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Cylon Raider : Alien Metal
Cylon Raider : Alien Metal
Dr.Confuser


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Metal II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D3
Lens: Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED
Location: Seattle, Washington (USA)
Date: Dec 13, 2011
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 5000
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Transportation, Science and Technology
Date Uploaded: Dec 17, 2011

 Photographer’s Notes
I was at the Seattle Center shooting for Heavy Metal Song Titles challenge and walked into Paul Allen’s Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum. Among other things they had some of the fighters from the Battle Star Galactica set including this Cylon Raider. I am a huge science fiction fan … or as it used to be known … scientific fiction. So this was a treat for me. Photography is allowed as long as you don’t use flash., and this is a nearly-straight-from-the-camera shot of the Cylon Raider.

For the record, it's not a model but stands more than 6 feet high and 30 or 40 feet long. Un-arguably cool!

Enjoy.


Post Processing
• Convert from RAW (PSCS5 Camera Raw)
• Remove Distractions (PSCS5 Clone Layer)
• Crop (PSCS5)
• Resize (Perfect Resize)
• Save for Web (PSCS5)


Camera Data
• Date: 2011.12.13
• Camera: Nikon D3
• Lens: Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED
• ISO: 5000
• Aperture: f/3.5
• Shutter: 1/40

Statistics
Place: 7 out of 111
Avg (all users): 6.7234
Avg (commenters): 7.8333
Avg (participants): 6.6731
Avg (non-participants): 6.7857
Views since voting: 1556
Views during voting: 209
Votes: 94
Comments: 26
Favorites: 0

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 01/21/2012 08:23:41 PM
Love the tone and texture. Beautiful.
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 12/26/2011 06:26:32 PM
Originally posted by Alexkc:
Wow Doc, good score and Top Ten - totally deserved! I love that museum - I should come to visit you, sooner or later :)


You and your wife are welcome anytime.
 12/26/2011 10:53:57 AM
Awesome Doc! Top ten and a great score for a great image. This has a very "Dune" feel to it too.
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 12/26/2011 09:32:22 AM
Great score for a great picture Doc! Congrats!
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 12/26/2011 08:03:03 AM
I loved this one - congrats on the top 10.
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 12/26/2011 07:57:54 AM
Nice to see this top ten,Congrats.
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 12/26/2011 05:28:55 AM
Wow Doc, good score and Top Ten - totally deserved! I love that museum - I should come to visit you, sooner or later :)
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 12/26/2011 12:43:51 AM
Congrats Doc on a great finish and image with that. Stay fresh for the finals..:)
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 12/26/2011 12:25:50 AM
Ha! Well done Doc, our entries both came from inside the same building! ;)
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 12/26/2011 12:17:40 AM
That IS ultra cool. Congrats on the top 10.
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 12/26/2011 12:09:42 AM
Congrats Dr. Confuser on your front page finish.
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 12/26/2011 12:09:04 AM
Congratulations on the top ten and the great experience of simply seeing the thing!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/25/2011 05:43:58 PM
Love that show, and this image as well, top 5
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 12/24/2011 08:24:45 PM
It's a bit ominous, but not exactly evil... Great light!
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 12/24/2011 07:29:03 PM
Wonderful focal depth and texture here. Great image.
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 12/24/2011 02:12:56 AM
Nice! Is this a model you have? You really lit it well.
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 12/22/2011 12:28:19 PM
Battlestar Galactica here on DPC LOL, lovely light and a very crisp shot.
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 12/20/2011 06:44:36 PM
Quite bizarre...I'd love to know what this is! Great composition, but fan of this...and top 5 in my books. Lighting seems a little flat though? Some extra contrast would've made this sing!
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 12/19/2011 05:55:11 PM
love it, nice tones and intriguing i want to know what it is?
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 12/19/2011 11:55:35 AM
Love the simpleness and feel of this shot.
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 12/19/2011 08:58:39 AM
way cool
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 12/19/2011 04:51:12 AM
well shot
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 12/19/2011 04:49:43 AM
Very cool!
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 12/19/2011 12:57:26 AM
Oh. *gasp*

Brilliantly simple.. But I'd never have thought of it or have been able to capture it so well.
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 12/19/2011 12:57:25 AM
So say we all!
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 12/19/2011 12:48:30 AM
Marvelous. I SO wish the crop was tighter, or at least less of the bottom portion. The tones on the center are breathtaking.
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