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Alien Nest (Alienyst)
Alien Nest (Alienyst)
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: The Username Challenge (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: HP PhotoSmart R707
Location: My Dining Room
Date: Dec 22, 2005
Aperture: f/3.2
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1.51 sec
Galleries: Humorous
Date Uploaded: Dec 24, 2005

As soon as this challenge came up, I thought of doing Alienyst's name for it. Picked up some monster finger puppets and the bird pen and put them together in one of my plants with a little nest I had around to make the aliens.

Post-processing with PSP9: cropped, some spot usm and dodge on nest, curves, bc, levels, colour balance (to make it more alien), resized and usm for upload.

Thank you for the comments. I overprocessed the "aliens" on purpose to give them a radioactive glow so they would be more alien like. Also majorly changed the color balance to alter the plant color. There was no flash used at all, only the natural light. Guess the voters didn't like the look... oh well, live and learn!

Statistics
Place: 144 out of 153
Avg (all users): 4.7215
Avg (commenters): 5.5000
Avg (participants): 4.6875
Avg (non-participants): 4.7480
Views since voting: 692
Views during voting: 340
Votes: 219
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/30/2005 08:43:19 PM
Tee hee. Cute concept. I think with a little less grain and a less harsher flash and more clarity this could be a really good, fun photo.
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12/28/2005 05:44:33 PM
Too much saturation, sharpening, or some other post processing problem. The reds look radioactive on my screen. :(
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/28/2005 06:13:01 AM
This made me laugh. What a fun shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/28/2005 12:07:49 AM
Fun, comicial, and so suits the username so well......luv it. Great photo as well.......
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/26/2005 02:28:32 PM
Sort of all out of focus and overbearing in colors for me. But creative!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/26/2005 07:39:03 AM
Clever! I like processing for the concept! It sure looks alien!
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12/25/2005 07:24:53 PM
Looks out of focus and just unappealling to the eye. Sorry! 3
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