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or the endless circle of attraction and repulsion

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It's been awhile since I've posted, I've just been so busy with school and other activities. Recently, I've been reading 1984 in english class and I loved the idea of thought crime, where even your own thoughts and your mind is not private any longer. This photo was kind of inspired by that.

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Centon DF300

Helios M44-2 58mm f2 with MD adapter.

Kodak Ektachrome SE duplicating film iso 12.

SO-366

Long expired.

Cross processed in C41 chemicals.

Bluecoat Chambers

Liverpool

Merseyside.

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Strange title...not necessarily. Step 1 - At the top (highs). Step 2 - Tethered to family and friends (lifeline). Step 3 - Downward spiral (lows). Step 4 - Hit bottom...get up...dust self off. Step 5 - Climb back up to the top (ladder). Step 6 - "Repeat Process" several times throughout life.

69/365 Photo Manipulations Project

Many thanks to the following:

sky - cohdra & Klearchos Kapoutsis

www.morguefile.com/archive/display/40050

www.flickr.com/photos/klearchos/629974706/

rock - B Balaji

www.flickr.com/photos/bbalaji/2443688217/

house - swainboat

www.flickr.com/photos/22563225@N04/3477272517/

woman - jade

www.morguefile.com/archive/display/618662

Ladder - Della-Stock

browse.deviantart.com/resources/stockart/?qh=&section...

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This week theme is Square (Processing)

www.flickr.com/groups/2470421@N22

I was brain storming for this one, never thought it was going to be so difficult to come up with a picture. I had so many ideas but wanted to do something different.

Last night after I put my 2 little kiddies to sleep, I was looking around the house for inspiration and found a Square box with 9 story cubes. Light bulb!!!!

I was constructed a set by lifting objects on different levels (books in the corners) to get a different depth of field and making the middle square even higher to have it sharpest. I used a 50mm lens 1.8f @ F2.2 and spot metering and used a light box on the side. Processed in PS.

And about the story Cubes; I rolled them and that is what rolled out, now the story begins with: “Once upon a time “ …… start with the first symbol to grab your attention. There are no wrong answers, the goal is to let the images spark your imagination.

Have a go ;)

All comments, feedback and likes are much appreciated

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cardinal in the snow

Im slightly proud of this.

Well I went shopping, flickr, and I got this really cute shirt with Minnie on it! :)) Because I know you all care so much.

Yep..

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Osker took this photo for me

my first cross processed image (with GIMP)

best viewed on dark background...

Workin on a video. Maybe tomorrow?

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Panorama of this evening's sunset, double processed with HDR toning.

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I use Photomatix alot but in some situations it just doesn't work. In this comparison you can see how photomatix has introduced a ton of noise (view at max size). To get what I wanted I brought all 5 exposures into Photoshop and painted in all the correct exposures with layer masks. It was a long process but it got me the results I wanted. I just discovered that the same people that make Photomatix have a Lightroom plugin called Merge to 32-bit HDR Plug-in for Lightroom. You export your exposures into one super tiff file with all the info from all 5 exposures. Then it reimports the tiff back into Lightroom where you make all your adjustments in raw. You can see that there is almost no difference between the layered Photoshop file and the Merge to 32 bit HDR. The areas you will see a difference are in the lanterns and Pinocchio which were burned down in Photoshop. All adjustments to the 32 bit HDR where only made with sliders in Lightroom. You can download a free trial at hdrsoft.com/download.html and to purchase is only $29.

For those who were curious and asked… the original original was pretty dark and had too little contrast. This was a compromise

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Half of head done!!!!

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