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Hydragyrum
Hydragyrum
mgsmith53


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Periodic Table (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Pentax K100D
Lens: Pentax SMC-M 50mm f/2.0 MF
Date: Nov 9, 2008
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/20s
Galleries: Abstract, Macro
Date Uploaded: Nov 10, 2008

Small pool of elemental mercury. Don't worry...didn't spill any or get any on me!

crop
sharpen
de-sat
contrast layer
cloned out a little dust
re-sharpened
flatten/size/sfw

Statistics
Place: 56 out of 102
Avg (all users): 5.3758
Avg (commenters): 6.5000
Avg (participants): 4.9024
Avg (non-participants): 5.5431
Views since voting: 1891
Views during voting: 290
Votes: 157
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/17/2008 12:27:33 PM
so i dont know what hydragyrum is but it sure looks freaking awesome in your photo:D
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11/15/2008 10:24:43 PM
The trouble with abstracts is that the eye struggles to find a recognizable object in the frame. It then locks onto that object, if found, and constantly refers to it to give context to the other forms. I'm afraid I've locked onto your thumb. Still, it's a striking composition. I like the shape of the Mercury.
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11/15/2008 11:47:05 AM
Love this image.
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11/14/2008 09:05:27 PM
nice lighting!
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11/13/2008 03:09:32 PM
As an educated chemist, nice to learn something new (the name), but the subject on its own represents the element well, nice picture
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11/11/2008 04:18:14 PM
Great curves. Not sure what it is so looks somewhat abstract to me.
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11/11/2008 03:26:16 PM
you know you shouldn't play with that stuff..:)
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11/11/2008 12:46:47 PM
very cool abstract of that toxic liquid - the choice of name is probably going to cost you significantly in score
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11/11/2008 11:37:44 AM
I have learned something....I am unsure of the image, it has to be accepted as an abstract and those usually don't appeal to me.
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11/11/2008 09:23:00 AM
Took a few mins to work out what it was! Really interesting way to photograph mercury
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11/11/2008 08:55:54 AM
I looked up hydragyrum on the internet and it means this (hoá học) thuỷ ngân in Vietnamese that is weird huh?

I see this is liquid silver, but this composition still doesn´t work well for me. I´m not sure what it is.
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11/11/2008 12:52:08 AM
love the curves, tone. too bad you had to sharpen all that dust!
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