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Challenge: Puzzle Macro III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D40
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
Date: Dec 18, 2009
Galleries: Abstract, Birds
Date Uploaded: Dec 18, 2009

 So I went up into the high mountains where I captured this eagle and then gave him a bit of a treatment. Right..
This is milk spilled all over a table, after a few standard adjustment layers in PSCS4. I also smart sharpened/ blurred, dodged/burned edges a bit and took away the tiny spills. I didn't want the spillage to give it away.
It might look like it's over processed, but it's really not. The original looked dark and funky to start with and as soon as I used levels it immediately started to get even more like it was painted and the milk look went away right then, so I went with this one instead of the other subjects I captured.

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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 12/27/2009 11:48:54 PM
I love this figure.
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Olympus 45mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital
 12/27/2009 10:43:30 PM
Looks like a monster. :) I have no idea what else it might be unless it is part of a crest like you may have referenced to in your title.
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Fujifilm x100
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 12/27/2009 10:35:39 PM
looks like a liquid metal, rather cool shapes you created or found.
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Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 12/27/2009 07:10:06 PM
spilled mercury
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Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM
 12/27/2009 10:41:33 AM
Liquid on solid.
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 12/27/2009 01:49:03 AM
some type of emblem on cloth?
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Fujifilm X-T5
Fujifilm XF 35mm f/1.4
 12/27/2009 12:32:57 AM
Very cool, I can see some scary creatures in the pattern. Probably some (metal) liquid place against another metallic surface =P
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 12/24/2009 02:42:56 PM
melted crayon? made a cool design...good focus
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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 12/24/2009 12:07:48 PM
A milk spill?
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Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Canon EF 135mm f/2.0 L USM
 12/24/2009 03:32:38 AM
Scary...
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Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 12/22/2009 12:42:50 PM
Spilled milk?
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G
 12/22/2009 01:36:36 AM
Nice style, very cartoonesque and tribal.
An alien from district 9 ...
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro M.Zuiko Digital ED
 12/22/2009 12:22:24 AM
Spilled milk.
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Nikon D750
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon
 12/21/2009 10:58:02 PM
mlk, don't cry.
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Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 12/21/2009 09:17:54 PM
It's the boogie man! He's been hiding under my bed all these years and he finally came out!

Serious guess: The crack pattern of a microwaved CD.
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Sony DSC-F828
 12/21/2009 08:32:15 PM
milk spill on wood surface...lol
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Nikon Coolpix 2100
Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
12/21/2009 02:10:32 PM
Liquid spill
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Nikon D2X
Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DL Macro for Nikon
 12/21/2009 01:36:14 PM
water on wood
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 12/21/2009 11:48:08 AM
Some sort of liquid you poured then manipulated with something like a pencil to create the points.
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Olympus C-2500L
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
 12/21/2009 11:46:58 AM
Aaaarggh!
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 12/21/2009 10:01:13 AM
Is this water spilled? Pretty cool, it looks like molten metal.
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Fujifilm X-T4
Fujifilm XF 35mm f/1.4
 12/21/2009 04:18:43 AM
Spilt milk? No idea really...
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