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Surreal World
Surreal World
zagman


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Surrealism (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Location: Kitchen
Date: Mar 3, 2005
Aperture: F/20.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 4.5
Galleries: Abstract, Digital Art
Date Uploaded: Mar 3, 2005

 I was trying to mimmick Salvatore Dali. Trying to imply that we live in a strange and nutty world. A= the start- Bicycle is the means to an end. The hand is trying to catch up with the world around us. The background and foreground were purchased at a Arts and Craft store. The "Twig World Ball" is hanging from a string out of camera range.
Auto levels, sizing, cropped, unsharp mask applied.

Statistics
Place: 107 out of 271
Avg (all users): 5.2269
Avg (commenters): 5.5000
Avg (participants): 5.1495
Avg (non-participants): 5.2600
Views since voting: 979
Views during voting: 509
Votes: 357
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/15/2005 02:36:19 PM
I wish that ball of wire were sharper.
 03/15/2005 10:17:31 AM
It's really satisfying to see this as you understand surrealism. tightly cropped and depth of field problem but elements and composition are making up for them.
 03/15/2005 08:40:12 AM
Cropped a little too close at the top IMO.
 03/14/2005 12:28:12 PM
good composition. The tumbleweed ball thing is a bit cut off at the top, so maybe a bit more headroom in this and it would be good.
 03/11/2005 01:08:24 PM
Very interesting however the juxtaposition leaves me wanting. Looked at from a different view I detect the hand ready to recuve the straw ball. I just feel that the image lacks coherency in delivering a message. The effort still merits a 6
 03/10/2005 07:12:19 PM
Too bad this shot as weak lighting and is mostly out of focus. Using a lower F/stop might help on the DOF to include every elements of this shot. a larger frame would've helped i think. 5
 03/10/2005 09:23:05 AM
Very nice composition. I only feel it isnt focused enough on the back.
 03/09/2005 03:58:20 PM
sphere seems out of focus.the noise on the wall seems somewhat surreal too.
 03/09/2005 11:49:45 AM
the central object is out of focus
03/09/2005 07:17:17 AM
having the twine ball out of focus messes up the image to me
 03/09/2005 07:01:16 AM
Very nice background but feels like the ball wouldn't fit by composition or due blurriness. Can't say. Surreal true. Too tight, perhaps true also, but can't say if the surreal feeling is lost if it's widened.
 03/09/2005 02:25:50 AM
the ball of twiggs is out of focus but otherwise nice shot.......not extreemly surreal but definatly has the idea of it (most don't) so good work
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