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Dali Redux
Dali Redux
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Challenge: Time II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Location: Home
Date: Mar 11, 2007
Aperture: f11
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/15
Galleries: Emotive, Digital Art
Date Uploaded: Mar 11, 2007

Not sure how this will be received -- probably not well.
I admit that it's not very photographic, but it was fun to make. I just hope I didn't overstep the advanced ruleset. Expecting a 4.5 (if I'm lucky).

Took a photo of a clock, photoshopped it to add some distortion, printed it and cut it out. Folded it over a branch and shot it in front of my monitor with an old photo I took in Australia.

Crop and levels. Lots of burning on the clock face to accentuate the warped feeling. Added a paint stroke filter to the background. Resized and added a border.

Statistics
Place: 44 out of 170
Avg (all users): 5.7378
Avg (commenters): 6.6000
Avg (participants): 5.4242
Avg (non-participants): 5.9490
Views since voting: 830
Views during voting: 486
Votes: 164
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/18/2007 10:58:21 AM
Gotta love that clock! Photographic excesses excused to get that Dali look.
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03/16/2007 07:16:17 PM
Suitably surreal in composition. It does look a bit like the clock/branch was superimposed on the background; not sure if that was the intent but I would like it better if it all seemed to be once scene with the oddly melted/folded clock.
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03/16/2007 02:11:02 AM
Too contrived and contrasty.
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03/14/2007 11:42:00 AM
I think this photo is good. It's very vibrant and a good mimic of that painting.
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03/14/2007 11:20:46 AM
Love this picture. Of course I am a huge Dali fan, so that had some influence to it, but nice composition and color.
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03/14/2007 06:32:16 AM
Nice homage!
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03/14/2007 06:18:04 AM
Interesting use of surrealism. I hope you'll explain how it was done after the challenge ends. Or enter a tutorial.
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03/13/2007 07:43:13 AM
great work 10
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03/12/2007 05:19:26 PM
Some one has a great imagination!
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03/12/2007 02:31:26 PM
I like the idea, but it looks as if you took the picture with a monitor in the background. Would have been nice to use the actual beach, which I acknowledge is difficult in a speed challenge.
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03/12/2007 01:06:32 PM
the background is way over saturated and it's somewhat obvious that the clock is made of paper. good attemept anyways
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03/12/2007 12:40:46 PM
Very good. I was considering a very similar shot. Your background colors are terrific. Looks like maybe a canvas texture applied here? On first glance, it kind of looks like noise. In a surreal scene like this, you could probably lean pretty heavily on the noise reduction and make it glossy instead, if you wanted to. Anyway, nice going. I want to believe :)
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03/12/2007 11:15:59 AM
cool idea
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03/12/2007 01:16:14 AM
I tried to do that and wasn't successful. The background doesn't "match" the foreground if that makes sense. I'd tone down the vivid blues and orange of the rock a bit.
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