather fun to play with :)


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Canon DSLR Challenge05-Jan-2009 05:51
Thank you, Lonnit :) Quite intense picture, isn't it.. an utterly unclear message, but with such an urge to communicate it lol. Significant nonsense.
-k2
ctfchallenge04-Jan-2009 01:24
I did that to myself about 10 years ago and was very surprised to find two different women, neither of whom looked at all like me! LOL! I think one was straight and one was gay! LMAO!!!!!

Good work and there's such an unusualness to this image that really draws one in to ponder. ~ Lonnit
Canon DSLR Challenge30-Dec-2008 03:42
Thank you, Lydia.. I'll accept votes for the explanation! :))) j/k
-k2
ctfchallenge30-Dec-2008 02:13
Wow, Kiki. This is amazing. Your explanation makes it all hit home. ~lydia
Canon DSLR Challenge29-Dec-2008 22:18
Thank you, Olaf :) Found yours, very nice triplets ;)

Dylan: Thanks :) All faces are asymmetric, some more than others. We find symmetry attractrive, but perceive faces as a whole, and don't really notice assymetry much - as such. But do the mirror game and you'll be surprised. Quite amusing. If a face is extremely symmetric (rare), you can use a shot that isn't all frontal, like here. "Tales of the unexpected.."
-k2
Canon DSLR Challenge29-Dec-2008 14:09
More more I looked at it, the more unusual it got. Then I read your explanation, and suddently it all made sense. I'm not sure if human eyes are so used to the fact that the 2 sides of the face are different, or maybe perfectly symmetric lightning never occurs naturally. Very intriguing photo.
-Dylan
Guest 29-Dec-2008 03:43
Sure beats my go at something similar a few challenges ago. Well done!