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Lytro Illum Light Field Digital

09/19/2011 06:00:21 AM · #1

Well, I don't know what to say... I didn't think it would be understood, but Damn...

This actually took a lot of time and I was pretty sure no one else would do it. I think if my processing skills were better it would have done...well, better...
I took a fake sunflower apart, cut out the center, and glued it back together. I then spray painted it the "negative" of all of its colors (yellow petals were painted blue, green stem was painted purple. Then I put up a cardboard box (tan's neg is blueish) with a hole in it (and a blue gel over it). Lined up the sun, with the hole in the box, the hole in the flower and my camera and "let her rip". In Post processing I inverted the hole image, cleaned it up and got this.

The black dot in the center of the flower is actually the sun..

yakatme

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED

09/19/2011 08:22:21 AM · #2

You are right in that I didn't 'get it', but damn, you deserve extra points for the effort and creativity.

Spork99

OM System OM-1

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

09/19/2011 09:05:28 AM · #3

A for effort at least.

Apple iPhone 5

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED

09/19/2011 09:11:25 AM · #4

If you could have put that whole description in the 'title' field, you might have done better. Unfortunately when voting people don't always know the pain you went to to get the shot, they vote on what they see.

Yo_Spiff

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III

Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO

09/19/2011 09:12:01 AM · #5

I've had one of my own that I put a lot of effort into only to reap a sub-5 as a reward. What really hurt about it is the comment that said it was clear I put no effort into it. Then I've had lazy shots that ribboned. Effort does not always correspond to a high score. All that matters is results.

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

09/19/2011 09:29:09 AM · #6

Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:

+1
And I will add that putting tags in the title to try to convey the effort usually are not well received. If you start to get the feeling that you have to explain yourself in the title, that should be a big red flag.

LandzEnca

Samsung TL500

Sony SAL-16105 DT 16-105mm

09/19/2011 09:41:38 AM · #7

Originally posted by JH:

Originally posted by kirbic:

Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
I've had one of my own that I put a lot of effort into only to reap a sub-5 as a reward. What really hurt about it is the comment that said it was clear I put no effort into it. Then I've had lazy shots that ribboned. Effort does not always correspond to a high score. All that matters is results.

+1
And I will add that putting tags in the title to try to convey the effort usually are not well received. If you start to get the feeling that you have to explain yourself in the title, that should be a big red flag.

Refer to this little experiment that i did a while back :-)

TheDruid

Nikon D3X

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED VR

09/21/2011 03:41:41 PM · #8

Originally posted by sinistral_leo:

Well, I don't know what to say... I didn't think it would be understood, but Damn...

This actually took a lot of time and I was pretty sure no one else would do it. I think if my processing skills were better it would have done...well, better...
I took a fake sunflower apart, cut out the center, and glued it back together. I then spray painted it the "negative" of all of its colors (yellow petals were painted blue, green stem was painted purple. Then I put up a cardboard box (tan's neg is blueish) with a hole in it (and a blue gel over it). Lined up the sun, with the hole in the box, the hole in the flower and my camera and "let her rip". In Post processing I inverted the hole image, cleaned it up and got this.

The black dot in the center of the flower is actually the sun..

Kind of like solarizing. When I saw it, I approved. Thought it would hit dead last.

kichu

Canon EOS-1000D Rebel XS

09/21/2011 03:52:53 PM · #9

Agreed with Bohemka - "...Unfortunately it was lost on voters in a simple photography competition, but that's to be expected when the greater context is unknown..."

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D

09/21/2011 03:59:00 PM · #10

Thedruid, sorry, I don't understand your reply. I understand solarizing, but not the approval part.

Message edited by author 2011-09-21 16:44:33.

raish

Olympus C-2500L

09/21/2011 04:42:04 PM · #11

congratulations

Message edited by author 2011-09-21 16:51:46.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

09/21/2011 05:19:28 PM · #12

Originally posted by sinistral_leo:

Thedruid, sorry, I don't understand your reply. I understand solarizing, but not the approval part.

I also "approve" of (appreciate?) what you did, and especially your detailed description of how you did it. Someday "someone" somewhere will remember that you can build a set-up in "negative" colors to create an image with a black sun, and make some new art.

However, if asked, I would have also predicted a low score in a DPC challenge, partly because of the degree of posterization (akin to solarization) and blur detracting from the photo-realistic quality, partly because people don't know and can't appreciate how it was done, and partly because I tried for a somewhat similar effect (but using a vastly different technique) in a recent challenge, and it was not that well-received.

09/21/2011 06:04:35 PM · #13

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Originally posted by sinistral_leo:
Thedruid, sorry, I don't understand your reply. I understand solarizing, but not the approval part.

I also "approve" of (appreciate?) what you did, and especially your detailed description of how you did it. Someday "someone" somewhere will remember that you can build a set-up in "negative" colors to create an image with a black sun, and make some new art.

However, if asked, I would have also predicted a low score in a DPC challenge, partly because of the degree of posterization (akin to solarization) and blur detracting from the photo-realistic quality, partly because people don't know and can't appreciate how it was done, and partly because I tried for a somewhat similar effect (but using a vastly different technique) in a recent challenge, and it was not that well-received.

I commented on your image and voted and 8. I guess it is my style.

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

09/21/2011 06:05:15 PM · #14

Originally posted by raish:

congratulations

Sweet! I like the "negative" one!!

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

09/21/2011 07:52:01 PM · #15

Originally posted by sinistral_leo:

I commented on your image and voted and 8. I guess it is my style.

:-)

BTW, if you are short of Brown ribbons, I'd be happy to lend you a few ... ;-)

PennyStreet

Olympus OM-D E-M1

Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko

09/21/2011 07:56:17 PM · #16

JMRitz has a whole collection 21 Brown Ribbons from this year alone.
Not a bad thing at all.

snaffles

Nikon D7100