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Postby mic on Thu Jun 02, 2005 10:57 pm

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It's started, bloody red pills again :?
Has a rather Alien feel to it I think.

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Postby christiand on Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:02 pm

brrrhhhh ...
too spooky.
Imagine the image in yellow or sepia !!!
That plant is way to creepy !!!

(I love the colour image of the same plant)

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Postby stubbsy on Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:15 pm

Repeat after me.

Pills are bad. Mic will stop inverting. Pills are bad. Mic wants to take pics in colour..... :lol: :lol:

Guess which version I prefer :wink:
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Postby MCWB on Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:21 pm

Creepy mic, love it! I think a tighter crop would work better, the bottom of the image is a bit weak IMO. The alien bizzo is anything but though, and it works well for me in B&W! :)
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Postby mic on Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:21 pm

Stubbsy, actually this is a Reverse Gradient Map with an Omni Ball of light thrown in. You are supposed to see past the madness and see this is a beginning of an Alien Life Form. Nunnnnoooooo Nunnnnooooooo. :lol: :lol:

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Postby mic on Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:26 pm

Thanks MCWB, :wink: think of the bottom bit as the Mother Alien with her exposed vertabrae, well this was the stuff going through my grey matter at the time anyway. :lol: :lol:

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Glad you like, Stubbsy, I'll send you some red & green ones :lol: :lol:
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Postby stormygirl on Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:43 pm

Mic, are you sure you didn't eat any of the red fungi?

It's actually quite creepy....lets hope it doesn't grow legs and come and bite you in the middle of the night! :shock:
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Postby PiroStitch on Fri Jun 03, 2005 1:13 am

Very ET phone home like :)

Man these macro photos of your ferns keep giving me the heebie jeebies Mic.
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Postby mic on Fri Jun 03, 2005 12:33 pm

Thanks Stormy, :wink: I'm affraid it did grow legs and attacked me in the middle of the night :shock:

Thanks Wayne, :wink: Sleep tight, don't let the Aliens bite :lol: :lol:

Well, I liked it a lot. 10 out of 10 for entertaining myself.

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Postby sirhc55 on Fri Jun 03, 2005 12:35 pm

First pic of the fabled Triffid :lol:
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Postby wendellt on Fri Jun 03, 2005 12:58 pm

sirhc55 wrote:First pic of the fabled Triffid :lol:


wow this is a very stylish image, reminds me of the photography of Robert Mapplethorpe, excellent use of lighting, a great end result
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Postby robboh on Fri Jun 03, 2005 1:25 pm

The Day of the Triffods!! :D
Very nice.
SB-800 remotely from behind the fern?
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Postby mic on Fri Jun 03, 2005 1:41 pm

Thanks wendellt, :wink: Hmmmm Stylish, I like that :) I assisted the SB 800 held off to the side with a Omni Light which you will find in PS which made the light look more coming from behind or inside the head of the plant.

Thanks robboh, :wink: see above for explanation of SB 800 & a bit of Omni Light. :wink:

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Postby dooda on Fri Jun 03, 2005 4:17 pm

Wait a second, so the light bursting through from behind is done in PS?!!! How on earth did you do that?

And in all seriousness this is a bloody fantastic shot. I love it through and through. Be very proud. Best of any of your work that I've seen, all the elements come together.
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Postby marcus on Fri Jun 03, 2005 5:30 pm

Settle dooda, you might be giving him too much encouragement and cause him to OD.

Nice work Mic, I can here the terrified screams of...........IT'S ALIVE!
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Postby the foto fanatic on Fri Jun 03, 2005 5:51 pm

There may be a market for this pic with the Quit campaign - anti-smoking messages for those non-Aussies.
It reminds me of an X-Ray of a destroyed lung.
(No disrespect to the photog, mic, who has produced an image from left-field again. mic, imagination is a photographer's most important tool, and I think you have a unique imagination.) :D
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Postby ozimax on Fri Jun 03, 2005 9:10 pm

sirhc55 wrote:First pic of the fabled Triffid :lol:


Mic, it IS as bad as it looks, and they ARE coming to get you! :D

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Postby marcus on Fri Jun 03, 2005 11:12 pm

cricketfan wrote:(No disrespect to the photog, mic, who has produced an image from left-field again. mic, imagination is a photographer's most important tool, and I think you have a unique imagination.) :D


Left-field? Maybe more like drug induced?
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Postby mic on Fri Jun 03, 2005 11:30 pm

Dooda, Thanks matey mate :wink: I'm glad you really like, I thought it was one of my best when I created it last night, here is the original pic.

Omni is a funny little light, sometimes when you use it it appears fake and on top of the subject you put it on, other times it seems to latch onto something behind and gives the appearance that light is coming from behind the subject.

Thank you Marcus, yes I woke up screaming last night, with an image of you in your silks & heels.

Cheers cricketfan, thanks for seeing my imagination.

Cheers Max, :wink:

Yes Marcus, Stay tuned for more drug induced, Fungi eaten, Inverted weird stuff :wink:

Thanks all for enjoying my little bizzare world.

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