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Relativity
Relativity
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2009-05 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Sigma 8mm f/3.5 EX DG Circular Fisheye for Canon
Location: Natural History Museum, London
Date: May 25, 2009
Aperture: HDR
Date Uploaded: May 25, 2009

 Thanks for the voting. Trying to be objective about it, i thought i had a better angle than Marac's blue ribbon version:



But then it wasnt "original" in a fair few people's minds i imagine.

I tried to bring the HDR towards a sketch look without "ruining" it... but maybe those two points made people vote a bit more conservatively. Still - 2nd place black and white isnt bad eh? ;)

Thanks Marac for the idea!

(and yes the MC Escher reference was intentional - look up "Relativity" and "escher" and you will find *that* sketch...)

Rich


Statistics
Place: 13 out of 434
Avg (all users): 6.6439
Avg (commenters): 8.4706
Avg (participants): 6.6082
Avg (non-participants): 6.7429
Views since voting: 2230
Views during voting: 313
Votes: 132
Comments: 30
Favorites: 15 (view)

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AuthorThread
 06/09/2009 07:47:53 PM
6.6 is an insult .. this is just astronomical .. i love escher and this is a superb photographic representation .. i love the sketch look .. this is way more than .. WOW .. !!
congrats on something obviously too artistic and brilliant for dpc .. oops .. dont tell anyone i said that .. !! .:)
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 06/08/2009 11:16:58 PM
terrific - both the shot and the processing
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 06/08/2009 07:14:32 PM
I gave you a 9. You really did this right.
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 06/08/2009 02:11:10 PM
Impressive :)
Very nice use of wide-angle distortion!
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 06/08/2009 04:06:00 AM
Totally cool composition.
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 06/08/2009 01:29:46 AM
An unbelieveable image...wow! Gave it a 9 and expected it to finish much higher
 06/08/2009 12:07:59 AM
A nice shot, thanks for the thumbs up.
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 06/07/2009 08:12:56 PM
I had predicted this one to win, but maybe that's because I'm a big Excher fan.
Congrats on a great image, and very interesting post processing.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/07/2009 06:49:22 PM
I hate this kind of shot but you really pulled off the Escher. Well done!
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 06/07/2009 05:00:17 PM
this looks like M.C. Escher! wow cool effect!...................10
 06/07/2009 03:19:10 PM
There was a similar photo recently that I quite liked but I believe this B&W is even better. Among best of show.
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 06/06/2009 10:14:37 PM
amazing! 9
 06/06/2009 11:08:35 AM
Great Great over processing 10
 06/06/2009 09:07:43 AM
there was a sequel to Labyrinth? :)
 06/05/2009 06:24:08 AM
The angle here is even better than in "Labyrinth" [thumb]//www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=777758[/thumb]. The processing is great. Escher would have been proud. (not voting)
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 06/04/2009 09:39:56 PM
quite amazing processing gives, a frozen in time feel...8
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 06/04/2009 06:27:51 PM
Amazing ink rendering! 9
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 06/04/2009 12:00:13 PM
excellent image and PP...very MC Esher!
love this, back to bump...10 from me
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 06/04/2009 09:02:08 AM
Not enough superlatives for me to describe!
 06/03/2009 11:54:47 PM
For a real scene this comes pretty damn close to the original especially the distortion and the graphic look. However, the multiple gravity aspect could have been better illustrated had there been people at those other levels. Nevertheless well done.

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 06/03/2009 06:33:19 PM
getting weary with hdr tone mapping but going grayscale and square crop wins me over. super. 9.
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 06/03/2009 11:32:06 AM
Nice. Looks like an Escher drawing.
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 06/02/2009 05:18:49 PM
oh, how cool...what was your process...
 06/02/2009 06:04:16 AM
I think I recognize the shot. Still tremendous detail. Lots of impact. 9
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 06/01/2009 06:00:43 PM
wow... like a dali painting. or one of those famous guys anyway. :-)
 06/01/2009 11:48:39 AM
An excellent Escher-esque capture! Processed to suit that, too.
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 06/01/2009 04:00:31 AM
OH! my god I love this!!!!!! is almost like a drawing....good luck!!!
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 06/01/2009 03:49:11 AM
All we need are giant ants. Well done.
 05/31/2009 08:32:43 PM
Holy Escher! So much to look at. Great job.
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 05/31/2009 08:16:07 PM
Love it! so Escher!thumbnail caught my eye and I had to watch it full size to understand it... Really cool, I really like the effect and the black and white :) Good luck!
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