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the Andromeda cure
the Andromeda cure
BrennanOB


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Challenge: Cool Colors II (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Garage, WC,CA
Date: Apr 12, 2011
Aperture: f/ 5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 30 seconds
Galleries: Water, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Apr 12, 2011

 I filled some glasses with blue tinted water and floated a blob of sterno jelly in them. Placed on a mirror with a foam core backdrop, I lit the thirty second exposure with a flashlight filtered through a translucent blue file holder for a five count, then let the sterno be the only light for the rest of the exposure.

cropped and sent the image from lightroom to photoshop where I edited out some reflections that came through the imperfect seal of the garage door, and cleaned up some bubbles using healing brush. In layers I used topaz adjust to smooth and darken and used that layer at 50% transparency. I made another layer hue shifted to get some red back into the flame and masked that in over the flame. USM and saved for web, then denoised lightly and USM again.

[Apr. 19th, 2011 10:13:14 PM]

P.S. The name references a bad novel/ movie from the 70s (the andromeda strain)where a man survived an infection from outer-space because his blood chemistry is messed up because he drinks sterno. Salute.

Statistics
Place: 11 out of 105
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Votes: 172
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 04/19/2011 11:02:00 PM
Nice finish, Brennan!!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/19/2011 06:08:41 PM
Colors are beautiful. Flames interesting.
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 04/19/2011 08:41:03 AM
Colors, lighting, fire...all so perfect. One of my favorites of the challenge.
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 04/18/2011 01:19:05 PM
Gorgeous. Technically flawless - expect this to finish near the top.
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 04/18/2011 11:06:27 AM
Lovely image.
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 04/16/2011 02:56:11 PM
Flmes are blown out but it's a very cool photo.
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 04/15/2011 03:30:25 PM
Hmmm... I really like the color palette, the reflection, the composition... but something about the relative intensity and softness of texture in the flame seems out of place with the rest of the image. Still like it a lot though.
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 04/14/2011 09:02:07 AM
Very gorgeous. The cool colors calm me down and I love the reflection
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 04/14/2011 12:11:39 AM
clever capture - cool flames!
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 04/14/2011 12:08:02 AM
Such a strange perspective, everything feels like its leaning forward. Everything is nice in this, color, crop, clarity, lighting. I'm sure you'll do well.
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 04/13/2011 02:40:22 AM
This is probably my favorite.
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