It's always nice to see an hdr entry that isn't overdone, very nice author!

Thank you... i thought it may be a little overdone... but i liked it anyway so here it is.

awesome shot. man i love hdr! i'm seriously going to have to do some trials with the concept. anywhoooo... GL.

Jadedink..... the trick is to not over do it..... but sometimes that can be cool too. I have some good links to some great tutorials if you want.

If you can bum a ride to Michigan one of my professors is doing a weekend, on site seminar on advanced hdr with extreme tone compression, bitmapping, and zone system concepts. We'll also be doing night shooting with image overlay

WOW!!! I would love to.... but I don't think I can get there from florida and make it back for shift though.

OMG!!!!! why must you be soooo far away! i'd love a course like that!!!!!! :grumbles: i'll see if i can't bribe my old photography teacher into giving me a few lessons.

Amazing job @_@

Excellent

Note: The model is Brittany Domangue from Houma, LA.

It is definitely a unique take on the theme and kinda sexy too! GL!

Great shot, but isn't oil man polluting his own world, rather than nature fighting back.

I think it's nature fighting back. Let me explain. We inflict this disaster of oil spills on nature by going to radical extremes, just to get the precious crude. Sometimes, like in offshore drilling, we drill thousands of feet below water, hence fighting nature, and the depth of the ocean and the pressure from the weight at that depth, that can cause accidents. So therefore, it is definitely on theme, for nature is fighting back with extreme ocean water depth pressure.

Besides, we can't remove this, it's just too professional looking. In fact I almost wanted to question the validity on it because it looked very pro (but I'm not) so once again, GL!

you heard it here guys, it can't be removed cause it looks too professional, theme be damned.

Well I think its on theme because oil is natural, not human

Good Luck Author.....

Good one - I think it's on theme and well done into the bargain

I think it's definitely on theme. I remember when I was growing up on the gulf coast and they were going to start off-shore drilling in the 70's. There was a HUGE uproar. People were freaking out and screaming about the possibilities of accidents and spills. "No, no" we were told. "The chances of that are so microscopic it's not even worth considering." It's obvious that (as usual) industry got their way. And, it's also obvious that the risks of an accident were NOT so microscopic. Government oversight became lax and corrupt (under both Republican and Democrats for decades) and industry did what industry does - run things at the lowest cost possible to maximize profit. We'll be seeing the results from this for decades (Exxon Valdez was 20 years ago but there's still oil under the sand of their beaches). Basically, it's on theme because man tried to tame nature for his own purposes, and nature said "screw you, here's what happens." And, as long as the author took the picture themselves, how "professional" it looks is irrelevent. Don't we all try to look professional (although they should have gotten that spot between her eye and nose)?

wow, too professional!!!? lol. thanks for the huge compliment!

i live near grand isle, la and we wanted to do a oily bikini girl photoshoot, so we mixed up some chocolate cake mix and bbq sauce and put it on her for the shoot. there were military officials, bp officials and sheriffs riding up and down the beach telling people to stay on the sand side of the orange "tiger dams" because the oil is washing on shore as we speak.

i have plenty more shots including when she started putting on the fake oil to prove they're my pictures. in fact, we damn near got arrested tho we did nothing wrong

funny thing is, everyone that stopped us (that could do anything about it anyway) just laughed and said to clean up after we were done and drove off.

If you're interested in the model, here's her page.

http://www.modelmayhem.com/1402157

Well it's already been said but I like to see myself talk so I'll add my
2 cents I don't think there is any question of weather or not this is on theme, man comes in and does what he wants with no regard to anything but profit, and mother nature says f off and pukes all over a ridiculously hot chick.

Great shot, but what is up with the smudge next to the model's hip? Looks like something was Photoshopped out. Is that true, or am I grasping at straws?

@magicsteve: you know its funny you should say that, because I literally noticed it a second ago in my file and came here to see if it was there and saw you noticed it lol. i just fixed it and i'm resubmitting it

thanks, good eye

Very well done Author!! Way to capture current events! Kudos!!...

And as Steve said... whats the smudge about?

I see that spot too. hmmm This is an awesome shot and a very creative take on the theme. I guess it is up to the mods what they want to do because they are the ones to decide whether they wanted pictures made to look like nature took over, or whether they wanted pictures of the real nature taking over. Hey, since you were there, why didn't you take pictures of the actual oil coming in?
Beautiful picture though.

There's also a smudge just below her chest on the model's left side, don't know how I missed it before perhaps I was distracted

by the way, this is the way a model should be! She has meat on her bones and she is very sexy!

In the light of current media outcry I believe that this entry is well on topic, professional or not ... well done author

@k5683 - i took other pictures too. i'm from 2 hours away from the gulf so i figured i would make a trip. if you want to see the actual oil, msg me your email and i'll show ya.

@locksmagic - as far as that smudge....i have no idea lol. i didn't mess with it there, might just be an awkward spot of reflective light who knows lol. i'll see if i can make it look more natural tho, thanks

Fingerprints....heh, heh...! LOL!

and what kind of annoys me, is i posted this series of shoots on modelmayhem.com and asked for a critique and i got nothing but hate opinions mostly because i apparently didn't get the point across unless I explain the picture. oh well.

some people are just blind author...........but, in fairness, what doesn't help in this shot, is the lack of pollution on the beach in the background.........imo, that would have helped your case immensely.......

actually theres plenty, its just blurred because of the depth of field.

ha ha, the REAL question is......who ate the cake afterward???

Congrats! Well deserved win!

Oh dear ..

I remember this one (from PXLSHOTS before the crash)
I think it was shot with an SLR (film).
I even remember the comment i wrote.
Nice to see you again my friend.

Well come back!!!

Indeed it is.
Thanks, it´s nice to be back.

Yes, I remember this one too, and once again, welcome back!!

this is cool.. I like the trees and plants doing this.. I'll post an album of these kind soon.. and author this is going into my fav.. Good Luck..

nice. Might have worked a little more to zoom out and show some more

I agree with Kyricom, nice photo, but it doesn't really illustrate "fence"

Poor plant, did you rescue it after you took a picture?