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Challenge: Burst of Color (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Animals-Domestic
Camera: Gateway DC-T50
Location: Botetourt County, VA
Date: Jan 7, 2006
Aperture: 1:4.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100 sec
Galleries: Humorous, Digital Art
Date Uploaded: Jan 7, 2006

Got the idea while driving by farms and thinking of the challenges - the old children's poem came to mind...

I never saw a purple cow;
I never hope to see one;
But I can tell you, anyhow,
I'd rather see than be one.

-Gelett Burgess

I probably won't be the only person to think of this, but oh well... ;-) It was fun!

PP actually included very little:
Selective layers of color sat, lighting/exposure, dodge/burn brush
Neat Image
Blend brush & clone brush to clean up some messy areas
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POST-CHALLENGE:
Of course, I am a little disappointed with my score (but not completely surprised). I still really like this shot a lot though, and for those critics out there, "surrealism" was my goal... ;-P

Keep having fun!!!

Statistics
Place: 176 out of 244
Avg (all users): 5.1000
Avg (commenters): 6.8800
Avg (participants): 5.0250
Avg (non-participants): 5.1692
Views since voting: 3452
Views during voting: 439
Votes: 250
Comments: 32
Favorites: 5 (view)


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02/03/2006 09:07:30 AM
WOW! I just came across this - never looked threw this challenge or voted - if I had - this would have been a 10 from me - I love it!!!
So original! and my 3 year old loves it also - great poem - gotta add to favorites - great job !!! :)
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01/23/2006 02:06:51 AM
I wish this would have done better, I love it! Great idea
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01/19/2006 10:11:31 PM
Incerdibly BOLD move here Jimmy! Haha! It gave me a laught when I saw this image in the challenge. Wonderful saturation of colors.
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01/16/2006 06:28:40 AM
I think its a great fun and bold moooove. Gotta have some fun in life don't we. Critics be damned.
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01/16/2006 04:38:04 AM
awwwww...makes me sad to see such a fun pic score so low. i think it's a great shot! :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/15/2006 12:56:23 PM
7 for being bold and quirky ; ). Not to mention - a good composition and well-taken image.
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01/15/2006 09:04:57 AM
I never have either...until now. :)

Funny shot.
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01/14/2006 07:33:21 PM
Fun picture here. I like the composition you've used. IMHO the post processing could have been done a little smoother. The horizon line and edges of the cow show clear signs of post processing
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01/14/2006 04:07:00 PM
HA HA someone is creative you get a 10
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01/14/2006 10:39:25 AM
Nice twist. Fun stuff! Extra points because I love the poetry of Gelett Burgess.
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01/14/2006 10:25:11 AM
And I never hope to see one.

This is just surreal... way over saturated (the grass looks radioactive :). Just not a horribly plesant photo to look at.
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01/13/2006 09:53:40 PM
but have you ever seen a moose, kissing a goose, down by the bay?
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01/13/2006 08:53:54 PM
Never have I until now. :) It's cool! The green grass looks oversaturated. 5
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01/12/2006 10:47:38 AM
does a purple cow give grape flavored milk??? The world may never know!!! 9
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01/11/2006 08:40:14 PM
What have you done to this poor cow?
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01/11/2006 01:42:12 PM
funny..
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01/11/2006 09:19:08 AM
this is great-i love it=10
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01/11/2006 08:10:44 AM
Now thats a burst of color. Good work
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01/10/2006 03:53:42 PM
Yikes!
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01/10/2006 04:29:48 AM
if you're going to go this far, paint the sky too - it feels odd to have it normal and the bottom half cartoon - love the composition though, with the sky treated this could be a very striking piece - 5
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01/09/2006 05:37:20 PM
LOL - point(s) for humor. Too funny. I do wonder how the "tech" crowd vs. the "eye pleasing" crowd will disect this one. You'll either end up with ground beef or filet mignon.
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01/09/2006 05:01:14 PM
hehe... fun shot. The cow most certainly stands out in that field. Nice job on the clouds, too.
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01/09/2006 11:44:16 AM
LOL!! i suspect this might get hammered by the voters but i just love it. not often does a radical color shift work well but this is nice work. thanks for the laugh. "i'd rather see than be one" :D
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01/09/2006 10:03:39 AM
Very funny.
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01/09/2006 06:46:15 AM
These colors sure are bright. You have done a pretty good job of selecting the cow I do not see rough edges and it looks pretty 'natural' at least at this resolution. I wish the cow was a little higher in the frame.
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01/09/2006 06:02:36 AM
Does it give purple milk? (Sorry, I couldn't resist!) 6 for now...
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01/09/2006 02:08:04 AM
CUTE!............
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01/08/2006 08:32:59 PM
This is f-ing hilarious. You took the literal direction of the challenge and ran with it. HURRAH for you!! This has a definite POW factor and Andy Warhol would have loved it!! Bravo for your orginality.

Oh and by the way, we had a 48 purple DeSoto that my mother inherited from an aunt and guess what we called it????
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01/08/2006 08:17:57 PM
reminds me of ben and jerrys! love it! something new and different!!
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01/08/2006 08:11:37 PM
does it give choc milk or grape juice ;)
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01/08/2006 07:47:18 PM
And you never will see a purple cow. LOL...I really wish this was in normal color. IT woudl have looked great against the grass and sky. Lovely. I hope you post the original later with cow uncolored. I will keep it as a fav!
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01/08/2006 07:39:51 PM
looks pink to me? eheh
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