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Planet Melon
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Challenge: Textures III (Basic Editing III)
Collection: Miscellaneous
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5D
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: Jul 14, 2005
Aperture: f/19
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/2s
Galleries: Abstract, Humorous
Date Uploaded: Jul 14, 2005

 Made a bunch of pinholes in a blue cardboard and placed a 500W worklamp behind it for a starlight. Placed a melon in front of the cardbord and painted it with a flashlight from the side. Converted from RAW, adjusted curves, hue/sat, USM, cropped, resized, saved. Then additional adjustment of curves at my office computer with Gimp.

Statistics
Place: 72 out of 614
Avg (all users): 5.8683
Avg (commenters): 8.0556
Avg (participants): 5.7895
Avg (non-participants): 6.0330
Views since voting: 1222
Views during voting: 380
Votes: 281
Comments: 25
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 11/11/2008 05:09:32 PM
Very cool. Totally looks like a planet in the thumb version.
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 11/11/2008 04:10:33 AM
Cool shot. I love planet images like this. I can see Orion.
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 04/16/2007 02:42:18 PM
Awesome! This is very creative... I'm suprised it didn't score higher. (okay, maybe I'm not. I've seen lots of great images get dumped in the 5.5 range for no apparant reason) :P The lighting is beautiful, and the composition perfect. I love this!
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 04/02/2006 04:44:40 PM
Way cool. Thanks for sharing the techniques used.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/25/2005 04:33:53 PM
Looks like a lot of thought went into this one, and it paid off! I like the detail in the melon, and it was clever to make it into a space theme. A 10!
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 07/25/2005 11:08:14 AM
haha... interesting that we had the same idea. I like the texture in yours. How did you do the "stars"?
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 07/25/2005 02:37:21 AM
The most original of all the melon shots I have seen so far, and I have seen to many... Good lighting on the melon itself. 7 from me.
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 07/24/2005 07:14:56 PM
I like the lighting and texture, but the stars distract... Awesome shot without the "planet" gimmick.
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 07/24/2005 03:44:14 AM
hahaah
 07/22/2005 02:24:26 PM
Great idea! Best use of a melon yet that I've seen for this competition. 9
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 07/22/2005 12:35:09 PM
Dark cardboard with holes in it and a backlight? However you did this, it is very cool!
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 07/22/2005 11:27:28 AM
Sweet idea, well composed and a satisfying, well lit texture. Not much to criticise negatively here and this is actually very memorable, so I hope you do well.
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 07/22/2005 05:45:01 AM
Very very neat.... reminds me of MST3000
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 07/21/2005 05:04:31 PM
Ok... How'd you make the stars?
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 07/21/2005 08:23:24 AM
cute
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 07/21/2005 04:46:17 AM
thank you. love it
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 07/20/2005 11:37:52 PM
funny, 9
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 07/20/2005 01:30:03 PM
Unique, probably the best of the "melon" pics.
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 07/20/2005 09:34:57 AM
Ohhhh! This just made me smile! Nicely clever : }
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 07/20/2005 06:19:27 AM
Creative use of light and subjects.
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 07/20/2005 06:00:08 AM
Way too cool. Wonderful concept creatively captured.
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 07/20/2005 05:35:19 AM
very original idea
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 07/20/2005 05:08:33 AM
great imagination and creativity
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 07/19/2005 10:27:10 PM
Best one so far, If TV hadnt ruined my imagination I would have dreams tonight of a planet made entirely of canteloupe! Wouldnt that be a fun place to go on vacation/dinner!
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 07/19/2005 09:43:58 PM
GREAT IDEA. Fun use of imagination. I like the lighting and the "stars."
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