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Close Encounters

Postby darb on Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:59 am

You might've seen this image floating around before, i absolutely love its eerie feel. Shot NEF and slight reduction on highlights (the lights up the hill, tellingly) ... havent done any sharpening to it as yet.

Originally the cars were bugging me, then i thought a couple going up the road (rear lights only) would look cool.

Whatta ya think?

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Postby BT*ist on Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:53 am

I like it! The passing cars going one way look a bit like laser blasts coming the other way. The houses are about the only thing stopping the photo from looking totally sci-fi!
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Postby Raskill on Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:57 am

Darb,

I like it, but it needs to be less bright with greater contrast and saturation.

It almost looks like something out of war of the worlds!

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Postby CraigVTR on Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:06 pm

At first glance it looks like ufos in the sky. When i look a bit closer i can see the mountain. Great effect, make you look twice, three times, more and more. Like it the way it is.

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Postby darb on Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:16 pm

raskill , how about ;

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Postby Raskill on Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:15 pm

Thats about the levels that I came up with in CS.... in fact you didn't steal that when I was doing my groceries did you? :D

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Postby SteveGriffin on Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:41 pm

Very nice Darb as per usual! 2nd version is certainly better.
You are still having toooo much fun!!
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Postby mudder on Sat Feb 25, 2006 5:44 pm

Just found this thread, glad I did, this has a fantastic spooky, scary feel... The lighting is terrific and the streaming car likes do look really cool...

Second version with deeper contrast is the pick... Great image.
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Postby Big Red on Sat Feb 25, 2006 7:02 pm

very interesting pic 8)
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