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Theodor Geisel's "Design For Death"
Theodor Geisel's "Design For Death"
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Dr. Seuss (Advanced Editing V)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Location: Oakland, California, USA
Date: May 1, 2007
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/8
Galleries: Emotive, Political
Date Uploaded: May 2, 2007

 ... or

I Do Not Like When Bombs Go Wham!

In addition (actually, prior) to writing children's books, Theodor Geisel (a.k.a. Dr. Seuss) was a political cartoonist, and worked with the likes of Frank Capra making propaganda films during World War II. In 1947, he helped make the Academy Award-winning documentary "Design For Death" about post-war Japan.

For more info:
//www.pbs.org/independentlens/politicaldrseuss/film.html
//www.pbs.org/independentlens/politicaldrseuss/dr.html

Mushrooms on a black cloth, back and top-lit with incandescent lights.

-Cloned-out speck of lint on the backdrop.
-RGB Curve
-Blue/Yellow Curve
-Red Curve
-Resize for DPC
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 9/10 = 100kb

Statistics
Place: 72 out of 74
Avg (all users): 4.0596
Avg (commenters): 4.8824
Avg (participants): 4.4667
Avg (non-participants): 3.9632
Views since voting: 3781
Views during voting: 420
Votes: 235
Comments: 29
Favorites: 7 (view)

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 03/15/2009 10:17:08 AM
Really looks like an old photograph from some test site... added to faves (thought it was already there!)
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 06/02/2007 07:53:15 AM
To stop people and ask them to think...
ahhh such a dangerouos position to take...:)
I love when someone creates an opportunity for me to learn...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/23/2007 06:02:43 AM
This is highly underrated. Very mysterious and artistic.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/23/2007 12:58:23 AM
extraordinary. should have been listed on the other end of the scale.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/22/2007 09:46:20 AM
Fascinating. You often come up with interesting takes on the challenge. Thanks for teaching me something about Geisel! I went home and told my wife, who also didn't know that about him. Between this and JuliBoc's entry, I've learned a lot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/15/2007 09:06:54 PM
I was really surprised by the brown ribbon on this one. I gave it an 8. Well the OOBIE should make up for that. Pretty special -- two awards in one challenge. ;P Congratulations on a marvelous entry.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/15/2007 07:12:46 PM
Such dark imagery. Very emotive and eery.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/14/2007 07:27:40 AM
a delightful brown ribbon entry and my congrats to the General!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/14/2007 03:53:09 AM
Hello from the Critique Club,

Wow, I really don't know where to start. This is my first Critique Club assignment of a Brown Ribbon winner and it goes to someone that has been around long enough to know what to expect in relation to the image subject chosen and the expectations of the voters from the challenge topic. First, let me start by stating the obvious. Your image does depict your vision for the challenge strongly; however, the image quality and subject choice made this an easy vote low and move on entry. I also think if you would have included Geisel's pen name in the title, Theodor Geisel's, aka Dr. Seuss, "Design for Death", your image would have made more sense to the general voters (especially those outside the US).

Reading your comments, I see that the coloration was a major factor in your processing. When I think of nuke clouds I think of big white mushrooms emanating from a focal point of destruction (I've never seen a real one, only those portrayed in the movies). I wonder how your clouds would have looked in B&W with super high contrast, as the yellowish color doesn't really work for me. OK, now I̢۪m trying to force my perception on your artistic vision. Sounds kind of like DPC doesn't it.

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions regarding this critique.

Tim
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 05/14/2007 02:07:54 AM
i also thought this was don's work. a great image, and it was very nice to see someone considering more than geisel's children's work. well done indeed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/13/2007 11:56:05 PM
I thought this was Don (posthumous) - not sure if you'll take that as a compliment or an insult, though. :-) Very good take on the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/13/2007 06:49:34 PM
I had to look it up. Before I did, I liked this a lot as I could recognize what the shapes were supposed to be. Now that I have thought about it some more I am bumping you up a couple points.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/12/2007 03:25:45 PM
Posthumous Blue Ribbon. 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/11/2007 12:20:07 PM
Clever idea.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/11/2007 11:27:35 AM
Not sure what it is supposed to be. Doesn't make much sense to me and image seems to have no discernible subject.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/10/2007 11:51:05 AM
Very dark visually and title. The over enhancement has given a lot of speckle and although it is easy to see the mushrooms the overall look is not pleasing to MY eye. Sorry
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/09/2007 05:56:50 AM
This will score badly for focus. Going for the brown ribbon?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/08/2007 05:57:00 PM
Kind of a morbid picture. Those are mushrooms, right?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/08/2007 04:24:19 PM
This is completely out of focus and hard to look at. Sorry but I don't like it at all.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/07/2007 09:08:29 PM
I must be missing something-this is out of focus and I cant tell what it is...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/07/2007 03:37:13 PM
Wow, mushroom clouds... an unbelievable spin on the challenge. Great vision. I've not seen the movie, but can imagine this not being a story for the kiddies. Hope for your sake that people have taken the time to look this one up on the net before judging.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/07/2007 03:34:52 PM
One puff, two puff,
Yellow puff, orange puff.
This one is a little soft,
This one is a bit aloft!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/07/2007 11:02:17 AM
I'm missing a point of focus here.......(?)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/07/2007 08:51:50 AM
I don't get it. I get that the blurry mushrooms are supposed to be from nukes but I don't get how that relates to Dr. Seuss. So then I am left with a blurry photo of mushrooms.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/07/2007 07:03:57 AM
It took me a while, but I think I understand -- these are mushroom clouds.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/07/2007 05:44:38 AM
This one I am having a hard time understanding, these are mushrooms I am gathering. I am un familiar with who Theodor geisel is. That is my problem not yours, so you get a 7 for the shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/06/2007 10:07:11 PM
what is this? soooo blurry!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/06/2007 09:04:02 PM
The World is Over!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/06/2007 08:22:16 PM
majorly OOF
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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