Welcome to the Machine
by gyaban

Comment by pgirish007:
Why am i not surprised :D Beautifully done and yes one of 10 was mine too - LOL

Love the presentation and execution!

Welcome to the Machine
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Comment by snaffles:
Yowza an 8.7.....awesome work as always, Christophe, and thanks for the insight too. Congrats on the blue!

Welcome to the Machine
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Comment by gyaban:

Originally posted by kasaba: Fabulous, just fabulous. Yes, priorities in our lives and how to best achieve them are a difficult topic, finding the balance and especially the peace in your heart to believe you are doing the right thing is hard. Pls,pls tell me where you got these masks from? I thought you had "created them" in PS, but so much easier if one can buy them :-).

Thanks a lot!
The masks are made by a company called "Ubauta": you can easily find them on Amazon for example (just type this word in their search form).

Welcome to the Machine
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Comment by kasaba:
Fabulous, just fabulous.

Yes, priorities in our lives and how to best achieve them are a difficult topic, finding the balance and especially the peace in your heart to believe you are doing the right thing is hard.

Pls,pls tell me where you got these masks from? I thought you had "created them" in PS, but so much easier if one can buy them :-).

Welcome to the Machine
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Comment by mitalapo:
it took just 19 short years, but we now have a new top score image. Congratulations!

a reminder:

Welcome to the Machine
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Comment by Neat:
17 tens! Been a long time since I̢۪ve seen that happen. Incredible to think 50% of your votes were 10̢۪s, well done!

And congratulations on a new personal best, by quite a bit. Excellent photography.

Welcome to the Machine
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Comment by streetpigeon:
A chilling vision of a possible future. I guess it'll be ok as long as they keep taxes down.
The dark and gray color scheme and the overwhelming sense of vulnerability are tone perfect. The photography and the fully fleshed out imagination are superb. The shadowy details in the background might easily be given short shrift, but not so here. Actually, we've come to expect no less. Who are the figures overhead, all headed in the same direction? Souls, untethered dreams?
Personal favorite of the challenge.

Welcome to the Machine
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Comment by MaryO:
Dystopian, as it should be. Those masks are fantastical.

Welcome to the Machine
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Comment by Neat:
I dig the masks, I̢۪m guessing this is Christophe.

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Comment by Lydia:
Good golly, Christophe!!

This is superb!! Wow!


My only "complaint" is the stamping of the flying people... I wish they were manipulated a bit to not look the same.

I think I'd prefer for them to be not there.

But... golly!!! That foreground and mid-ground!! Perfection.

Absolute perfection.