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 This image was disqualified from the Triptych II challenge.
Crack'd
Crack'd
posthumous


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Triptych II (Advanced Editing V*)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot A530
Location: Kittatinny, NJ
Date: Apr 28, 2007
Galleries: Diptych / Triptych, Textures
Date Uploaded: Apr 29, 2007

3 different pictures of the same crack. the middle picture is also used as a background. Each picture gets its own curves and levels. I desaturated some of the blue and cyan on the corner pictures.

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The DQ details are vague and unhelpful, as usual. I think the DQ is for using one of the images as a background. I certainly didn't clone anything!
Disqualification Details
Cloning, dodging, burning, etc. to improve your photo or remove imperfections or minor distracting elements, etc. is acceptable. However, using any editing tools to duplicate, create, or move major elements of your photograph is not permitted.

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Comments: 45
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10/13/2008 04:54:15 AM
a relationship and a bond, cracked but not broken, analyzed from all angles to see the tears and the guts, only a scar. the wall is strong.
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05/29/2007 12:31:58 AM
Very creative and well done.
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05/29/2007 12:29:33 AM
I don't understand why this was DQ'd. What exactly did you do wrong here?
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05/14/2007 08:32:45 PM
dq what were they thinking it was one of my favs.
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05/11/2007 06:26:21 PM
Originally posted by goodman:

cheaters never prosper :p


Actually, this has been one of my most rewarding photos. Lots of great feedback! :D
05/11/2007 03:30:30 PM
hmm maybe its considered 4 images then?
cheaters never prosper :p
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05/11/2007 02:53:19 PM
The rules are irrelevant to a Posthumous. You got a 7 from me and I came back to enjoy it again since someone was kind enough to exhume the body (it appeared on the recently commented on page...)
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05/11/2007 02:33:33 PM
DQ or not, this is one impressive photo. Love the concept, love the execution, everything. very nicely done!
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05/11/2007 12:18:55 PM
dude, this is SWEET! you so pulled this outta the crack of yer ass!! too bad at the DQ (dairy queeeen?? droooooooooool!)
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05/11/2007 01:36:37 AM
"the middle picture is also used as a background", which breaks the duplicating "law", IMO :(

I still love it.

The heavy grey sky depresses me with the thought of a drenching rain, yet when I follow the concrete riverbed down through the frame I see that that rain creates and sustains life at the end of its path.
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05/10/2007 09:30:54 PM
Maybe the part of the DQ details that is applicable is the "duplicate" part.
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05/10/2007 09:26:46 PM
This certainly isn't your run-of-the-mill triptych, but as far as I can tell, it is one. I don't get the DQ.

IMNSHO it's a neat idea, well executed.
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05/10/2007 01:29:32 PM
Don, a very creative image here. Works on multiple levels and really engages the viewers eye. As for a triptych, it doesn't really feel like one, but that is a good thing. I don't get the rules myself, but I don't even know how to use layers. What a really like the textures and lines and how they play along with each other. A little bit of sky and a little bit of the earth also "grounds" the image and while and abstract gives it some of that real world feeling.
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05/07/2007 10:09:47 PM
I studied this for a long time when I first encountered it and I'm impressed by how you came up with turning the same image into 3 puzzle pieces out of which it recreates itself. I agree with JuliBloc that the one jarring note is that deeply saturated patch of green in the corner.
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05/07/2007 09:44:51 PM
Certainly one that grabs my attention and urges me to sit and study it.
Very creative and under-rated in my opinion.
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05/07/2007 09:41:49 PM
this is a really well-composed crack :) looks almost like one picture. well-done.
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05/07/2007 09:38:59 PM
Sometimes, my son likes to sit beside me when I'm voting. When he saw this one, he got the whole single crack theme instantly. He's 7 1/2. I got it when he jumped up and ran his finger across the screen, saying "See? Coooool...". I'm back here now, looking for the 5th image ;)
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05/07/2007 11:08:54 AM
An amazingly creative triptych. In my mind, it easily placed in the top20 of the whole challenge. Maybe even top10. Perhaps it was scored down for it looks like it had 4 not 3 different images put together? Got an 8 from me. I like it even more than before.
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05/07/2007 10:32:40 AM
this reminds me of those Escher pictures where you see the staircase continuing on and it disappears - or maybe it doesn't. Love the seamlessness of the cracks stitched together. lol and I am with everyone else, the lower left corner is the only part that doesn't seem to fit. a really cool pic!
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05/07/2007 10:17:02 AM
emotional landscapes, they puzzle me, confuse...
there's nothing better than a picture that makes me think,
nothing better than some brain gymnastics.
I love the idea, I really do
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05/07/2007 09:26:37 AM
I'm with Juli. I like everything but the grass in the lower left corner. Great textures!
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05/07/2007 09:21:39 AM
Placing the shot with the sky in the upper right makes the background image look like a large natural crevasse. Very interesting effect. And the three smaller images look like blocks that were placed to repair the fissure. I like the detail of the small stones in the center image. The only thing I'm not thrilled with is the green grass in the lower left.
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05/07/2007 08:23:39 AM
I love the way they all fit together. Good job.
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05/07/2007 06:58:26 AM
of the same crack? ;)

i'd like to see the individual pics too.
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05/07/2007 06:37:06 AM
a gret image. i love how the crack is continued in diferent viewpoints. nicely done. the background works very wel, as if it is the ur-crack,a nd all cracks emanate from there.

get your mind out of the gutter.
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05/07/2007 12:04:41 AM
This was you? This rocked. Literally and figuratively. Was in my top ten, even. Though, as you probably know, that is the curse of death on DPC...
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/05/2007 06:05:48 PM
Fascinating image. 10
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05/05/2007 05:13:07 PM
the three...or four?...of them seem a little disjointed; almost like they're supposed to be the same cracked rock, but just at different angles; its hard to tell if its a series or separate places
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05/04/2007 04:57:28 AM
Nice lighting and tones and the effect grabs the attention. Just leaves me a little confused though.
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05/03/2007 07:39:14 AM
lovely textures
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05/02/2007 05:23:23 AM
Originally found this shot confusing but had a better look and then understood the theme. 5 photos in all though.
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05/01/2007 08:22:59 PM
Great set - Really works well and is very creative. Nice one.
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04/30/2007 08:58:28 PM
hmm, this looks like more then 3 photo's.. not sure though.. I like the concept and it's pretty cool. 8 for me.
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04/30/2007 08:46:08 PM
Lovely textures and seductive coloration.
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04/30/2007 08:38:41 PM
Wow that looks cool 8
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04/30/2007 05:35:16 PM
Almost looks like a patchwork quilt, but it works very well. One of the better abstracts.
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04/30/2007 04:37:48 PM
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04/30/2007 02:35:17 PM
I like this colors and clarity of this shot. It is different then most of the pictures in this challenge. I am having trouble figuring out which 3 are the photos and how this was editted. I have been looking at it for 3 minutes now and I still can't figure it out. I love that. It is making me think. LOL. Great job I hope this shot does well. -10
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04/30/2007 02:30:23 PM
this is an excellent example of montaged images with a clear theme - It's creative and powerful - tones and colors are interesting. Problem is I'm not sure how the triptych ties in
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04/30/2007 01:17:33 PM
Interesting textures & shapes. nicely done-8
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04/30/2007 01:06:03 PM
nice concept , well executed.6
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04/30/2007 11:23:36 AM
more then 3 photos here, doesn't seem to meet challenge guidelines.
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04/30/2007 06:45:46 AM
This is another one that I like, but it's using more than three images. "one photo or be constructed from up to three separate photos" This is in the description.
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04/30/2007 02:40:17 AM
Interesting! So many details, and I like how you have the crack continuing through different versions of itself. My only suggestion would be to crop the lower left shot so the left side is within the stone wall. Because the wall's right side is so vertical, it took a bit for me to understand that it was all one pic showing both sides of the wall - my eye saw the grass and stone wall as one pic and the crack section as a different shot.
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04/30/2007 12:18:05 AM
Yikes, that looks like 5 images instead of 3.
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