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Doomed Plastic Love
Doomed Plastic Love
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Challenge: DPL Album Cover (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Sony DSC-S90
Date: May 10, 2007
Aperture: F2.8
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Emotive, Floral
Date Uploaded: May 10, 2007

lol! I love this challenge..

Maybe the picture is too contrasty.. I don't know.. I keep messing with it and I can't seem to get it right..

Coming up with the name was the second hardest part.. went from the obscene to the corny and then crazy and back to corny..

The editing was pretty basic.. desaturate the duplicate layer.. increase the contrast.. some doging.. nothing fancy...

I hope it goes above 5.5 and I also hope people understand the connection between the title, picture, everything

ps: this is the of inside an old metal barrel [height was till my neck actually] which is upright.. I'm kind of leaning in.. did I mention I'm dust phobic..

By posthumous
Bobby, don't bring me plastic roses
I'm never gonna put them where my nose is
Bobby, I'm not in love,
Bobby, I'm not alone.

Call me...

on a plastic telephone.

Statistics
Place: 50 out of 153
Avg (all users): 6.0047
Avg (commenters): 7.0909
Avg (participants): 5.7089
Avg (non-participants): 6.1765
Views since voting: 1528
Views during voting: 352
Votes: 215
Comments: 16
Favorites: 0


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12/19/2007 04:58:52 PM
I love that seletive desaturation.... it works so well here, with those sombre, lovely reds against the rough, dark textures. It creates an intensely moody atmosphere.
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05/21/2007 11:48:47 PM
Originally posted by UrfaTheGreat:

Originally posted by purpleflutterby13:

Cool image. The colours do look doomed, and I like the composition. I'd imagine the flowers would look even more interesting if you set them on fire :)


hehe.. that was the idea.. but this was near a lot of electrical wiring.. and my gran would have killed me if I burnt her plastic roses.. ^_^


just ignore her... she's a pyro!!! hahaha
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05/21/2007 05:24:23 AM
Originally posted by purpleflutterby13:

Cool image. The colours do look doomed, and I like the composition. I'd imagine the flowers would look even more interesting if you set them on fire :)


hehe.. that was the idea.. but this was near a lot of electrical wiring.. and my gran would have killed me if I burnt her plastic roses.. ^_^
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/20/2007 02:23:46 PM
Cool image. The colours do look doomed, and I like the composition. I'd imagine the flowers would look even more interesting if you set them on fire :)
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05/20/2007 08:23:57 AM
Not square... should be square IMHO. Besides that, this looks a bit too busy.
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05/20/2007 02:42:09 AM
Awww... so sad! I like the font choice - fits in with the mode of the shot I think.
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05/20/2007 01:34:31 AM
Bobby, don't bring me plastic roses
I'm never gonna put them where my nose is
Bobby, I'm not in love,
Bobby, I'm not alone.

Call me...

on a plastic telephone.

10
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05/17/2007 03:01:15 AM
unfortunately, those bricks seem to be reflecting a lot of light and take attention away from the roses. nice use of selective desat.
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05/16/2007 07:29:45 PM
The image doesn't really grab me, but I think the idea was good. The album title is very cool.
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05/16/2007 03:19:23 PM
Love the shot - textures are awesome. Styrofoam? Well designed.
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05/15/2007 09:07:27 AM
Like the picutre and editing alot, but not so much the title.
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05/15/2007 08:54:21 AM
Really like the colour in the otherwise monochromatic scene. The crop on the top of the circle works well allowing for the text bottom right. An evocative image that well matches the title.
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05/15/2007 04:49:51 AM
I smell a ribbon winner.

This is fantastic. The ash and roses coupled with the title offer a very compelling concept. 10+
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05/14/2007 11:01:28 PM
Very great, I love the bit of tinting in the barrel.
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05/14/2007 01:41:10 PM
Love this shot. Nice job.
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05/14/2007 05:32:27 AM
I like the effect of desaturating the photo and leaving the roses red. It has that wonderful grungy look. One of my favourites.
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