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    The Antidote

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    Re: The Antidote

    Superb stuff.
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    Re: The Antidote

    Excellent! love it.
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    Re: The Antidote

    wow ! are you going to make a scary movie ?

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    Re: The Antidote

    Wow this is incredibly good.

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    Re: The Antidote

    Beautifully done! The green glow amid all the blue really set tone of the image and makes the title so appropriate.
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    Re: The Antidote

    Great work. Ozzy meets Alice.lol
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    Re: The Antidote

    Great just viewing here, but life size this would be stunning.
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    Re: The Antidote

    I'd love to see a poster sized print of that!

    Great job & congrats on the sticky!
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    Re: The Antidote

    Some criticism please, folks. Remember, this is the Photo Critique forum. Even if you have to work at it, please try to offer something useful whenever you post a comment.
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    Re: The Antidote

    Congratulations on this very fine work. I envy your computer skills to produce work of this quality. You have captured a mood, the darkness yet detail and that green glow...., a job well done.

    Congratulations on the sticky.

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    Re: The Antidote

    Very well done as usual. Excellent texture in the floor, nice glow from the windows. And as usual, very nice and sharp! The centering is perfect here, no wondering if offsetting would have been better.

    My only wish is that perhaps the eyes are visible. Unsure how much of an issue this is, as I have a feeling that they would steal the show.

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    Re: The Antidote

    My first reaction is "If that's the Antidote what the hell is it curing?" if that is what you wanted, working !
    The ambiguity is excellent. I can't tell, is he going to administer the antidote, or is he in need of it?
    The lack of eye detail in those sockets is disturbing, that works too.

    Looks to me as if there's a little haloing along the arm in the right hand window - resizing artifact?

    I really can't tell how this was done, whether the background is CGI, painted, or a real scene tonemapped in HDR. It looks totally seamless, a great job.

    The only thing missing is the needle on the syringe.

    And the only odd thing is the light appears to be coming from the syringe, yet there is a dark shadow on the chin that isn't filled in by the green glow and I can't explain the source of that.
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    Re: The Antidote

    Were you really looking for a critique on this?

    Was the subject HDR'd as well?

    What was the lighting? What were the camera settings? How many frames? etc.

    I'd still like to know more about your HDR process. There seems to be missing info (or a missing post) in the post processing forum?

    Congrats on the sticky.

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    Great work, interesting execution. When I first saw it, "L" from the series/movie "Death note" was the first thing that came to my mind. If you do a google search you may see what I'm talking about

    I'm surprised to be the first to ask, but what about the bottom half of the person? I suppose his legs are flailing behind him, but there isn't anything here to imply some sort of levitation or anything, its a question mark. Though, from the way he is hugging the sink, it looks as though his body is limp and heavy, his feet should be on the ground in front of the sink, I would think.

    Further, there is a shadow that goes from the sink to the back wall, but what is causing the shadow? I can't tell, its sort of a curious thing then.

    The brightness of the window outside also doesn't seem to match the dark mood and dark light/atmosphere of the interior.

    Great work, congrats on the sticky.
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    Re: The Antidote

    Hmmm looked more like an enamelled china PM slab to me.
    No taps, and that ring of bolts implies it's big and heavy and needs serious support.
    So roughly sarcophagus shape in plan view (or body shape ) hence the long shadow.
    Which explains the support for the legs.
    I didn't see that as an anomaly, though shooting from a fraction lower would have revealed the underside of it and hence its shape.
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    Re: The Antidote

    Thanks for the comments fellas...........so to answer a few questions.

    As with all the shots I have posted here, naturally lit, 5 shot HDR into photomatix and then some work in CS5 and yes its a ceramic mortuary slab !!
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    Re: The Antidote

    Well what do you say about this shot , really is an amazing shot and was great fun making this with Andre Govia the real photographer here . VMlopes i really am not sure what makes someone steal other peoples shots and pretend they are there own . Really really sad dude and to think me and Andre even meet up with you once

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    Re: The Antidote

    Quote Originally Posted by rustysphotography View Post
    Well what do you say about this shot , really is an amazing shot and was great fun making this with Andre Govia the real photographer here . VMlopes i really am not sure what makes someone steal other peoples shots and pretend they are there own . Really really sad dude and to think me and Andre even meet up with you once
    For anyone who likes this work , search Andre Govia on flickr , thats the real photographer and in his sets you will find this shot in Abandoned mortuary X

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    Re: The Antidote

    I was just thinking we haven't heard from him in a while. Interesting post. Checks out though.
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    Re: The Antidote

    Wow, yeah really whats the point?

    Rusty, were you the model in this original photograph?
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    Re: The Antidote

    Quote Originally Posted by rustysphotography View Post
    For anyone who likes this work , search Andre Govia on flickr , thats the real photographer and in his sets you will find this shot in Abandoned mortuary X
    Thanks for bringing it to our attention, Rusty. I am actually a contact of both you and Andre on flickr (gary heller) and sure enough when i checked Andres "abandoned mortuary" set this image was there. Sorry to have it happen here and thanks for pointing it out.
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    Re: The Antidote

    The point is that Andre took this photograph (his intellectual property) and vmlopes passed it off as his own.
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    Re: The Antidote

    Quote Originally Posted by EOSThree View Post
    The point is that Andre took this photograph (his intellectual property) and vmlopes passed it off as his own.
    Sad. Bob Dylan is getting slammed for about the same thing.
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    Re: The Antidote

    Quote Originally Posted by EOSThree View Post
    The point is that Andre took this photograph (his intellectual property) and vmlopes passed it off as his own.
    I meant, why should he bother to try to pass it off as his own. On a critique board, of all places... So utterly pointless and vane.
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