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Descent to Arrakis
Descent to Arrakis
srbrubaker


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Rock, Paper, Scissors (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 8700
Location: Home
Date: Apr 19, 2005
Aperture: f/5.5
ISO: Auto
Shutter: 1/148
Galleries: Abstract, Macro
Date Uploaded: Apr 17, 2005

 AE, AF, USM,
Levels, Curves, HSL

It started with a large sheet of sketch paper rolled up into a cone. I took dozens of photos of the inside, outside, and ends of the cone, most of them into a strong light. At one point the cone started unwinding. I took two shots where the light shone through the outer layer and glanced across the inner rolled core of the paper cone. The glowing quality impressed me, although a significant amount of boost was required using curves and HSL.

Statistics
Place: 141 out of 250
Avg (all users): 4.9312
Avg (commenters): 6.6842
Avg (participants): 4.6321
Avg (non-participants): 5.1560
Views since voting: 821
Views during voting: 357
Votes: 247
Comments: 24
Favorites: 4 (view)

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 04/27/2005 08:59:32 AM
Should have placed much higher.
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 04/27/2005 12:31:01 AM
Nice interpretation of this challenge. I think this scored lower than it deserves, but probably because it's fairly abstract, as well as simplistic. Well done.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/26/2005 07:48:05 PM
Interesting effect. Nice colors.
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 04/26/2005 07:37:55 PM
What is it?
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 04/26/2005 06:59:45 PM
I find this to be simply beautiful. The balance of the composition is spot-on. The lighting is exquisite, the tonalities breathtaking. I hope it does well, but I'm afriad it's not "literal" enough in terms of the challenge. Love the title.
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 04/26/2005 05:52:49 PM
Beautiful use of lines and lighting!
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 04/26/2005 12:54:53 PM
Beautiful lighting study, and I love the simplicity of this shot.
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 04/26/2005 10:47:55 AM
Works for me.8
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 04/26/2005 08:10:26 AM
Very creative! I love 'Dune', not sure many people will get it
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 04/26/2005 04:08:07 AM
nice abstract love the colours 7
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 04/26/2005 01:00:23 AM
love it
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 04/25/2005 11:27:36 AM
Very pretty image, but you can't tell what it really is. Wonderful abstract.
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 04/25/2005 09:59:40 AM
Not enough here to keep my interest. Nice light though.
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 04/24/2005 11:59:08 PM
It looks like a surreal giant mountain. I really like this one. :-)
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 04/24/2005 09:18:10 PM
good texture but IMO not that interesting
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 04/24/2005 05:21:37 AM
Nicely textured paper.
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 04/23/2005 08:02:45 PM
I really like this. The texture is amazing and the contrast in light is well-done.
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 04/22/2005 02:29:20 PM
I can almost smell the spice in this image... Very cool abstract.
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 04/22/2005 01:54:36 PM
Liked the first 3 or 4 books, then it just got too weird for me. Didn't like the Sting movie, did like the 6 hour made for TV movie. Anyway, like the color contrast here, really looks like the edge of the sun. Nice shot!
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 04/21/2005 11:54:15 AM
Very nice
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 04/21/2005 11:19:17 AM
A Dune reference? Nice shot!
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 04/21/2005 09:21:47 AM
i don't really get what this has to do with rock, paper, or scissors
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 04/20/2005 10:31:11 PM
Tough I realize its paper and your image seems to be, in techical terms, nice and well executed, it doesnt have impact and is not a very interesting one. However, you've managed to create pretty good light/shadow effects. Good luck.
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 04/20/2005 12:34:15 AM
Hmmm...I would have been impressed if you'd gotten a shot of Shai-Hulud! Shai-Hulud used to be my LAN gaming name, but there's something vaguely wrong about having a call sign derived from the name of a worm...
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