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Published: 2006-07-04 06:52:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 24300; Favourites: 1403; Downloads: 2996
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the more you know, the less you knowvacationshot II, b&w + texture in photoshop. I have to point out that there is only one lightsource, the extreme vignetting is a result of the ND & pol filters.
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beautiful is the only category this needs to be under, simply amazing, breath taking and wonderful not enough works to describe it properly; i just
stare hoping to burn it into my mind so as to never forget this image. amazing
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"daydreamer" hmmm fantastic photo... π: 0 β©: 0
I love it...
Dude! You stole my idea 
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Amazing! Good you give a little feedback on how you duplicate the shadow on the beach? Just mask it and place it back on or?
Lovely!
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thank you 
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But I guess you did shoot the stairs in the studio's and editted it in later on right?
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nope, I carried the ladder down to the beach, and shot everything as it is seen her. No double exposures or layermasking, no nothing 
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Could you possible show the texture you used?
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Damn! How the hell did you get that person to keep standing like that? That must have been really hard on it's own
I'm really interested in what texture you used btw
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I think the admin thought you manipulated the photo to make it appear as if the ladder was standing on its own. unless it really was standing on its own...was it?
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yes, it was standing on its own. I had buried the ladder deep enough for it to carry even my rather heavy corpus 12 feet high in the air. I dont care much about what the admins think, all I'm asking is a simple inquiry before deciding which gallery an image belongs in. This image has much less impact if seen as a photomanipulation, because in that media, every concievable thing is possible.
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Awsome picture..It looks almost like a painting..
Very great work you got!
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dev admins suck lol
anyways, out of curiosity. how many pol and ND filters did you use to make such a extensive amount of vignetting?
keep up the awesome work!
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Hej Lars...
Egentlig har jeg ikke vΓ¦ret sΓ₯ vild med dine billeder pΓ₯ det seneste.
SΓ₯dan er det jo tit nΓ₯r en fotograf man fΓΈlger meget, Γ¦ndre sin stil lidt,
i forhold til hvad man selv kan lide fra den pΓ₯gΓ¦lende fotograf.
Men med dette billede er du igen tilbage i den stil jeg kan lide
Et "scary look" foto med et sjovt eller mystisk element...
I dette tilfΓ¦lde en mand pΓ₯ en stige som stΓ₯r frit i luften.
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amazing pic very exspressive beautiful and uplifiting........
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i love the way this image encourages me to feel that anything is possible.......to defy gravity, to attain balance, to feel my envorironment - my space from a different perspective.
and my feelings are with you on your comment about DA admin.... I dont understand this obsession with categorization anyhow......surely what matters is how you communicate with your audience through the image itself and the way it was made is for me of secondary importance......after all, just by directing the light through the lens is a manipulation in itself.....and the reality you experienced when you made the photograph is yours and yours alone....what we the audience see is ultimately a new reality, stimulated and directed by you the artist.
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Hi Raun,
I could be wrong, but I don't think it was the water that initially made (the admin) change the catagory. I have to admit that I thought it was a manip because of the ladder. (You just don't see ladders stuck in the sand, facing the water normally..) The ladder along with the texture and gave me the impression that it was a manipulation. It was only after further examination that I see the ladder is stuck (in some kind of rock).. Perhaps if you explain this to the admin, they'll change it back to the other catagory?
Anywhoo, its just a thought...
I've been noticing that this is happening a lot lately.
Either way, I really think the description/rules for the photography catagory need to be looked over and re-clarified more clearly.
Take care.
With Aloha,
Leialoha
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beautifully executed, very original too - i havent seen anything like this before (i think) lol
i love it.
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Great shot, and, yes, I fully agree with your comment about photomanipulation - I guess this admin should have a look at Jerry Ulsman's work (or a print by some 19th century phorographer who's name escapes me, that combined 21 negatives to produce a masterpiece over 150 years ago...).
I think its stupid, but as long as its on display I don't think getting angry about another person's stupidity is worth it...
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increadible! i love this picture! i love the ideas in it as well! i am very inspired! don't ever stop making art!
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the idea of this image gave me the shivers. it's fantastic, it makes my mind wander.. very very well done..
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Pretty much anything you can do to a black and white photo in photoshop you can do in a darkroom if you are skilled enough, that was the whole point of the programme in the first place. I love the texture and the vignette to this image, beautifully conceptualised and amazingly realised.
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There is no more devart... Now there is somenthing worst... I will call him Mr. Carrot... You know... If I write the exact name I can be banned... In fact, I already have been suspended by this... Mr. Carrot... I guess I have told you the history 
I like this poicture... The lady with the umbrella look more attractive by the colors, but this one is more atractive by the angle... his pose and the situation really makes the image... He looks like a crazy castaway 
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I have a piece of news for you. I don't like photo manipulations in general. I love your photo manipulations. You're my favourite photo manipulation maker. You're just right when it comes to the airbrushing and cloning thing, your photo and especially your words opened my eyes.. there are two types of good photographers. Good photographers "in camera" and experts in photoshop. Take care, I join the group of your fans from this moment.
- joonas
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You called Raun a photomanipulator when he is a photographer: "I don't like photo manipulations in general. I love your photo manipulations. You're my favourite photo manipulation maker".
It seems like you play for Raun at the same time you play for the Admin who is changing his photos to the photomanipulation section... Raun have some problems with his deviations... Because he does phography, but there are some idiots who say he is a photomanipulator. And I say "idiots", because they are denouncing Raun's photograph as photomanipulation, and the stupid of the admin believes that Raun's work is photomanipulation...
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well I just looked the gatecory, you don't have to heat up for that. and besides, in raun's work the line between manipulation and "real photos" is very shallow. it's all about opinions, just accept it okrok?
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There are rules. And Raun's work isn't belonging to Digital/photomanipulation rules. He just use some contrast, a layer mask and a texture. Also, he use two filters in his camera. That isn't photomanipulation. It can be achieved easy in a darkroom.
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I see, please forgive me.
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You haven't comitted any fault. By the way... I hope you have understood that I have called "Idiots" to people who push the Violation Policy Button when saying Raun's work is a photomanipulation, not to people who thinks he is a photomanipulator
There are many instances to call something a "photomanipulation". First of all, you can manipulate photography through digital mediums or traditional mediums. Traditional way has knew it's limitations but digital has almost no limits. It not depens about how much filters do you have added to a photo to start talking about manipulation, but the final look. Using textures in a photo, making some contrast adjustments and putting a vignette is classical from the traditional dark room work. And it will look like the Raun's photos... May be a bit differetn because he uses two photo filters in his camera... A photomanipulation really makes the difference between a "normal photo" and another which is manipulated... You have to know how is a traditional method and how is a digital method to see the differences between both and to know when is manipulated and when is not...
There are a lot of famous photographers here which manipulate their works as the hell and they're concidere photographers, not manipulators... Because the final look... And I can assure that Raun's work neither has the 25% of manipulation that most "natural photographies" here... Don't let your eyes get cheated and get informed
*1 See here "...but there are some idiots who say he is a photomanipulator. And I say "idiots", because they are denouncing Raun's photograph as photomanipulation, and the stupid of the admin believes that Raun's work is photomanipulation..."
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the whole pic its awesome.. but I gotta say that this textures in your skies kills me.. great!!
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Great work - I really like the texture and composition of this one.
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