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+ 10% Inspiration, 90% Perspiration. It's not how many ideas you have, it's what you do with them.+ It's been a long time since I've really worked on a project in photoshop. Feels good. The idea for this project hatched several weeks ago...I had my mirror to play with and my antique cameras. But what to do? For a while, nothing was working, nothing was inspiring; the experiment was looking dim and pointless. Shooting the cameras by themselves just wasn't cutting it, so I thought about what concepts could be represented. A light bulb went off in my mind (der) ... so I went downstairs to get one.
And after a handful of nudges, flailing of lights, and shutter clicks...here you have it.+ Photoshop work: The camera refecltion was blurred, desaturated some colors, applied gradient color burn to achieve dark and worn look. To ensure a large quality print, I also stamped and duplicated some content that around the edges.
+ Enjoy!
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great image. wonderful colors and awesome idea. fav.
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Wow. Stunning. Perfect.
Just a few words that come to mind when I see this. It is an excellent deviation.
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Cool idea, well executed. I like the golden light!
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The perfect exemple of how imagination and ideas can
be reproduced with photography.
Amazing conception and awesome post-production.
This is great and very well done 2
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amazing concept...
yes I do agree with u, it's only the matter how u can do it, not what it's in ur mind...
anyway, that camera rocks... love the unique details..
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Very nice one, I like the idea 
Time to exchange my front wishlist image 
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Brilliant.
Really shows what can be done in Photoshop with a bit of time and good starting point
The colours are incredible, the whole tone of the picture works really well. I like the concept. I like the composition. I like the border.... yeah, well done!!
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If you're serious, though, I'll gladly lower the price or ship it directly.
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WHAT!!!! 
Thats simply Genius !!!!!
dude..this is gonna sit on my fav page for a long time.......cause im not sure im gonna find anything better to look at for a while
but seriously!!!! how on earth did you manage to get that bulb in there ??? is it just finely balanced or sumthin??? whatever it is!!!
I want a light bulb to go off in my head like that !!!
Xcellent job bud 
not sure how this deviation surpassed me ..but im so glad i was back loggin thru your gallery!!!!!
congrats to another job well done !!!!
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This is wonderful!
Such an original idea and awesome shot!
Beautifully done
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Holy S......
pure art,
pure concept,
excellent performance.
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Thanks looks lovely Nate, nice tones in there! I like it alot, well done.
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Love the colorscheme. Very nice work, nice position, cut and angle and all. Sweeth...
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amazing work, i love the idea! and thats what it represents i spose... the ideas a photographs sees and creates. love it, congrats
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you don't need another fan, but you've got one. when you turn your ideas into beauty because you push yourself, you get respect. nice work.
the soft gold is such a refreshing hue for still photography that doesnt involve human figures. this is something i wish to remember seeing, so it gets a fav!
+joe
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The first time I saw this it was on a wall in the student union at UCF. It really grabbed my attention and I had to get a closer look. It is a very thought provoking juxtaposition. It is so purposefully done that you almost have to tell yourself that such an item wouldn't work.
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-:- 
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Very creative to say the least. The lighting and reflection are superb. Nice work
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PUT IT DOWN PUT IT DOWN.
I have hardly a word to add, I'm addicted to summersaults and this just nailed it. I give a 9.3.
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Addicted to summersaults? 
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Very, very sweet!
In thumbnail-view it first looked like a stamp, but this is even better!
Nothing to criticast on this one, just one heck of a shot!
You are pondering on how to get the lightbulb glowing in this pic or so i've read
Well, since this is heavily photoshopped already, try to shoot the lightbulb in working order under the same angle (or upside-down for that matter 
After that it should be nothing more than a cut-n-paste job and a little fiddling with the layer-blends (i think the one just below 'multiply' would be particularly interesting). You already have reflections caught in your original image, so it should be possible to pull it off
Stefan
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I should definitely revisit it someday and try more with the lightbulb. I don't know how I'd do it just yet, but I'd like to have an accompanying shot, ya know? 
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Sorry, my understanding of english failes me a bit on this one.
What exactly do you mean with 'accompanying shot'?
Stefan
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"...but I'd like to have an accompanying shot..."
Read that as if I was saying "...but I'd like to have another shot to go along with it..."
Hope that makes more sense.
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So awesome. I love it. You can't force a great idea can you?
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Can't force them at all.
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Seems almost too perfect to be a photograph.
The gradient works so well with this and the desaturation as well.
You have definately achieved the "old feeling" you were going for. Great work and I love seeing people do conceptual shots like this.
Nicely done, keep up the great work.
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w00t w00t. Looks good, unfortunatly im at school and the monitor is horrible so the colors are off, but I've seen a thumbnail of this one before and so I'm a bit familiar w/ the colors. I love the whole "idea" and lightbulb relationship. It's almost as if you're getting and idea for a photo! And so a light bulb goes over the camera and you take a picture of it.... Now we fall into some wierd infinate loop. The photoshop work i think works very well, but quite possibly uneeded. :reads description of photoshop work:... nevermind sorry. Yeah, good call on the slight manipulations. You know what could make this shot better? If the light bulb was on. It can probably be done with two cables and a good battery. The challenge would come in composing the shot in a way so the cables don't come out.... maybe they can be run behind the camera and then go into two wholes in the mirror. Ok sorry... i think i went off on some crazy tangent. You gotta admit, it would be fun though.
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A lot of people mentioned turning the lightbulb on.. Guess I'll look into it next time. Thanks for the comment, bro!
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u know i love this sorry took so long to comment on it with the storm then my account was hacked into but it rocks.
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i havent spoken to you in a while, how are you?
as for this, fucking amazing and brilliant.
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I'm doin wonderful! Enjoying the coming of winter with my girlfriend, and everything that comes with it.
Thanks for checking this out. Take care!
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Very nice achfoo, I'm a fan of all your work though.
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It is evident that a lot of work went into this - it's also nice to see some original concept work for a change around here - good to know that people will break free from the cliche and try something new!
You've certainly achieved that 'dark and worn' look you were talking about with the colours and desaturation - excellent results!!
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You're the king of original and new around here, man.
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