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21-MAR-2005 dominic

21-03-05 faux-ffiti

Took me ages to do this. It started out as a motif on a t-shirt I have. It was cracked worn, and
faded. Therefore as you can probably tell, there has been a fair bit of photoshop work done on it
too. I'll try and get this right. I took the photo changed the colour balance. Changed the white
balance. Cloned to remove the cracks in the motif. Altered the image size. Repositioned the
gorilla. Changed it to greyscale. Boosted the contrast, and I think finally added a bit of sharpening.

I also tried it in a black on white version, but it was missing the "impact" I got from this.

And by the way, with that, I'm up to date!

Incidentally, as the original was taken previously, I thought I'd hit you with a double whammy - so
there's an extra for the day, taken on the proper day. Whereas this was PS'd today. At least this
way my mind can rest easy without thinking I've cheated!

Olympus C-50Z
1/2s f/3.4 at 13.0mm iso320 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time24-Feb-2005 19:00:14
MakeOlympus
ModelX-2,C-50Z
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length13 mm
Exposure Time0.50 sec
Aperturef/3.4
ISO Equivalent320
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programprogram (2)
Focus Distance

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joshishots24-Mar-2005 14:28
Worth the work, a really nice graphic image, great position and negative space!
Zak24-Mar-2005 10:48
planet of the apes!
northstar3723-Mar-2005 22:09
Peter Reid!
John Finlayson23-Mar-2005 21:05
Cool work ! Going to make a new tee shirt with it ?
Bill Miller23-Mar-2005 20:30
Is that Che Guevara ????!!!!!!
Anna Yu23-Mar-2005 18:54
A cool portrait from the Planet of the Apes. Very nice.
Gayle P. Clement23-Mar-2005 18:04
Very well done. I like your thorough explanation.
laine8223-Mar-2005 11:41
Only watched part of this original movie the other day. She was sweet. You just exhausted me, Dom :>)
Chris23-Mar-2005 06:17
Reminds me of the graffiti shots you take. Sweet.
Guest 23-Mar-2005 00:01
So, when you cutting the stencil?
jude22-Mar-2005 23:26
LOL@ Geoff!!!
"Take your hands.." well you know the rest.. Nice effect..
Stu22-Mar-2005 20:46
Excellent work, Dominic. I'm quite breathless now!
Guest 22-Mar-2005 20:36
"what have you done"
Charlton Heston, Planet of the apes!
Guest 22-Mar-2005 20:02
No, I'm not going to mention any employees of Hibernian Football Club!!!