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Dr.Confuser


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Challenge: Free Study 2009-07 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D3
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
Location: Seattle, Washington USA
Date: Jul 12, 2009
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 800
Shutter: 8/1000
Galleries: Architecture, Science and Technology
Date Uploaded: Jul 24, 2009

 Photographer’s Notes
I went down to the Seattle Center to photograph skate boarders at the new skate park. Bad weather; no boarders. So I wandered around looking for something interesting to shoot. I took lots of photos including this one of the exterior of the Experience Music Project (opened in 2000) and Science Fiction Museum (2004). The Frank Gehry designed building is pretty neat. You can see more of it here: //unusual-architecture.com/experience-music-project-seattle-wa-usa/

Anyway, just over a kiosk and keeping with the science fiction theme, there’s this neat bot which I’ve photographed before, but never satisfactorily. This time I tried 5 bracketed hand held shots 2/3 of an f/stop apart and relied on Photomatix to align, process to HDR and tone map. I’m happy with this one.

Titles, ah titles. I agonized over the title for this. Here are some candidate titles:
• 3 Laws? We Don't Need No Stinking 3 Laws!
• Sentinal
• Deus Ex Machina
• Rise of the Machines
• Bad Bot Bad Bot ... Whatch Gonna Do?
• Robotus Rotundus
• Extium Ex Machina
• Bibendum Reimagined
• Barbarian at the Gate
• Fat Bot


Enjoy!

Post Processing
• Process to HDR (Photomatix)
• Tone Map (Photomatis)
• Crop (PSCS4)
• Remove Sensor Dust (PSCS4 Clone Layer)
• Dodge & Burn (PSCS4 Overlay Layer)
• Reduce Noise (Neat Image Layer)
• Reduce Noise (Masked Neat Image Layer)
• Boost Saturation (PSCS4 Hue/Sat Layer)
• Boost Contrast (PSCS4 Curves Layer)
• Resize (Genuine Fractals)
• Sharpen (PSCS4 Unsharp Mask)
• Border (PSCS4 Stroke Layer)
• Save for Web (PSCS4)

Camera Data
• Date: 2009-07-12
• Camera: Nikon D3
• Lens: Nikon AF Zoom Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6 G VR @ 60mm
• ISO: 800
• Aperture: f/11
• Shutter: 8/1000 seconds

Statistics
Place: 36 out of 419
Avg (all users): 6.4832
Avg (commenters): 7.6667
Avg (participants): 6.5085
Avg (non-participants): 6.3871
Views since voting: 1606
Views during voting: 272
Votes: 149
Comments: 11
Favorites: 5 (view)

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AuthorThread
 01/30/2011 07:06:58 PM
The colors are so magical.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/27/2011 06:33:32 AM
Wow...awesome shot!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/12/2009 05:47:25 PM
Wow, you did an excellent job capturing this building. I don't recall the robot being there when I visited, but it just adds another interesting element to things. You've really got some interesting colors in the building itself though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/10/2009 11:46:48 PM
Critique Club

Greetings Doctor (trying to keep in with the theme here ;) )

Initial thoughts
Wow!

On reflection
An amazing piece of architecture you've captured there and the post processing works very well to bring out all of it's otherworldliness. The more I look, the more aware I become that I'm only seeing a part of the whole. Not necessarily a problem, I like detail, but with undeniable anthropomorphism, I feel you've cut it's 'nose' (proboscis?) in half and chopped it's legs at an awkward point. (Looking at the link you supplied I can see what appears to be a plexiglass structure in front of the creature, maybe that limited you with the legs.) The point of engagement, the 'eye', is maybe placed less than ideally, verging on being bottom centre.

In conclusion
A striking image and well handled with the technicals, a subject worthy of further compositional exploration.

Farewell Earthling...........
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/09/2009 03:15:24 PM
Frickin awesome. Well done!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/08/2009 06:49:59 AM
Glad this did well cause I love it. Congrats on moving up once again in FSM!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/08/2009 01:42:45 AM
You did a fabulous job with the tone mapping. I expected this to score a bit higher. :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/08/2009 12:55:10 AM
I really love what you achieved here...well done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/01/2009 11:47:10 PM
wow...amazing...looks surreal...8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/01/2009 02:04:23 PM
Man, I don't even know what this is, but its a cool shot...LOL... Anyway, nice colors, exposure, and sharpness... Well done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/01/2009 01:02:51 AM
Very abstract like. Almost cartoonish (in a nice way). Very crisp. I'm thinking very modern European architecture. You'll have to put details in the photographer's comments.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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