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How I learned to stop worrying and love the Bomb
How I learned to stop worrying and love the Bomb
bpickard


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: 1970s (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S3000
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Date: Feb 19, 2005
Aperture: f2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/10
Galleries: Emotive, Political
Date Uploaded: Feb 20, 2005

 Levels/curves. Channel mixer/hue/sat. AIM: to give it the look of an old slide from the 70s.

The old VW campervan parks on our streeet and makes me laugh each time I see it. Reminds me of the constant Nuclear paranoia that we lived through in the 70s. Government information films, TV dramas like 'Threads' and films like 'When the wind blows' all fuelled this. We lived near to American air bases like Brize Norton and Greenham Common so I knew that the Soviet war machine was targeting my back garden for sure. My mother said she would go outside if the bombs dropped...she wouldn't want to live in the post-apocalyptic world...that didn't reassure me! I still remember phrases like 'better red than dead: better active than radioactive' and 'mutually assured destruction'. Oh, nostalgia!!!!!

Statistics
Place: 24 out of 177
Avg (all users): 5.7667
Avg (commenters): 7.1538
Avg (participants): 5.4554
Avg (non-participants): 5.8880
Views since voting: 1047
Views during voting: 517
Votes: 360
Comments: 14
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/27/2005 10:58:53 AM
Dr. Strangelove came out in 1964. The van is 70s vintage. You got it half right.
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 02/25/2005 02:46:18 AM
Too much contrast in it.
Could be even more red and magenta to make it look like straight from the 70's photoalbum.

I still gave You a 10 from this one, though.
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 02/24/2005 10:05:33 AM
a beautiful 'old'-colors.
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 02/24/2005 09:36:46 AM
to much contrast to me
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 02/24/2005 08:13:18 AM
great colour tone. Makes what could have been a flat image jump a bit.
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 02/23/2005 08:12:33 PM
very close on the photoshop rules. I hope you get to keep it in. (smilely face)
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 02/23/2005 05:02:03 PM
nice pic with the 70s feel, but the house in the background seems a little too in focus, distracting the viewers' eyes away from the main subject.
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 02/23/2005 01:00:31 PM
near perfect composition. I'm not crazy about the color and contrast you chose. 7
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 02/23/2005 12:45:07 PM
I like the colors in this shot....kind of glad you didn't go B&W. I think this works well.
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 02/23/2005 11:48:00 AM
I really love this shot, but it's too s60s. The title being from dr. strangelove which came out in 64. It's a great photo and the colors are awesome. So, although I don't think it exactly meets the challenge, i'm gonna give it an 8.
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 02/23/2005 11:38:03 AM
This picture looks a bit over-edited.
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 02/23/2005 11:28:12 AM
You can't fight in here! This is the WAR Room! Great Photo, Great Title!
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 02/23/2005 07:50:16 AM
6 for the great image and another 2 for the Kubric reference:)
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 02/23/2005 01:29:31 AM
i hope this wins......... all i have to say

10
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