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Smokey Curles
Smokey Curles
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Pattern III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 150mm f/2.8 EX APO Macro EX DG HSM for Nikon
Location: My kitchen
Date: Mar 22, 2008
Aperture: 14
ISO: 100
Shutter: 60
Galleries: Abstract, Macro
Date Uploaded: Mar 25, 2008

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Statistics
Place: 54 out of 290
Avg (all users): 5.8743
Avg (commenters): 6.2143
Avg (participants): 5.6026
Avg (non-participants): 6.0619
Views since voting: 1039
Views during voting: 290
Votes: 191
Comments: 17
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 04/08/2008 05:51:19 AM
lovely... i just love this picture... goes in my favs right now.
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 04/07/2008 11:49:40 PM
Sharp all around. A very well executed smoke capture.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/31/2008 05:01:45 PM
Art speaks differently to different people.
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 03/31/2008 04:58:26 AM
stunning capture but this is more like curves to me not pattern
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 03/30/2008 08:10:24 PM
Very nice photo. 9
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 03/30/2008 04:56:35 PM
I am tired of smoke shots but you did a good job. The lines are very crisp.
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 03/30/2008 04:03:15 PM
Smoke is a bit overdone here, I think... but this is a well-done over-done shot. *grin*
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 03/29/2008 06:35:57 PM
Spelling police here. It's "Curls". Sorry, it was bugging me and I had to mention it.

It's a random pattern, but still a pattern nonetheless. I remember reading an article a few years ago about the unpredictability of such things. Scientists were examining random distribution patterns of things like smoke and colors dropped in water. They were trying to find a way of predicting what is usually perceived as randomness.
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 03/29/2008 08:26:16 AM
Getting to be overdone like splashes, but still nice & interesting to look at. Your version is one of the better ones that I prefer. nice work 7
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 03/28/2008 12:42:40 PM
This is a great smoke shot, but the patterns are weak. I can see 4, maybe 5 concentric smoke circles, but they're so chaotic it's hard for my eye to get "pattern". I actually tried something similiar with steam coming off a tray, took about 100 shots but didn't even get 4 or 5 recognizeable patterns. 7
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 03/28/2008 12:01:59 AM
There is not so much of a pattern here as there is the absence of a pattern (randomness) IMO. But it is some cool looking smoke.
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 03/27/2008 10:44:02 PM
lack of pattern as pattern?
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 03/27/2008 10:15:40 PM
Beautiful scrolling/curving pattern and I really love the color. It's fascinating watching smoke curl like this.
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 03/27/2008 09:52:45 AM
Really cool idea! I like he lighting and range of values
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 03/27/2008 09:45:53 AM
i like this. tho smoke has almost a red tint to it.
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 03/27/2008 06:13:50 AM
Beautiful. More chaos than pattern, I think. But nice, anyway...
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 03/26/2008 11:41:46 AM
very simple and elegant lines. 7
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