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Copyright: II Riz II (Riz) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 207 W: 31 N: 147] (744)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-05-10
Categories: Nature, Transportation, Decisive Moment, Experimental
Camera: Nikon F5, 18-35mm/D f/3.5-4.5
Exposure: 1/100 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Universe, L'univers, Universo, Universum, Sato: Per Ardua ad Astra (Space/Science Fiction) [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2004-05-23 11:37
Viewed: 2058
Favorites: 2 [view]
Points: 53
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Working in a space station and being an astronaunt is a hard job and I wouldn't know the first thing about flying any NASA space shuttle, when I was a kid it was my dream to be one it would help if I was good at math, anyways this was actually taken at about thirty thousand feet right above the clouds somewhere above Georgia in an airplane.

PS7 -- I just cropped it to make the horizon diagonal I darken the top left corner black to make it look like space and the blue was already there I lighten up the clouds because they looked a little yellow in curves and I used AutoColor as well.
Judy, andybrook, Ninfa_Urania, Isabelle, kajenn, nwoehnl, shutterbug, gazo, cwong, calianebessa, ernanysiregar, Roswell_Alien1, tomek_wap, rbsplaces, yarp has marked this note useful
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ThreadThread Starter Messages Updated
To dshleymo: read my note...Riz 1 10-03 19:52
To Steely: thanksRiz 1 05-26 11:29
To moketni: answer to your commentRiz 2 05-24 04:09
To Ninfa_Urania: Being an Astronaut...Riz 1 05-23 13:49
To Judy: thanks for that pointRiz 1 05-23 12:15
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  • moketni Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 576 W: 62 N: 315] (1467)
  • [2004-05-23 12:04]
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Wow, Dave this is really an excellent shot, how did you acquire it?
Looks like something you would see during a climb in some kind of aircraft.
Excellent.
::M::

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  • Judy Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 167 W: 94 N: 153] (529)
  • [2004-05-23 12:06]
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Great perspective here Dave - makes you feel as though you were right there with the astronauts in their shuttle! The depth is great, and you seem to have captured the different atmospheric layers quite well. Very different from the military shots that I like too. Very well done.

Very creative work and an excellent result.
This could easily pass as a shot from the shuttle.
Great work,very well done.

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  • ornis Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 148 W: 20 N: 139] (842)
  • [2004-05-23 13:11]

Bright idea, Dave, and yes, it really works. Illusion is perfect. Simple but efficient. Amazing image. Awaiting anxiously for your moon landing shots now! Well done

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  • Quark Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 1669 W: 10 N: 29] (66)
  • [2004-05-23 13:19]

Excellent Dave !
A nice experiment and very well done !

Hello Dave: Wow, Fascinating, your talent is grandiose, when I begin the topic of Universe, I made it with the security that in this community of TL people exist super creative and with wonderful talent: and here this your beautiful picture. Translating and Reading your note makes me remember that I also wanted to be an astronaut, in fact begin studies of Physics in 1989, however finally I opted for the Administrative Informatica. I like tones in navy blue color to black simulating the depth of the external space. The angle that you selected has the capacity to transform an airplane into a space ship and to Georgia in the Planet Earth;), Excellent. Thank you Dave, to share it with us. Cordial greetings. *Ninfa Urania*

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  • Piotr Gold Star Critiquer [C: 106 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2004-05-23 15:46]
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Creative photo and very interesting, well framed and made a space climate, well done Dave!

wow, very very good pp here on the sky, Dave!
guess is one conveys THE dreamy mood of many of us...
thanks a lot.

Nice work, Dave. It's not easy to shoot through an airplane window at high altitude, due to the always present haze. But here it fits your purposes, as an alleged space photo, which you've handled well in PP. Usually it's possible to remove some of that haze by running autolevels on the image, but doing so here didn't change anything, so you're spot on.
Very amusing and well done!

However, as you state, you suck in math/physics as thirty thousand feet isn't equal to three miles - but what the heck, you're not in real space either way... ;o)

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  • manny Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 567 W: 23 N: 1528] (11783)
  • [2004-05-24 1:56]

Very smart to have this digonally. Your title is also well-chosen. Very interesting.

Very cool Dave. Excellent experiment. I like the diagonal effect. Very good work.

It really looks like you were in space... it looks like you polarised this (but i know auto colours does this sometimes). Great angle, it reminds me of footage i saw from when america were testing rockets; they would fire a rocket in to space with a camera attached, and let the camera film as it fell to earth, and this could be a shot from that. Great.

Very good one, Dave. Your diagonal presentation is a fine idea and does help to convey the sensation of being on a trip to outer space (not that I can speak to that, of course, just based on movie-watching and the "Mission Space" ride at Epcot Center, FL). Great fluffy clouds, and I like the deep blue, almost black, in the upper left corner. Good notes, too. Well done.

excellent shot dave! i first thought you were indeed in a fighter plane ...was it just a regular commercial airlines? it looks like a pic taken from one of the satellites ...good crop!!

First, I've tought it was a shot from space... Very good shot ! I love !

30 000 feet ? thats about 10 clicks straight up!
High enuff to get you a halo :D
There's no way to top this, the only way is down!

Someone's gotta do the reverse and take a pic of the total darkness at 20000 below sea level LOL!

Superbe réalisation Dave. Idée très originale et parfaitement mise en valeur.
Félicitations.
Congratulations.
Very well done.

Very believable shot from outerspace. The angle in itself makes this shot a great one. Excellent picture and note.

The diagonal horizon does give the viewer a sense of breaking through the earths gravitational pull. The composition really involves the viewer in the experience. Well done.

Are you a pilot or something?

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  • Pamela Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 444 W: 47 N: 27] (1290)
  • [2004-10-14 11:28]

Qué buen trabajo. Hermosa toma, qué suerte estar ahí para verla.

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  • gazo Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 175 W: 0 N: 45] (502)
  • [2004-10-20 22:03]

Maybe you're not an astronaut but this shot looks like you're on your way in the space shuttle. Very good. You did it well.
I like it. **

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  • cwong Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 89 W: 14 N: 43] (332)
  • [2004-10-20 23:36]

Hi Davian. This is an excellent shot and excellent work on PS. If I didn't read your note, I would think that this was taken on an aircraft by an astronaut. =) You did a really good job... very creative.. Thanks for sharing it. Regards.
cathy

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  • goc Gold Star Critiquer [C: 321 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2005-03-31 9:34]

WOW, very high very high, i have a very similar photo here !
Thanks for sharing this ...

wow!! amazing shot!!! I really love your composition, it seems that you took it from a spaceship, not an airplane.. hehe
well done! congratulations!

Splatter cotton candy. Very beautiful picture.

Just beautiful...

Good job...

Great and intelligent PP.

It is such a great job.

Congrats

Marco

It looks nice, but I think what's missing is a little curviture. I hope you don't mind I posted a workshop in order to fix it.
Good shot!
Yaron.

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