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Alien Pod, Area 51, Nevada
Alien Pod, Area 51, Nevada
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Conspiracy (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Location: Harwich Port, MA, USA
Date: Sep 16, 2005
Aperture: 5/16
ISO: 100
Shutter: 18 seconds
Date Uploaded: Sep 17, 2005

 RAW capture. Squash blossom on wire grid, Macro.

Converted to TIFF, levels, selective color, hue/sat. Inrared conversion inverted and imported as a "difference" layer, faded. Resized, USM, save for web.

This is my attempt to provide an eerie, sci-fi interpretation of the Area 51 Captured Aliens "conspiracy".

I expect I'm doomed for 2 reasons: many voters won'thave a clue what "Area 51" purportedly IS, and voters historically don't like this sort of posterized manipulation. But I had a lot of fun. Cool challenge.

Statistics
Place: 103 out of 114
Avg (all users): 4.5913
Avg (commenters): 5.4286
Avg (participants): 4.3247
Avg (non-participants): 4.7086
Views since voting: 1546
Views during voting: 483
Votes: 252
Comments: 17
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 10/03/2005 10:04:21 PM
I know Area 51 and I think your photo was PERFECT for this challenge. I also LOVE posterization. Super lighting. Very, very cool. One of my favorites...10
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 09/25/2005 12:20:37 AM
Whoops, sorry bear music - what can I say...I don't eat veggies.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/25/2005 12:14:28 AM
People, it's a SQUASH BLOSSOM, not corn... macro shot.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/24/2005 12:01:36 AM
Looks like corn! Aliens like to eat corn :)
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 09/23/2005 02:55:12 AM
This is interesting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/23/2005 12:43:32 AM
Quick! People of Nevada, buy your ceaser's dressing now... Save yourselves.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/22/2005 10:00:31 PM
Interesting idea but I don't get how a corn husk has anything to do with area 51......4
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/22/2005 08:31:08 PM
photo doesn't indicate a conspiracy to me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/21/2005 03:35:23 PM
hehehe, took me a moment there. Teh funky colors (post processing?) add to the alien feeling of this. Nice work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/19/2005 10:22:47 AM
I keep coming back to this because I'm not sure what to make of it, or even what it is. I like the diagonal and the symettry of the background, and the color scheme is intriguing, but I don't understand what the heck it is!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/18/2005 11:15:05 AM
very unique, interesting to look at.
Not the kind of thing that would go over well here, but I think you did a pretty good job
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 09/18/2005 05:43:28 AM
I kindof wish you'd done the editing of the pod on a different layer than the background to get a contrast between earth/alien. As it is, the whole picture seems rather alien to me and it softens the effect a little bit.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/18/2005 01:55:44 AM
Very unusual effect...but I can't stop looking at it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/18/2005 01:33:16 AM
this is great art, but it feels so manipulated, it seems out of place in a photo contest 5
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 09/18/2005 12:38:56 AM
That alien pod reminds me an awful lot of corn on the cob ;-) I like the background grid, and I even like the filtering effects on this one.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/18/2005 12:37:29 AM
OH this is totally cool!!! I love the grid pattern with the pod's coloration. Really clever.
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 09/18/2005 12:04:27 AM

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