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I can't take full credit for this one, because I didn't buy or make the army figure, or the sticker, or the string. I do take credit for finding it in the middle of the street, and I do take credit for making the string a noose, as it was tied to the soldier's leg when I found it. Had a right time getting it off, too, you know how I am with knots.

I put this under Photomanipulation because it went through quite a bit of editing, but none which particularly mattered, as it still ended up looking like crap. >_> I digitally took a few notches out of the sides of the note, and I darkened, then gamma-corrected the background. I also fiddled with the string color until it was the one I wanted, and I snipped off bits and pieces of the soldier until he looked right (but not the area around the gun, that just looked weird to begin with). The picture was poor quality to begin with, as it was taken with my cameraphone, but I went with it.

I actually took two pictures of this and edited them both to see how they'd turn out, and it turns out I liked this one better. The camera angle's better, too, I think.

Well, that's that, and I hope you like it. And please critique me on this, I really have absolutely no credentials or skills as a photographer and I would like to maybe get a little bit better so that I can take better advantage of my woeful cameraphone capabilities.

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I can't take full credit for this one, because I didn't buy or make the army figure, or the sticker, or the string. I do take credit for finding it in the middle of the street, and I do take credit for making the string a noose, as it was tied to the soldier's leg when I found it. Had a right time getting it off, too, you know how I am with knots.

I put this under Photomanipulation because it went through quite a bit of editing, but none which particularly mattered, as it still ended up looking like crap. >_> I digitally took a few notches out of the sides of the note, and I darkened, then gamma-corrected the background. I also fiddled with the string color until it was the one I wanted, and I snipped off bits and pieces of the soldier until he looked right (but not the area around the gun, that just looked weird to begin with). The picture was poor quality to begin with, as it was taken with my cameraphone, but I went with it.

I actually took two pictures of this and edited them both to see how they'd turn out, and it turns out I liked this one better. The camera angle's better, too, I think.

Well, that's that, and I hope you like it. And please critique me on this, I really have absolutely no credentials or skills as a photographer and I would like to maybe get a little bit better so that I can take better advantage of my woeful cameraphone capabilities.