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Fading Away
Fading Away
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Challenge: The Beginning of the End (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Sony DSLR-A100
Lens: Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED Zoom Lens for Sony Alpha
Date: Oct 27, 2007
Aperture: 16
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Abstract, Macro
Date Uploaded: Oct 27, 2007

 "
Like a wisp of smoke
We seem to fade away
It all used to be so clear
Bold lines you knew not to cross
No longer can I see black and white
All I see if shades of grey
I know on cloudy days
The sun hides away
For me these days are cold
And these days are dark
These days are like a storm
Gathering up to fury in my heart "
by C. Blount




Personally I think this fits the challenge, but I thought my rainbow entry fit the challenge but tons of people couldn't seem to see a rainbow in the clear red orange green blue and purple colors in the image....so I could be wrong.

This is smoke, and I learned from this shoot and getting a good shape before the smoke all disperses is REALLY tough, but I am very satisfied with how this turned out. This is the beginning of the end of the shapes smoke makes, I hope this does well

I was inspired by this tutorial
and used similar editing steps, i lit this with one of my alien bees lights

The dual colors came about relatively naturally, in my original shot some of the smoke was white and some was blue, so when that was inverted it turned into a dichotomy between a yellowish color and a blue, I messed with the hue and color balance to bring out the difference between the two colors throughout. I then made a layer that was more red and one that was more purple and I used the eraser tool at a really really large radius and about 50% opacity to erase the top corner, exposing a little more red. The rest is pretty much in the tutorial

Lighting Setup
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Statistics
Place: 36 out of 137
Avg (all users): 5.8295
Avg (commenters): 7.4000
Avg (participants): 5.5294
Avg (non-participants): 6.0256
Views since voting: 1401
Views during voting: 248
Votes: 129
Comments: 7
Favorites: 4 (view)

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AuthorThread
 01/17/2008 06:13:43 PM
Really awesome, great white background, and awesome colors, one of the best smoke shots i have seen on the site, added to faves.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/31/2007 11:50:01 PM
No idea how you did this, but it is beautiful.
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 10/30/2007 02:02:45 PM
Very neat shot. I like the tones as they contrast well with the stark background.
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 10/29/2007 02:57:02 PM
Best of luck! 10
And your lucky I did'nt think of this :)
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 10/29/2007 10:08:04 AM
Very nice image. Technically well done but the connection to the challenge is weak.
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 10/29/2007 04:23:24 AM
Looks like a winner to me Beautiful exposure,focus & subject.
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 10/29/2007 02:29:30 AM
Nicely lit smoke abstract.
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