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Shadow Puppets (*)
by Daniel Chui
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Tuesday, March 30th 2004 Daniel Chui

3rd Place:
Shadow Puppets (*)
by Daniel Chui

UCSD Rimac Gym

Sony DSC-F707
F4.0, 1/60th of a second on a tripod.
Two neutral density filters (ND4 and ND8) mounted, exposure taken at the source of the light in order to produce "silhouette" effect. hide exif
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Guest 01-May-2004 19:01
I really like this shot
Sony Forums Challenges06-Apr-2004 15:42
Daniel, I really like your capture of "mood" here...dreamy/peaceful, full of space/solitude, nice use of contrast & light. The silhouetted form is a special element. Nice shot. MFC
Sony Forums Challenges06-Apr-2004 06:02
Daniel, you already know how I feel about this image-- it's wonderful. --Nancy/JoseNoway
Guest 06-Apr-2004 01:15
what a wonderful shot... solitude filled with feeling...great
Sony Forums Challenges04-Apr-2004 22:08
Beautiful shot Daniel. Melanie (mlynn)
Katherine Stanback's Photos04-Apr-2004 21:30
Cool photo - I love the lighting and the reflection!
Guest 03-Apr-2004 12:24
Great shot and VERY INTERESTING! I like this!
cherylm
Sony Forums Challenges02-Apr-2004 09:34
Thank you very much for your feedback, Markjay and Bee. In regards to the slight offset of horizontal and perpendicular lines, I will begin by saying a perfect alignment of horizontal/vertical lines was very difficult for me in this shot, even after playing around with the Skew tool.

If you'll notice, the main horizontal line and the main vertical lines are relative close to 90 degrees from one another; however, the offending line of the top window is very frustrating to try and get "in line" with the opposing horizontal horizon, without offsetting the vertical lines that frame the shot.

At the moment, I'd say I am happy with the picture.. I've given skew a shot but I am definitely no pro at using that particular tool. Thanks again for your suggestion, Mark!
Sony Forums Challenges02-Apr-2004 06:54
Very nice! Your image could use a slight tweak of skewing to straighten out your horizontal and vertical lines (transform tool). The image is very appealing, nice work. Markjay
Sony Forums Challenges02-Apr-2004 02:06
Very elegant and quite beautiful, Daniel and thanks for the info. - very much appreciated...Bee