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Nuclear Nightmare
Nuclear Nightmare
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Challenge: Dreams and Nightmares (Classic Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Olympus D-490Z
Location: Oakland, California, USA
Date: Oct 5, 2003
Aperture: 3.2
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Abstract, Digital Art
Date Uploaded: Oct 5, 2003

 Perhaps the over-riding fear of the modern age. An attempt at simulating the look of a mushroom cloud, made by using a syringe to squirt some milk into a jar of water just as the shutter went off (using the timer). Exposure compensation set to -2.0.

Used a bunch of extreme curves to create contrast and color.

Statistics
Place: 108 out of 112
Avg (all users): 4.0600
Avg (commenters): 4.4167
Avg (participants): 3.6667
Avg (non-participants): 4.4861
Views since voting: 1471
Votes: 150
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 10/23/2010 08:59:32 PM
Quite creative, actually. I rather like it.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/12/2003 11:34:40 AM
Radically manipulated image with the right title. I like it, though the vertical lines at left upset the image somewhat.
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 10/11/2003 06:11:08 AM
I respect your vision of nuclear, but this to me doesn't portray it. Your image is very pixelated and grainy. Your border is greenishgrey - make it black to be more effective. I don't want to hurt your feelings, but this is just not very interesting to look at.
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 10/11/2003 12:51:41 AM
very artistic. the colors are rich, giving the image texture. I ask myself though...what would I see with out the title for guidence?
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 10/10/2003 11:30:10 PM
That is a bad dream.
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 10/09/2003 06:53:26 AM
This is too overprocessed for my taste.
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 10/08/2003 08:06:24 PM
The noise works well, as do the colors. I dislike the blue vertical lines on the left, and it looks like it cold use a bit of croppig on the right.
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 10/08/2003 04:03:21 PM
I really like this image. Could you please say how it was done? I particularly like the colours you've chosen to create the contrast. I'm assuming you shot smoke and the did heavy manipulation in PS. 9
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 10/08/2003 01:38:48 PM
There's too much grain and not much subject to this photo.
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 10/06/2003 07:53:14 AM
The symbolism is great - what is it actually a picture of?
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 10/06/2003 07:38:36 AM
Very abstract, great color combination. Not too sure what it is though. It's an explosion cloud huh?
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 10/06/2003 12:58:29 AM
Very grainy and looks more like fire than nuclear
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 10/06/2003 12:32:53 AM
Without the title I would have had trouble figuring out whether this was a dream or nightmare.
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