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Rorschach's Rapture
Rorschach's Rapture
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Challenge: Fine Arts: Exhibit I (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Location: Berkeley, California, USA
Date: Mar 3, 2010
Aperture: 3.51
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/1244
Galleries: Emotive, Photo-Impressionism
Date Uploaded: Mar 3, 2010

 I imagine that if "the Rapture" (and its accompanying Armageddon) were ever to actually occur, then the fire would rage even through "a dark and stormy night...."

I was taking macros of raindrops on the car window, but decided I liked the rooflines better; I left some token drops (or are they tears?) in the upper-right corner as evidence of what I was doing originally.

As I often do when presented with a flat lighting situation, I played around with color Curves until I found this one, which in turn inspired the title. I see it as the equivalent of having shot with a deep-color filter. I wanted somethng which resembled a painting in feel, yet was clearly a photograph.

Title from the "standard" inkblot test used for psychological profiling, because of the suggestively-shaped clouds.

Bonus hint*: Tilt your head 45° to the left and check out the cloud pattern(s) along the left-hand edge ...

Note: this is as-is -- not retouched ... a version with a slight amount of dodge/burn in the clouds is here:



This version without obvious raindrops was my alternate choice, but I liked the roofline and the clouds of the entry better.

-Handheld, manual mode
-SuperMacro mode
-Fluorescent WB (no, not intentionally)
-RGB Curve
-Blue/Yellow Curve
-Resize
-USM at 16%/64 dia/TH = 0
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 10/10 = 290KB

File: Rainy_IMG_9585yDPC.jpg

Resized original:

*Here's what I saw:


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Nikon Z7
Nikon MF Micro-Nikkor 85mm f/2.8D PC
 03/14/2010 10:22:03 PM
I don't know how others will respond to this, but I love it. Kudos on the raindrops, nice touch.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Apple iPhone 15 Pro
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
 03/14/2010 10:08:44 PM
This has a random feeling - like maybe a camera was attached to the head of a cat. I like it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sigma DP1x
03/14/2010 08:50:16 PM
The colors are garish and the composition feels accidental. In short -- I love it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm FinePix 2800Z
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
 03/14/2010 04:02:08 PM
3 - Don't mind the concept, don't even mind the toning, but the lack of more to explore in the image and the blown sky distract me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot S95
 03/14/2010 10:22:06 AM
Great mood here, interesting color, but I think it adds a different texture, well liked..
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM Lens
 03/11/2010 03:18:24 PM
the sky is crying and the tears fall down like rain
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D800
Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D
 03/11/2010 11:43:34 AM
It's probably the garish colour pumping, but this doesn't work at all for me, not as an abstraction, and certainly not as "fine art". If the colour choice was saner, I might have understood. Unfortunately, I don't get it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 03/10/2010 08:03:03 PM
Apocalyptic. People don't live here anymore.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM
 03/10/2010 12:52:48 AM
tint is perfect.great capture
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 03/09/2010 05:56:54 PM
Neat color. Kind of an acid feel to it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D40
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED VR
 03/09/2010 04:24:49 PM
not digging the water drops
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M5
Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 8-18mm f/2.8-4 ASPH
 03/09/2010 01:16:45 PM
Unusual color and perspective and definitely arty.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 03/09/2010 11:55:44 AM
I think that the water drops take away from this...it has a kind of eerie effect on me...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 03/08/2010 08:51:04 PM
gorgeous
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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