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A few of my challenge rejects ...

Postby DStrom on Mon Dec 05, 2005 10:15 pm

I liked these, but didn't enter them in the end for one reason or another ...

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Postby leek on Mon Dec 05, 2005 10:26 pm

Great concept Dave - you obviously had a theme in mind - what inspired it? - tell us the story...

#2 is the pick of these and I hesitate to say it, but it might be slightly better than your comp entry...

So why was Rog omitted from a few of the shots??? Is it coz he wasn't wearing a black T-shirt??? :lol: ;-)
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Postby Alpha_7 on Mon Dec 05, 2005 10:44 pm

Great theme and mood in all these shots, I too would love to hear the story and development behind these shots.
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Postby rog on Mon Dec 05, 2005 11:03 pm

I was a very late arrival due to a prior engagement. :)

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Postby DStrom on Tue Dec 06, 2005 9:55 am

leek wrote:Great concept Dave - you obviously had a theme in mind - what inspired it? - tell us the story...


Hmm ok well now that I think back on it this is a little hard to explain, it more or less came from a cross between the idea of people moving so fast you couldn't see them and a sort of faceless / ghost idea I wanted to give. Which I decided would be a good idea to contrast with a motionless beautiful girl :twisted:

Then it was just a matter of playing around till I started getting results :D

On the actual night we started out at Sydney uni, but then the local security guards kicked us out :evil: so those last few shots are from just under the bridge.

leek wrote:#2 is the pick of these and I hesitate to say it, but it might be slightly better than your comp entry...


I did like that shot better overall, but I didn't enter it because I managed to cut Nat's foot off ... It took me a long time to pick the one I did enter, but I think I made the right choice.

leek wrote:So why was Rog omitted from a few of the shots??? Is it coz he wasn't wearing a black T-shirt??? :lol: ;-)


he had better things to do then help me out with the photo :shock:

nah, as he said he was busy, so turned up later to help out ...
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Postby DStrom on Tue Dec 06, 2005 9:58 am

Alpha_7 wrote:Great theme and mood in all these shots, I too would love to hear the story and development behind these shots.


Thanks Alpha! :D

rog wrote:I was a very late arrival due to a prior engagement. :)

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Thanks for your help Rog ... I owe you one!
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