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12-FEB-2007 elips

Life Imitates Art

Canon EOS 350D ,Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS
1/100s f/5.6 at 38.0mm iso400 hide exif
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Date/Time12-Feb-2007 13:42:57
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
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Focal Length38 mm
Exposure Time1/100 sec
Aperturef/5.6
ISO Equivalent400
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elips20-Feb-2007 22:33
Thanks, Sam! ~Sharon
Canon DSLR Challenge19-Feb-2007 01:44
Very "original". Smart. Sam Attal.
elips18-Feb-2007 13:55
Thanks, PK and Gayle! PK, well it did use two separate images and in most other challenges that alone would be considered a lot of PS! :-) ~Sharon
Gayle Knowles17-Feb-2007 03:38
Incredibly clever!
photokhan16-Feb-2007 20:03
So clever, it "cracks me up"...I'll bet the master, himself, would have been amused...:)
As for my proposed scale, it just goes to show how much more it would have to be tweaked. According to it, this would be classified as a PP5 when, in fact, very little PP was actually used.
PK
jbhgmvo14-Feb-2007 20:58
A-ha. I DID wonder about Adam's hand, but was certain Gods was female. So I imagined they were both yours. Oh well.. As long as I recognize God I guess I'm well off. I'll see a shrink about the rest... sometime. Then again.. fun is fun.
elips14-Feb-2007 20:33
You got the God part right, kiki, but Adam's hand is male. :-) ~Sharon
jbhgmvo14-Feb-2007 20:29
About God and her female creation you mean? ;)
elips14-Feb-2007 18:00
I am so glad you noticed, kiki! I had to move one of my ceiling cracks over so it would be more in position. I probably shouldn't do this because then you will all see how very far off the mark I really am but here is the detail I was imitating.



Also, I was wondering if anyone noticed something else about this image, another deviation from the original. ~Sharon
jbhgmvo14-Feb-2007 07:22
I'm sure you are aware, but just have to tell that I found it very amusing how the cracks mimic the cracks in the original from before the restoration in 1980. Very funny. I bet you had a ball making it :)
elips14-Feb-2007 05:12
Thanks, Lee and Mary Anne! Lee, no PS paint filters were used. The background is a photo of the plaster ceiling of my bedroom with its normal cracks and textures. I layered the photo of the hands on the ceiling and then "drew" the cracks over the hands. I thought using the ceiling as background was highly appropriate considering where the original image lives! ~Sharon
Guest 14-Feb-2007 00:39
Neat idea. No PS paint filter?
theFly
Canon DSLR Challenge13-Feb-2007 16:05
Excellent work, Sharon. And thank you for sharing your technique.
--Mary Anne
elips13-Feb-2007 15:27
Very funny, kiki! Thank you, Traveller! The cracks across the hand and arm were created by using the clone tool set to a very tiny brush and then tracing one of the other cracks. If you look closely you can see the repetition. This would probably qualify as a PP5 according to PK's scale. ~Sharon
jbhgmvo13-Feb-2007 09:52
Nifty handwork :)
Canon DSLR Challenge13-Feb-2007 08:57
Oh, sharon, you're always so smart...and so good. Do you mind me asking how you got the cracks to go through the hand and forearm as you did? I guess that this is a simple masking thing...but still a mystery to me. How did you do it? Best Wishes, Traveller