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Amelia Goes Riding
by mlynn
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16-OCT-2006 mlynn

1st Place
Amelia Goes Riding
by mlynn

Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel
1/25s f/4.5 at 50.0mm iso200 hide exif
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Date/Time16-Oct-2006 15:16:28
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length50 mm
Exposure Time1/25 sec
Aperturef/4.5
ISO Equivalent200
Exposure Bias-0.38
White Balance
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Shu19-Oct-2006 01:41
WOW! Sorry I didn't see think before I voted!!! Now I know why it is winning the challenge! Amazing PS work! Let me congratulate you!!! LOL shu
jnconradie18-Oct-2006 03:06
Thanks for the detailed explanations, Melanie. Excellent stuff. Appreciate your time and trouble with the post. Regards. ~jnconradie
Canon DSLR Challenge18-Oct-2006 02:23
Oh, this is fabulous!!! ~ Lonnit
Canon DSLR Challenge18-Oct-2006 02:07
Photokhan--I meant to add...yes, the title is a reference to Amelia Earheart (that and there's a 'me' in the name :)). --Melanie
Canon DSLR Challenge18-Oct-2006 02:05
Thank you all very much. Nico, I don't mind sharing at all--though I'm not sure I'm very good at explaining. I took several pictures yesterday evening of the wooden dragon toy (sitting in front of white paper on a chair, at various angles)--while holding a lamp up in my right hand and tripping the shutter with my left. (I don't have a remote, and I certainly don't have external flashes or any kind of lighting paraphernalia.) Then I scrambled around my house to come up with the articles of clothing for the get-up. I donned my costume, put a little stool up on my bed in front of a relatively blank wall--and took a series of pictures (just trying to get the timing and position right). I had to line up the camera, focus on something else sitting on the stool, trip the shutter (after making sure my goggles and whatnot were in place), run and jump on the bed--toss the focus object (teddy bear) sitting on the stool, and try to pose before the camera went off.

I chose one of the dragon pics as the background, masked out its unruly background, and rotated the dragon slightly for a better angle. I chose one of the pictures of me posing on the stool and overlaid it on the dragon (had to reduce myself a bit and make a mini-me). I masked out my background as well, then overlaid a sky picture I had on my archives. And there you go. The masking/selection process took a rather long time--but I was having fun with it. I might post the originals I used to make this later.

--Melanie
Guest 18-Oct-2006 00:08
Excellent Melanie!
Guest 17-Oct-2006 23:00
Great concept
Guest 17-Oct-2006 19:34
Nice! -Cat
photokhan17-Oct-2006 15:15
Sweet...works in many, MANY levels...The title is just perfect also. Is it a reference to Amelia Earhart?
PK
Vikas Malhotra17-Oct-2006 07:32
WOW that is fabulous. Love it.

Cheers, Vikas.
jnconradie17-Oct-2006 04:38
"Out of his world!" is the phrase that comes to mind! Wow. I have to confess I struggle to figure out how you pulled this off. Would you mind sharing (after the Challenge, perhaps?) Full marks on the creativity front. Regards ~jnconradie
Canon DSLR Challenge17-Oct-2006 03:37
WOW!! Totally cool! What else can I say? -mikey