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Challenge: Periodic Table (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: Challenge Pics - Love 'em!
Camera: Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Lens: Olympus 14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 Zuiko Digital Zoom
Date: Nov 9, 2008
Galleries: Abstract
Date Uploaded: Nov 9, 2008

 If I am going to get a sub-5 score, then I may as well put in something to earn it :PPPPPPPPP

I hope someone laughs - then i would know that i am not alone...

This is a reflection of a very funny Einstein picture.

Mirror, picture reflected, and silver-gray mineral eyeshadow.

Desaturate, curves, brightness/contrast.
Dodge/Burn, Blur, Gaussian Blur (really trying to blur the reflection but did not want to lose some detail either), resize, sharpen.

[Nov. 11th, 2008 08:43:31 AM]

yes, yes, yes, people. i understood going in that einsteinium is a derivative of plutonium. I just figured since I couldn't get any I'd have a little fun with it :)

[Nov. 11th, 2008 01:04:17 PM]

ok and to add on to the last note... after a Flickr discussion with socalsteve I've come to realize that I thought that this this element had a nice metallic form. Whereas I would have been better off putting in something that glows lol. Oh well... still enjoying the comments tho.

[Nov. 16th, 2008 10:52:44 PM]

Thank you everyone for all the great comments! Wanted to say that as soon as I saw that Einsteinium was an element, I knew that I somehow had to use this photo - it is hilarious!

Statistics
Place: 59 out of 102
Avg (all users): 5.3590
Avg (commenters): 6.8000
Avg (participants): 5.1667
Avg (non-participants): 5.4298
Views since voting: 802
Views during voting: 391
Votes: 156
Comments: 26
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 11/18/2008 04:40:50 PM
This made me laugh out loud, along with all those comments! I guess I don't take things quite as seriously or strictly as others, and thankfully so. Great processing and composition. The blur really seals it for me.
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 11/18/2008 01:38:54 PM
Great one. Picture could stand on its own too.
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 11/17/2008 07:28:16 PM
I wonder if Einstein ever had a day when his brain felt as if it were made of metallic eyeshadow? Great job!
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 11/17/2008 07:21:08 PM
Ha...didn't know what this substance was....but, I really loved this shot!

It was really clever and well done and made me laugh my rear off! That was well worth the score that I gave you.

Now, will you please tell everyone that your kids glowing on Halloween....WASN'T FACE PAINT!!! ;)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/17/2008 09:26:09 AM
A cute way of depicting this element.
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 11/16/2008 06:16:43 AM
Nice idea - I hope your not too radioactive now ; )
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 11/15/2008 06:30:30 PM
I really like the idea for this. Just a few things to fix, there seems to be quite a few dust spots, and get the powder a bit sharper. I do like the blurred picture for the background.
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 11/15/2008 04:06:22 PM
LOL, love it! I can't say anything worthwhile, so...

"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
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 11/14/2008 03:49:23 PM
great idea to use Einstein in the shot!
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 11/13/2008 03:01:42 PM
hehehe, fun. i have that poster in my closet:)
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 11/13/2008 01:49:24 AM
Hmm, but is it really Einsteinium????

I did have to google this, hopefully you don't get any DNMC's.
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 11/12/2008 12:29:07 PM
This is freakin' great. Fantastic idea.
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 11/11/2008 06:11:31 PM
Everything in this photo works. Even the border, which I thought upon first glance was overdone, is necessary to complete the illusion. My favorite of this challenge. Excellent!
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 11/11/2008 12:30:32 PM
Nice try but doesn't do anything for me. Not even sure what to suggest...
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 11/11/2008 11:48:16 AM
ROFL!!!!!!!!!! Ok, this one got me! You've got the sodium there so, it fits! Can't say it's a DNMC even though it is a kind of a shoehorn in a way, yet it's not! Ok, you have me going on this one! LOVE IT!!! 10
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 11/11/2008 10:38:39 AM
Clever, clever, clever!
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 11/11/2008 10:18:01 AM
This is clever, fun and very well done!
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 11/11/2008 09:43:17 AM
interesting concept, but doesn't quite work for me
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 11/11/2008 09:30:28 AM
Classic! This is so well done I am in awe.
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 11/11/2008 06:11:42 AM
LOL! A friend of mine who is an Einstein fan has that picture in her office. Always makes me laugh.
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 11/11/2008 04:58:30 AM
:-))), Very interesting thought!
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 11/11/2008 04:02:45 AM
It think it is rather tasteless that you took a photo of Einstein´s ashes. :P
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 11/11/2008 04:01:23 AM
Come on look, look at that face, he is high as a kite on radioactive crack!

Let me quote my 2.5yr old Bella, "Wha is tha? Look at his tongue!"

Good stuff. Thanks Michelle!
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 11/11/2008 03:27:27 AM
"Like all synthetic elements, isotopes of einsteinium are extremely radioactive, and considered highly toxic." Hopefully your mind was not fogged.
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 11/11/2008 03:15:33 AM
Points for creativity
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 11/10/2008 08:14:10 PM
hve trouble believing that is real einsteinium. lol good composition though
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