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Elemental — Father Time, Mother Nature
Elemental — Father Time, Mother Nature
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Challenge: Battle Of The Sexes (Advanced Editing V)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM
Location: Harwich Port, MA USA
Date: Jan 14, 2007
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/4
Galleries: Landscape, High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Date Uploaded: Jan 14, 2007

 Tone mapped from single RAW exposure, exported to CS2

Gothic Glow layer created and faded, High Pass on top of that, slight hue/sat adjustment, resize, border, save for web.

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No doubt doomed to DNMC, too far out of the box, but I had to do it :-) Someone will probably note the resemblance of this to my "self portrait as raindrop" entry of 2004, even more OOTB. But I stand firmly here and say, this is MEETING THE CHALLENGE; "father time" and "mother nature" are common references, and they DO battle with each other all year, every year. The image depicts time hammering nature (dead of winter and all) but nature will come back and win in turn, come spring :-)

Statistics
Place: 55 out of 90
Avg (all users): 5.1412
Avg (commenters): 5.9412
Avg (participants): 4.7347
Avg (non-participants): 5.2347
Views since voting: 1544
Views during voting: 434
Votes: 262
Comments: 22
Favorites: 2 (view)

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AuthorThread
 03/04/2007 10:34:15 PM
Whoa!!! What an amazing work of art! The depth of this photo just blows my mind!

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 03/04/2007 10:08:22 PM
This is a gorgeous photo--just added it to my favorites! (I didn't vote on this challenge, so this is my first time to see it.)
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 01/31/2007 06:42:10 PM
very clever idea, but this is definitely something not for this place:(
very beautiful photo!
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 01/27/2007 10:01:15 AM
I can't believe you didn't score higher - AWESOME shot and fantastic, creative idea and title!!!! I would still and did give you a perfect 10!
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 01/23/2007 04:16:24 PM
Heh. Nice job, Robert. For the record, I liked your self-portrait, too. :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/21/2007 09:38:11 PM
ahhh, beautiful image...original, too!
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 01/20/2007 09:14:32 AM
great out of box thinking, like the crispness of the branch
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 01/19/2007 10:39:53 AM
Doesn't fit the challenge....
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 01/19/2007 09:39:44 AM
I like the idea. Nice photo!
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 01/18/2007 08:27:53 PM
Awesome! What a wonderful analogy!
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 01/18/2007 06:59:05 PM
My favorite of the challenge. 10
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 01/18/2007 12:41:41 PM
Pretty picture, great muted colors, but if it were not for the spoon fed title, it would not jump out as battle of the sexes.
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 01/17/2007 08:31:58 PM
as a thumb i thought wotever & that it couldnt possibly meet the challenge reauirements etc ... then i opened it & i've changed my mind ...
its an interesting and different approach to the challenge and a stunningly beautiful photograph ... =8
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 01/17/2007 05:35:53 PM
well it seems to be a stretch to meet this challenge. If not for the title -- well gl
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 01/16/2007 12:09:48 PM
very interesting effort - like the use of language to carry this image. nice composition on the photo - love the use of bokeh to supplement the image.
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 01/16/2007 09:54:59 AM
OK image - but the only connection to the challenge is in your title, not in your picture.
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 01/15/2007 10:05:55 AM
Great DOF, nice composure. Poor choice of subject that is really not that interesting in lighting or coloration. Not an image that I am drawn to.

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 01/15/2007 04:42:46 AM
nice take, good OOTB thinking, I like it
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 01/15/2007 03:15:30 AM
This is a very good photograph and well suits the challenge. Congratulations. Great shot.
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 01/15/2007 12:35:24 AM
Nice photo.
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 01/15/2007 12:18:32 AM
Uhhh... that's a little bit deep for me. Or at least a bit of a stretch for the challenge.
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 01/15/2007 12:13:14 AM
A stretch, but I love the photo.
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