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ctfchallenge | all galleries >> Challenge #7: Portraits In Black and White (or Sepia) >> Critique Gallery > Half Self II
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09-APR-2002 Gordon McGregor

Half Self II

Canon PowerShot G2
1/60s f/2.5 at 10.7mm (35mm equivalent: 34mm) with Flash hide exif
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Date/Time09-Apr-2002 14:26:52
MakeCanon
ModelPowerShot G2
Flash UsedYes
Focal Length10.7 mm
Exposure Time1/60 sec
Aperturef/2.5
ISO Equivalent
Exposure Bias-0.30
White Balancesunny (1)
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Qualitynormal (2)
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance0.628 m

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Guest 18-Apr-2002 02:42
When I see this picture I start hearing the theme to the movie 2001 in my head. It seems somehow very Kubrikesque.
Guest 12-Apr-2002 10:23
great image, I have to disagree about the shadow on the left eye,
I actually like it , quite sinister and theatrical.
nessa
Guest 11-Apr-2002 17:32
Thanks for the comments - I think I was aiming for a slightly more malevolent look with this one - I actually dodged out the shirt I was wearing to get that disemboded head look. The eye shadow is a bit too heavy though.

Good to hear that some people like the first one more than the second, and other people have the entirely opposite opinion :) Depth of field is always a challenge with these, but getting the eye sharp seems to be the key. Think I might have over done the burning of the highlights in the hair (or I have I got my dodging and burning the wrong way around...?)
ctfchallenge11-Apr-2002 14:38
I like the highlights in your hair.

I don't really care for the shadow on the left of your eye. It looks kind of "evil" - I'm not sure if you were going for that or not :-) Also, because you're wearing a dark shirt (?) it looks like your neck is floating and chopped off from a body.

I like it as a companion to the other piece...Kind of like the soft, tender side of Gordon and the evil, crazy side of Gordon. Is that what you were trying to achieve?
ctfchallenge11-Apr-2002 14:04
Gordon,

I like this image much better than #I. The lighting is much better than the cropping in my opinion. (After corresponding with you, it is nice to know what you look like.} Bill Prosser