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ctfchallenge | all galleries >> Challenge 94: Personification >> Challenge 94 : Eligible > Red Hatter *
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November 16, 2005 Mary Anne

Red Hatter *

"When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat that doesn't go and doesn't suit me."
--from "Warning" by Jenny Joseph


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ctfchallenge18-Nov-2005 21:38
Cat, the cig is actually a piece of chalk (no tobacco allowed in the classrooms!). Jano, you have a good eye. After submitting the earlier version, I went back and looked at the original, which I liked much better, except that my G3 doesn't pick up true purples. So, I went back to PSE and tweaked hue and saturation in the blue channel until I got the effect I wanted.
--Mary Anne
Guest 18-Nov-2005 17:44
Good set up Mary Anne. and good lighting too. I like the happiness on her face. What kind of cig is(was?) she smoking... got to stay way from those, LOL -Cat
ctfchallenge18-Nov-2005 03:09
brings a rather morbid tone to the red hat society, they consider themselves old ladies, but not THAT old!

- Rentasmo
ctfchallenge17-Nov-2005 22:21
Thanks for your comments, folks. The skeleton is used by the Art Dept. at the community college where I'm taking a drawing class. My instructor let me play around with it in class yesterday...I just provided the props. It wasn't easy getting the arms to stay put, but this pose made me laugh...like some kind of a ghastly "lady of the night."
--Mary Anne
janewigginsphotography17-Nov-2005 05:28
I saw the previous version, and like this much better! It's really a wonderful image that you've captured here with the lighting being perfect. Where was this taken? The quote is perfect for the image so a rare find. jano
elips17-Nov-2005 04:41
Well, I recognize the hat but the face doesn't seem familiar, lol! ~Sharon
Paul 17-Nov-2005 04:40
Very good, made me larf from the thumbnail. Smoking is bad for you but the state you're in i suppose it doesn't matter.