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The Meaning of Life
The Meaning of Life
SherwinJames


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Challenge: Shadows V (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
Location: NJ, USA
Date: Dec 22, 2008
Aperture: f/3.2
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/640 sec
Galleries: Still Life
Date Uploaded: Dec 22, 2008



[Dec. 29th, 2008 07:41:58 AM]

This idea was based on a combination of
A) a photo by Ruth Bernhard "Lifesavers" shot in 1930
B) The concept of meaning of life from "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", instead I deliberately used 53 instead of 42 (I found that people usually pay closer attention when recognizable things are WRONG instead of RIGHT)
and C) My own ideas of very sharp lighting to produce intense shadows and strong silhouettes.

Statistics
Place: 20 out of 124
Avg (all users): 5.8601
Avg (commenters): 6.8000
Avg (participants): 5.4651
Avg (non-participants): 5.9733
Views since voting: 1056
Views during voting: 355
Votes: 193
Comments: 17
Favorites: 1 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/30/2008 07:44:05 PM
Excellent shadows, and if they are polo's, I like them too :-)
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12/30/2008 04:48:42 PM
5? I thought the answer to life, the universe and everything was 42! : )
Nice shadows though. I wish the center lifesaver(?)/circle was a bit more straight to the camera.
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12/30/2008 11:14:25 AM
Looking at this, I think you should have titled it "Binary". I think there could be a successful image made with this type of setup. This is not it however...
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12/30/2008 08:10:55 AM
110101 is there a binary message in this? (8)
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12/30/2008 02:08:38 AM
I love it... awesome
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12/29/2008 09:33:22 AM
Neat image. My eye is really drawn to the center 'O'. The composition is a little off. It should be either more centered or more off-center instead of slightly off-center. Looks sloppy instead of intentional.
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12/29/2008 01:53:21 AM
For a second I was blown away by the geekiness of the reference, but then I realized that it wasn't quite what I had thought: 1010010.

It's still a rather good (and interesting) shot though.
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12/28/2008 01:40:54 AM
OMG! stunning!
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12/27/2008 02:59:31 PM
This is interesting. My first thought was "Hmm. Lifesaver-Henge." But then I looked at the shadows and liked how they form binary numbers. I enjoyed pondering this one for a while.
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12/26/2008 12:25:41 PM
Love the Stonehenge-ness of this but the lighting is way too harsh.
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12/26/2008 04:24:24 AM
err... should have been 101010 ;)

Nicely done though.
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12/26/2008 02:01:23 AM
Great shot, but isn't the meaning of life 42? Left to right I read 53, right to left 43. Anyway, one more number from me, 7.
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12/26/2008 01:34:03 AM
Good idea.
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12/24/2008 10:29:02 PM
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12/24/2008 01:27:52 PM
Binary for life? Well executed
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12/24/2008 12:19:43 PM
not sure how you did the lighting, but it looks great. Very cool shot and I like the concept
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12/24/2008 04:25:49 AM
Now I thought for a minute there you were a fan of Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy but that would have ben 101010 eh lol.
Great shot very well executed, I like the way the shadows run out of the frame.
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