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Molten Silicate
Molten Silicate
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Challenge: Breaking New Ground (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Olympus C-50Z
Location: Montreal, Canada
Date: Jan 18, 2005
Aperture: f8
ISO: 64
Shutter: 1/2
Date Uploaded: Jan 18, 2005

 This is actually soap film. The original concept i designed for the film I was not able to produce but would have been somewhat groundbreaking. I had another decent picture from the series and was going to submit that. Then I wanted to see what else I could do with it. I channel mixed and got this which I thought looked like molten. I'm no photographic encyclopedia so I don't know if this breaks ground but I know I've never done it before nor have i seen it done. I like the bottom edge of the photograph. This happens when the soap film is too thin to refract the light thus exposing the black background underneath. It also helps sell 3 dimensionality to it. As a side exercise I was also trying to contrast two design elements into the shot. In this case it was curves/lines. You could also say the colors are contrasty but it wasn't my original intent. I also think the top left corner should be a bit darker cuz it doesn't fully balance well with the bottom corner. I actually had a version like that but uploaded the wrong file, close enough though.

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Place: 34 out of 191
Avg (all users): 5.8155
Avg (commenters): 7.2500
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Views since voting: 1450
Views during voting: 466
Votes: 336
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/25/2005 11:49:30 AM
Composition works well with the NW corner mirrored in the SE corner in darker tones, and the flow of movement cascading across the frame creating visual interest. I also personally like the level of blur which adds to the dynamic and fluid quality of the photo. What is this exactly? How hot was this shot? 10
 01/25/2005 07:04:53 AM
Oooh very nice curvature, yellow is a little bright and saturated for me, but that top left looks very inviting.
 01/22/2005 04:36:18 PM
looks like molten metal, very cool, great color
 01/21/2005 01:56:09 AM
Great idea and good image.
 01/19/2005 10:47:31 PM
This is very strange and I like it alot. I'm looking forward to learning what it is and how you did it.
 01/19/2005 01:13:44 PM
The upper left is fantastic! What is it?
 01/19/2005 12:49:29 AM
A great macro with a cool pattern.
 01/19/2005 12:27:43 AM
Nice idea...


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