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Medusa and her deadly hair
Medusa and her deadly hair
Judi


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Challenge: Superpowers (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Australia
Date: Nov 28, 2008
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 500
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Portraiture, Studio
Date Uploaded: Nov 29, 2008

[Dec. 3rd, 2008 03:09:33 PM]

There are two types of Medusa...the most well known version of the Greek Medusa with the hair of snakes. And then this type of Medusa...from the link that was provided in the Challenge about!

Next time peoples....read it before you go jumping to conclusion.

Excerpt from Medusa.

"Powers and abilities

Medusa possesses a long, thick head of red hair; thanks to her exposure to the mutagenic Terrigen Mist, every strand of her hair has greater tensile strength, modulus of elasticity, and sheer resistance than an iron wire of the same thickness (average hair diameter: .045 inches). She possesses the psychokinetic ability to animate her hair for a number of feats, including elongating it to almost twice its normal length (Medusa's hair is approximately 6 feet in length when relaxed), and using her hair to lift and move heavy weights (up to 1.6 tons); a portion of her hair must be used to anchor the rest at these greater weights, so that more than her scalp/skull is used as a brace[23].
Medusa and her hair, by Jae Lee

Medusa can control the movement of her hair as if it were countless thin appendages growing from her head. A psionic field permeates her mutagenically altered hair-cells, causing mutual attraction across the gaps between strands. These relatively small forces operate in conjunction to develop larger forces. Through concentration, she can psionically move her hair in any manner imaginable. She can snap the length of it through the air like a whip (the tip of which moves faster than the speed of sound), or rotate it in a fan-like manner. She can bind persons or objects with it as if it were rope, or use it to lift objects which weigh more than she could lift with her arms. (Her scalp, skull, and neck do not support the weight of an object that she lifts: It is held aloft by the psionic force coursing through the hair.) Medusa can also perform delicate manipulations with her hair such as lock picking or threading a needle, and such complex acts of coordination as typing or shuffling a deck of cards. Although she has no nerve endings in her hair, she can "feel" sensations on all parts of her hair by a form of mental feedback from her psionic field[24].

Medusa is also able to retain some degree of control over her hair after it has been cut or otherwise severed from her scalp.[25] She presumably has the typical enhanced physical abilities granted by the genetically superior Inhuman physiology. She is also highly skilled at interpreting the gestures and body language of Black Bolt, and has a fluency in a special sign language used to communicate with Black Bolt.

Like all Inhumans, Medusa's immune system is weaker than that of an average human. However, due to her frequent ventures into the outside world, Medusa's immune system has been strengthened until it is no longer as weak as that of her fellow Inhumans. As such she has attained a resistance to the pollutants of the outside world, which enabled her to join the Fantastic Four (as well as be a former member of the Frightful Four) in the first place.

Medusa is an accomplished thief, using her hair."

Statistics
Place: 11 out of 65
Avg (all users): 6.1925
Avg (commenters): 7.1111
Avg (participants): 5.7586
Avg (non-participants): 6.2879
Views since voting: 3087
Views during voting: 456
Votes: 161
Comments: 17
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/15/2008 07:57:54 AM
From the thumb I thought this was you! She is really growing up fast, and she looks just like you!
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 12/15/2008 07:57:13 AM
Originally posted by EL-GHOOL:
Another under rated ..
Is that Kita :) Oh My, shes a grown up now :) Judi, she looks exactly like you :) I am sure you are proud of her :)
Nicely done .. and best regards to Kita,


LOL! Yes...this is Kita...all of 11 years now.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 12/15/2008 07:50:40 AM
Another under rated ..
Is that Kita :) Oh My, shes a grown up now :) Judi, she looks exactly like you :) I am sure you are proud of her :)
Nicely done .. and best regards to Kita,
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM II
12/10/2008 03:37:41 AM
when i first saw this i thought this has your name written all over it
an exceptional image yet again Judi
I was one of the 17 :)

Message edited by author 2008-12-10 03:38:00.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 12/09/2008 07:46:35 PM
Hey Kita!
You look beautiful as always
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 12/08/2008 03:51:13 AM
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Still--- woulda been better with snakes. :P
Great shot and nice finish though, Judi!


But Medusa with snakes was not a member of the Superpowers group.
Canon EOS-6D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/08/2008 03:50:21 AM
Still--- woulda been better with snakes. :P
Great shot and nice finish though, Judi!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 12/07/2008 04:56:48 AM
Coming back to comment.

*Very* nearly missed the point of this - medusa is so strongly associated with snakes I was puzzled that there was no allusion to them in the shot. Had to go digging to find out about Medusa and her magic/prehensile red hair whereupon it all makes sense.

Great model, exceptional make-up and wonderful hair. One of two 10s in the challenge.
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 12/06/2008 02:26:06 PM
I hope you're happy. This was the second entry displayed and now I have turned to stone l*^*%#%(#)%^&^#+no carrier
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Fujifilm X-T4
Fujifilm XF 35mm f/1.4
 12/05/2008 07:03:03 PM
Great job! Love the fiery red hair and make-up plus the expression. 8
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Olympus OM-D E-M5
Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 8-18mm f/2.8-4 ASPH
 12/05/2008 08:33:57 AM
Beautiful photography..where's the snakes? 9
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Apple iPhone 6
Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
 12/04/2008 11:25:17 AM
The eyes are simply fantastic. I think the costume is a little strange and takes away from the pic for me, I'd rather a simple or dark costume so we could focus on the hair.
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Canon EOS R7
Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD MACRO w/Canon Nikon mount
 12/03/2008 09:53:39 AM
I am sure everyone has told you about Medusa and her snake hair, not read. But it is a nice portrait, eyes are captivating.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 12/02/2008 02:12:02 AM
Great hair and makeup.
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Nikon D3s
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 12/01/2008 05:33:38 PM
excellent execution...good luck!!
one of my picks for top 5 (I mean from 2nd to 5th since IMHO the blue has already an owner).
not voting in this one but I would have given this an 8.
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Leica SL
Voigtlander Ultron 35mm f/1.7 Aspherical MF Wide Angle - Black
 12/01/2008 03:48:13 PM
Great photo..... rubbish superpower :-)
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 12/01/2008 01:51:10 AM
Perfect composition, make up, and pose, I only wish if the back left side of the background was as dark as the back right, but this is only my personal taste, 9 from me. All the best,
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