Fantasy Photo Edit

Challenge #1 in the The Power of Editing series. Hosted by sagebrushfire.

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The goal of this contest is to produce an amazing image using ANY Tools necessary. The subject matter can vary but the important part is that you title your work and give a good explanation of what kind of digital tools you used to make your picture amazing. The more surreal your image the better. This is all about editing to the nth degree. Create an image that takes real photographic material and turns it into something spectacular and fantastical!

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Announced:

Wednesday, 11th July, 2012 (GMT)

Submissions:

Wednesday, 18th July, 2012 – Tuesday, 24th July, 2012 (GMT)

Voting:

Wednesday, 25th July, 2012 – Tuesday, 31st July, 2012 (GMT)

Processing rules:

The only rule here is that there MUST be post processing.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Images do NOT have to look like real photos, they may be stylized.
No nudity, follow all DPR rules (really should have to say that but ...)
Submissions MUST have a title.
Submissions MUST have at least 1-2 sentences describing what tools/techniques were used to produce the desired effect.
Please use royalty-free stock, paid stock or your own photos. Do not composite by getting Google images, respect others' copyrights! Stock Exchange, MorgueFile and iStockPhoto are great resources. Images must contain at least 1 photo taken by YOU and you must have the legal right to use ANY/ALL photos in your submission.
Images should look surreal or fantastical in some way. Just applying a simple Photoshop filter or tweaking the colors will get you DQ'd.

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Virtual expression

by Frank Thomassen

37^th place (joint)

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TWO photos - ONE picture. The one picture contain everything - except the green grass and the big yellowish leaf. That part is separated from the other picture . The two "parts" are "merged" , to make the special expression.

Camera:	Hasselblad 501CM / Nikon F3
Lens:	2,8 / 80mm and 1,4 / 50 mm
Submitted:	Saturday, 21st July, 2012 22:08 (GMT)
Taken:	Saturday, 21st July, 2012
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Notes:	TWO cameras - TWO FILM-formats : 6/6 + 24/36. That is the main reason why exposure-data is omitted. So ( in this case) : "Taken on" is NOT the exposure date.
Views:	129
Galleries:	View this photo in Frank Thomassen's gallery

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