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Challenge: Opposites (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 4500
Location: bedroom
Date: May 11, 2004
Aperture: 8.4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/5
Galleries: Still Life, Macro
Date Uploaded: May 11, 2004

Both of them hang on the same necklace, which goes around the picture. It was a messy setup. The pentagram hangs off a thin metal string whose end is conceiled behind the black broder.

For those who didn't see how this meets the challenge (Strongly doubts there's anyone):

- Red vs Blue (Opposite ends of the spectrum)
- God vs Satan (Or vs Witchcraft, depending on how you look at the pentagram)
- Right side up vs Upside down


Statistics
Place: 47 out of 286
Avg (all users): 5.5765
Avg (commenters): 7.1500
Avg (participants): 5.4797
Avg (non-participants): 5.6413
Views since voting: 1289
Votes: 307
Comments: 24
Favorites: 0


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05/19/2004 11:44:24 PM
Originally posted by bigjohnny:

hehehehe i knew it was you! with the red and the blue, of course its aleks! hehehe


Ya... thanks for the colored gels. I'm making great use of them. And I'm taking good care of your lights. Enjoy Europe!
05/19/2004 01:25:46 PM
hehehehe i knew it was you! with the red and the blue, of course its aleks! hehehe
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/18/2004 11:03:33 PM
Nice take on the challenge.
05/18/2004 05:32:49 PM
Simple and cool. Very clear opposites and excellent use of colors. I like it.
05/18/2004 04:36:11 PM
Both the iconography and the angles of this shot capture my attention right from the start. Conceptually, this is among the best shots I've seen in this contest (opposites). I think the statement may have been more strongly served by baffling your lights such that no red fell on the cross, and no blue fell on the pentagram. The edging on the pentagram is faint enough to ignore, but the red edge on the cross is so noticeable as to confuse the sense of color involved in your statement.
05/18/2004 01:53:43 PM
perhaps not opposite but opposed. interesting lighting and composition.
05/17/2004 10:55:01 PM
Creepy...but definitely opposites. Nice use of light and negative space.
05/16/2004 09:42:59 AM
Good effects here with lighting and angles.
05/16/2004 07:35:27 AM
I really like this photo, the colors and the detail are great. The black background also really makes this photo (how'd you get it?).
05/15/2004 04:45:41 PM
One of my favorites. Good idea, good lighting, good composition. Maybe a little bit unsharp. Do you use a tripod?
05/15/2004 01:11:07 AM
very powerful image. nice detail. i like the colors, and lighting. great black background. i was thinking of a shot very similar to this, ended up going with something else. good work.
05/14/2004 12:29:42 PM
Interesting. The reddish tint on the pentagram is a cool effect.
05/14/2004 12:29:38 PM
I like the use of color here, very strong image. 7.
05/14/2004 12:18:26 PM
i love the it, the detail of each is great. i dislike the colors mixing up in the chains of the cross, its very messy. but thats my only critic. i love the angles!

Message edited by author 2004-05-19 13:24:38.
05/13/2004 06:43:52 PM
Really good!
05/13/2004 05:49:44 AM
well done
05/13/2004 01:25:28 AM
opposites: yes, compelling: not so much. Lacks a strong "focal point", and neither icon is strong enough to really catch the eye on its own. Like the lighting, though. Especially the red/blue highlights.
05/12/2004 11:43:16 PM
Great photo.
05/12/2004 10:47:41 PM
This is great! I love how you picked the colors (red versus blue) and represented them accordingly. Very nice highlighting. The black background is pleasingly solid, though there's a bit too much of a black area above the pentagram (as compared to the area below the cross). If symmetry was your intention, probably would be better to move the pentagram up a bit. Then the negative space would be balanced. Just my two cents. Sharp and wonderfully done! :-)
05/12/2004 05:37:37 PM
good composition and lighitng... not sure if I like the angle though... maybe
05/12/2004 02:01:38 PM
The pentagram (pentacle) is not an evil symbol. Each point on the star represents something. Wicca uses the pentacle as their symbol and it's not evil. I do take offense because most people just assume its a symbol of the devil and satanic worship. A little reading up on the pentagram can tell you how treasured it is. Sighhh, movies have really desecrated it. Anyway, on to the technical aspects of the photo. I like the colors very much, the red and blue are saturated perfectly. I like how the cross reflects some red, and the pentacle reflects some blue. Not sure I like the crop too much. I'll have to come back to this one later in the challenge to comment more. *Ok* I'm back. After taking some time looking at the image again, I have decided I do like the crop. There is equal space between both symbols and the side of the image and also from top to bottom. I can't rate this low because I don't like how you used the pentacle. That is personal preference and not what the voting is about. So I will rate it just on the technical aspects. I've changed my vote and given you a 7.
05/12/2004 01:42:02 PM
Nice colors = and the black background make the red and blue really pop.
05/12/2004 01:23:15 PM
Nice shot. Fits challenge well; I like the lighting and the composition. It may be hard for some viewers to take, but it really does justice to the challenge instructions. Good job.
05/12/2004 05:05:47 AM
hmmmm .... must come from da vinci code ... nice contrasting colors

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