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Phantasmagoria
Phantasmagoria
Joey Lawrence


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Challenge: Fantasy (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Minolta DiMAGE 7Hi
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: Jan 22, 2006
Galleries: Sky, Emotive
Date Uploaded: Jan 22, 2006

 phantasmagoria- a constantly changing medley or real or imagined images (as in a dream)

Well I dreamed I saw silouettes balancing high in the sky on the horizon line last night, everything was foggy and blurry with a circular rainbow around the sun.

Then the next day I decided to try something for this challenge, my idea was to jump really high off a table outside and flip it so it appeared I was flying. But when I was setting up my camera outside in the cold, I breathed on the lens and without knowing it this picture came out, amazingly similar to my dream the night before. When I saw it I wasn't shocked, it was a strange feeling.

The differences between this picture and my dream were there were more silouettes and their arms were not out in a flying position, but the concept is there as well as the circular rainbow around the sun.

I was talking to Kelly Brannon (CalliopeKel) on msn asking what I should name this, and she was making up random titles and suggested 'Phantasmagoria.' She didn't know what it meant but when I looked up the definition it was perfect.

This picture is strange. I don't care what I score I think it turned out pretty sweet. 4

Statistics
Place: 47 out of 109
Avg (all users): 5.5725
Avg (commenters): 7.2222
Avg (participants): 5.1449
Avg (non-participants): 5.7150
Views since voting: 1791
Views during voting: 493
Votes: 276
Comments: 16
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 02/04/2006 09:57:22 PM
*Critique Club*

I personally love this shot. I think it might have received more votes in a different category, I am not sure which one but I think voters were looking for fantasy like we would see on TV.

The composition in this shot is excellent. I love to read the comments and find it very interesting how this shot was taken. I was wondering what kind of filter you could have possibly used but your approach is something I would not have thought of. I think the placement and pose of the subject is great not too centered. The warm glow just gives the shot a nice even flow. Everything in this shot really does look great. I could even see this on one of those inspiration posters you see. Great job as usual!
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 02/01/2006 05:04:30 PM
Joey, I really enjoyed reading your background on this image! I had a really hard time voting on this pic because although I really like the image and it does convey a powerful dreamlike state it didn't really hit fantasy for me. I ended up as one of your 72 sixes.

And ya know if you can have dreams of floating silouettes why can't judy see butt cracks in your images? absinthe hmmm
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 01/31/2006 12:26:01 AM
Originally posted by Joey Lawrence:
I don't see it, put down the absinthe.


hmm... absinthe, Judy, and experimental Joey Lawrence imagery... I see a recipe for free-flowing poetry about illusory buttcracks. Fascinating, to be sure
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 01/31/2006 12:10:22 AM
Originally posted by Jutilda:
Joey - look at the thumbnail quickly and then what do you see??? Maybe I'm perverse, but I see a ... well..... um...

buttcrack ROFL

I don't see it, put down the absinthe.
 01/30/2006 09:17:53 AM
Joey - look at the thumbnail quickly and then what do you see??? Maybe I'm perverse, but I see a ... well..... um...

buttcrack ROFL
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 01/30/2006 06:42:53 AM
gave this a 6 in the challenge. it stood out as a sort of experimental/concept piece, but the rough edges still show. thinking about it, the one thing I would really have done differently if it were my shot is I would have had your/the model's legs bent back up to create some distance from the horizon. but then, that's MY shot, and not your dream :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/29/2006 10:35:30 PM
A very nice surreal image. Bumping up.
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 01/26/2006 03:23:44 PM
Beautiful
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 01/26/2006 02:32:11 AM
Cool effect,
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 01/25/2006 01:30:40 AM
I like the softness of the light in this shot. Might wish a little strong sillhouette...but I can certainly see your motivation behind the picture as is too....almost has a soothing effect for me.
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 01/24/2006 10:49:42 PM
I like the colors and the softness of the image
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 01/23/2006 06:12:26 PM
ambiguous enough for the view to inject their own fantasy - nice work
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 01/23/2006 10:49:21 AM
aaahhchoo!
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 01/23/2006 03:09:04 AM
great job with this...love the colour and composition
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 01/23/2006 12:39:19 AM
Nice Title. Unusual photo. Looks like a dream.
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 01/23/2006 12:14:46 AM
Interesting idea!
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