Photo from a workshop arranged by Kameraseura, Helsinki, Finland in April 2006.
Alternative version based on feedback available here:
www.flickr.com/photos/micke-fi/142046179/
The final version of this project turned out to look like this: www.flickr.com/photos/micke-fi/167701303/
This photo was taken on May 1, 2006.
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maricar (maricarlianne.com) (74 months ago | reply)
That's just amazing. What great work!
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Supermagicmike (74 months ago | reply)
Fantastic work !!! I love....
Score 9.5/10 (from the Score Me!
group)
snack happy (74 months ago | reply)
Creative. This takes work to achieve, well done! Score 10/10 (from the Score Me!
group)
snack happy added this photo to his favorites. (74 months ago)
mari|yn (74 months ago | reply)
Looks like it's some animation. Nice!
Score 8/10 (from the Score Me!
group)
dnewheiser (74 months ago | reply)
Very slick. Score 9/10 (from the Score Me!
group)
toan_sagittarius86 (74 months ago | reply)
cool
Score 8/10 (from the Score Me!
group)
Micke-fi (74 months ago | reply)
Thanks all scorers. 44,5, damn it was close to get into the 45+ group.
Outdoorsie (74 months ago | reply)
Wooo, that is a really great shot. It's the kind of image that you know somebody worked really hard to create. However, I think the large blown out lens flair actually distracts from the really cool part of the picture. Might be nicer with that cropped out?
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darthservo (74 months ago | reply)
From the Positive/Negative Pool.
+ Interesting subject with creative theme.
- Personally, I think the light is just a tad intense.
ilmungo (74 months ago | reply)
#2 (from the IWANT5! group)
Very interesting effect, a creative use of digital manipulation. It would be interesting to see the original image. So that's what time travel for the terminator looks like before they're dumped out all naked in L.A., eh?
macromaven added this photo to her favorites. (74 months ago)
Presleyjesus (74 months ago | reply)
Not for me. I don't like magenta tones, and I don't see deeper meaning in a metaphor like "the athlete in the embryonic sphere".
Still, I think photography nowadays needs Photoshop, so go on manipulating and tweaking as much as you can.
#3 (from the IWANT5! group)
Lady Vervaine (74 months ago | reply)
I think this is terrific. I like the purple, and the light, and the pose - it's interesting, and original, and that's more than enough to make me happy!
#4 (from the IWANT5! group
Lady Vervaine added this photo to their favorites. (74 months ago)
Zenith Phuong (74 months ago | reply)
#5 (from the IWANT5! group
i like the way he was performing,,,very cool subject!
Micke-fi (74 months ago | reply)
Thanks for the feedback to the IWANT5 folks and others,
About the intense light. That's part of the idea. I'm trying to create something dramatic here. Too bright? Maybe, that's a matter of taste.
ilmungo,
Here: static.flickr.com/54/139111323_2f3531cf78.jpg
Jesus,
I actually expected more responses of the kind you submitted. This is because there really is no deep meaning in this shot. During a studio workshop I just got the idea to recreate the Terminator's time travel. OK, it's part of a story but people may have varying opinions about how much meaning there is in it. I however see the Terminator movies as sci-fi rather than action. Why magenta? I originally had something electrical blue in mind but this color range happend to work well with the model's hair. :)
CSat (74 months ago | reply)
** This was voted a Hit from Hit, Miss or Maybe **
I love it !
MiRea (74 months ago | reply)
Mount this puppy and put it on a wall; put it on a lot of walls.
Kudos.
** This was voted a Hit from Hit, Miss or Maybe **
kingdom_seeker (74 months ago | reply)
This was voted a Maybe from Hit, Miss or Maybe
Nesster (74 months ago | reply)
I feel the tug of a cosmic umbilical cord, and a sensation of being transported in a sci-fi scene. The Helsinki Camera Club is a happenin' place! (from the Feel Me, Post Me! group)
WayneWho? (74 months ago | reply)
awwwwwwwesome work. Amazing colours!
Thank you for posting in the Trickery, trickery, trickery group!
Zenith Phuong (74 months ago | reply)
(from the Feel Me, Post Me! group)
i feel familiar... this is my 2nd time here! ;)
bleuet / Anne-Marie (74 months ago | reply)
I feel it's a great job!
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ℓσσρsεη (74 months ago | reply)
I feel a reborn (from the Feel Me, Post Me! group)
Mr Geoff (74 months ago | reply)
I feel creation inspiration! (from the Feel Me, Post Me! group)
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adrizufe (74 months ago | reply)
sci-fi
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Filipe Lopes (74 months ago | reply)
+ Idea, colors, light and composition.
- Nothing to say.
From the Positive/Negative Pool.
beachbabe0191 (74 months ago | reply)
+ great sense of movement and extremely interesting. Light, colors, and composition is excellent as well
- NONE! :)
From the Positive/Negative Pool.
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beyond the pale (74 months ago | reply)
interesting treatment, not sure what is happening (not a bad thing)
the light source here seems very harsh, the bubble surface has some strange effect over the leg section which seems incongruous with the rest of the scene
Its contrived nature doesn't appeal to me, but that almost seems to be its raison-d'etre, can't really deduct for that.
From the MiRea's Realm Group, you are given a 5/7 ranking.
Micke-fi (74 months ago | reply)
The effect you see on the leg is perfectly normal for the surface of soap bubbles. :) I cloned out a lot of stuff on the surface but felt that I loose the feeling of a sphere if I go all the way.
babaoflia (74 months ago | reply)
This is an interesting picture though I admit to not really understanding it, either technically or conceptually. But it makes me wonder. How did you do it? Perhaps I'm just naive. It seems (as noted by someone else) like an animation, and I know that it's been thoroughly manipulated, but I still don't know where to begin with it. Your comment about the soap bubbles helps me with one thing I couldn't figure out, but there are others. Even so, it looks good and I can't think of how it could be improved technically.
From the MiRea's Realm Group, you are given a 6.5/7 ranking.
zrim (74 months ago | reply)
From the MiRea's Realm Group, you are given a 5/7 ranking.
This is one that I frankly do not know how to rate. I can appreciate the effort that goes into making such a shot. But such contrived photography does not appeal to me in the slightest. Therefore, I can't really say whether this is a good or a bad result.
Enrico Delponte (Gundunasu u Zeneize) (74 months ago | reply)
Oh boy! He forgot to be born. Light up is to strong for me, it is difficult to judge because I don't know when the manipulation beguin, neverless you put something interesting here, 5/7 from MiRea's Realm group.
Missy2004 (74 months ago | reply)
The figure and the bubble is wonderful. Gives a feeling of maybe capturing rebirth.Very emotive.Its wonderfully sharp and clear.For me the light source top left is very distracting and really takes a way from the beautiful bubble . This would be stunning if you could crop it.If you had just shown the figure in the bubble this would have been a certain 7.
From the MiRea's Realm Group, you are given a 6/7 ranking
toan_sagittarius86 (74 months ago | reply)
it's cool From the MiRea's Realm Group, you are given a 5/7 ranking.
Alatryste (74 months ago | reply)
It is a cool composition!!!You have a great imagination!!!!... really good idea and lovely colours!!!
From the MiRea's Realm Group, you are given a 6/7 ranking.
MiRea (74 months ago | reply)
Congratulations!
Ditching the highest and lowest score you get a total of 27 out of 35 in the MiRea's Realm Group.
You are invited to post your pic in MiRea's Realm Upper Chamber
Micke-fi (74 months ago | reply)
Thanks to all and especially the critical and sharp-eyed folks in MiRea's Realm. I got more valuable feedback on this one. So many seem to have a problem with the bright light that I should consider changing it, even if I think it is important for the wholeness. I decided to make a quick draft without it. The light and much of the atmosphere is actually created by one single gradient layer that goes from bright white towards transparency and purple. I have removed that layer and adjusted some other layers' tones to match the new color scheme. I think myself that this dosen't work well becuse much of the model's ligting is built around a big bright light in the upper left. So I consider this a draft, but maybe something to keep working on. Thanks all.
Missy2004 (74 months ago | reply)
I came back to have another look and I hope you don't mind another comment. I actually think your draft is more striking. of course I can only see it in very small size.
Micke-fi (74 months ago | reply)
Missy,
Yes, the bubble is clearer in this version and it is IMO better than the original in several ways. This probaly means that neither of these is the final verison ...
Naylé added this photo to her favorites. (74 months ago)
Ari Huttunen (74 months ago | reply)
Finland ten points!
La Finlande dix points!
Finland tien punten!
Финляндия 10 пунктов!
mliebenberg (74 months ago | reply)
** This was voted a hit from Hit, Miss or Maybe **
Zenith Phuong (74 months ago | reply)
my 3rd time here...
sure, the later, the MUCH better!
Micke-fi (74 months ago | reply)
Thanks to all who commented, and especially to those of you who suggested changes. Some of them are implemented in version 2, which is quite close to the draft posted above.
mrmt, macoris, Lon2000, Erdnaxela, and 3 other people added this photo to their favorites.