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The Cosmic Egg
The Cosmic Egg
BillyPhanatic


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Challenge: In the Beginning... (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Sony DSC-F717
Location: Pennsylvania
Date: Mar 29, 2005
Aperture: 2.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 15
Galleries: Abstract, Science and Technology
Date Uploaded: Mar 29, 2005

 This photo represents the Beginning...of the universe? Of human life? My attempt here was to use a macro shot on the core of a plasma lamp to simulate nebulous gases and a red-hot primordial orb. I used Adobe Elements to crop and to adjust levels, contrast, and to punch up the saturation just a bit. The colors in the original image were bold enough that not much adjustment was needed.

Statistics
Place: 116 out of 300
Avg (all users): 5.2734
Avg (commenters): 6.4000
Avg (participants): 4.9917
Avg (non-participants): 5.4762
Views since voting: 955
Views during voting: 430
Votes: 289
Comments: 18
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/05/2005 11:34:30 PM
Very cool idea, great color and focus!
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 04/05/2005 10:09:37 AM
Scored it a ...9.... on the beauty factor alone! Great shot.
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 04/04/2005 02:29:09 AM
weird but vibrant
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 04/03/2005 06:30:18 PM
Excellent. Well done on getting the "beams" sharp yet with a hint of movement.
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 04/02/2005 09:10:09 PM
I don't know if this fits the challenge or not but I do know this is one awesome picture. Great colors and composition. 9
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 04/02/2005 01:10:25 AM
I don't know what I'm looking at, but I like it. Great colors, and like the composition.
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 04/02/2005 12:19:56 AM
Clever.
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 04/01/2005 10:48:06 PM
wow... the plasma ball... i have one like that too.
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 04/01/2005 12:08:26 AM
great shot. i think this one should do well.....8
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 04/01/2005 12:07:18 AM
Nice colors! I would hate to be the chicken that laid this egg. Hmmm, but if this were the egg that came before the chicken...... Nice focus and interesting image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/31/2005 01:09:26 PM
enigmatic 10
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 03/31/2005 11:09:31 AM
what is a cosmic egg? what is the beginning?
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 03/31/2005 10:29:51 AM
Good use of frame filling - not sure about the bright red (is that a hue change) as that detracts slightly for me. Also, is your picture the full 640 pixels? If not, you are wasting some precious space for detail!
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 03/31/2005 09:14:08 AM
sweet, although i hate chemistry...
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 03/30/2005 09:44:03 PM
Wild looking abstract phot , dont btotaly understand the title with picture, still a cool look!
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 03/30/2005 12:53:15 PM
Very cool photo! [10]
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 03/30/2005 01:38:11 AM
its a good photo but I dont see waht it has to do w/ the beginning.
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 03/30/2005 12:08:09 AM
It's a stretch to say that this meets the challenge topic (even with the creative title).
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