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Life with lava
Life with lava
inuyashakibalove


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Abstract Motion (Basic Editing)
Camera: Kodak Z712 IS
Location: N/A
Date: Mar 24, 2009
Date Uploaded: Mar 24, 2009

So I was at school doing this shoot when I thought of something Abstract, and well I had to have a lava lamp shot. It's not that great I know but oh well.
we used a black back drop turned off the lights and had a small desk lamp on near by, I let the lava lamp do what it does best and snap some photos

Statistics
Place: 227 out of 227
Avg (all users): 3.5737
Avg (commenters): 4.0000
Avg (participants): 3.1625
Avg (non-participants): 3.8727
Views since voting: 739
Views during voting: 283
Votes: 190
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0


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04/15/2009 11:20:49 AM
Abstract challenges are the toughest to enter, everyone has their own thoughts on what is abstract and what is not. The best way to get better scores in any challenge is to make sure there is no doubt you have captured the idea of the challenge that the majority of the voters will likely follow, in this case the item should be very abstract and not easily identifiable. Overall this shot is too clear and not real abstract which clearly affected the score. The exposure and focus are good but the subject is somewhat boring and centered with too much negative space on the sides for my taste. Good luck in future challenges.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/30/2009 10:30:20 PM
I've been using the definition: "Of, relating to, or being a style of art in which natural objects are not represented realistically." With this in mind, it doesn't seem abstract, IMO.
03/30/2009 08:00:17 PM
Nice work, I don't think the lava is enough to make it interesting as an abstract piece.
03/30/2009 07:40:26 PM
Don't see much motion from either the camera or lava lamp :(
03/30/2009 06:02:36 PM
Not abstract enough for me, it's clearly a lamp.
03/29/2009 04:28:20 PM
inside the lamp the stuff is abstract and it's moving but, imho, this is not an abstract picture. Of course this could be debatable.
03/28/2009 09:09:36 PM
Maybe a closer crop on the "lava" would have made this more abstract.
03/28/2009 06:13:11 PM
good image , could have been more creatively done i think.
03/28/2009 09:52:23 AM
Another DNMC, but an oobie take that I can overlook (as with the other similar shot in this challenge). Like the focus ona single lamp, but think you need to come in closer and wait for that big blob in the middle to break into several smaller ones, and adjust exposure to avoid blowing the highlights out. Lighting is too harsh; needs something external to soften it. White balance needs to be adjusted to remove the green cast, and next time flip the lamp around sound the ding on the base isn't showing.
03/28/2009 09:20:41 AM
Nice shot of a lava lamp but what is abstract about it?
03/26/2009 07:29:02 PM
I think you would have done better to give it a longer shutter speed so we could really see the motion of the lava
03/26/2009 05:17:59 AM
There is motion in the lava but you really can't class it as abstract.
03/25/2009 09:52:13 PM
i love to look at lava but i think it coullda been a tighter shot


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