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Glory-Of-Valor — Madness is Only Sanity

Published: 2010-07-11 17:33:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 1533; Favourites: 44; Downloads: 30
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Description There are "NO" manipulations in this picture, it is exactly what it is. Done with a single long exposure in a dark room.
Hardest part was trying not to appear too ghostly, but also avoid overblown highlights from being stationary.

As quoted from a friend in regards to this picture:
"Cubism meets romanticism to produce an eerie deification of psychosis. I'm impressed that you thought of this, impressed that you decided to do it, and impressed that you executed it so well.

Honestly, this piece does so many things. You've exploited the detail and realism of photography and yet found a means (and a coherent reason) to venture onto distinctly surrealist territory. You've used photography, once maligned as soulless and utterly unartistic, to produce an artwork which I think many art movements throughout history would cheerfully have claimed as their own. Someone with a better grounding in art history could probably provide a lot more detail on this point, but even I can think of a few. That says that this image transcends artistic styles and movements, which is amazing."

Full Title: Madness is Only Sanity, But Quieter.
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Comments: 30

RinxNaruto [2010-07-18 10:12:59 +0000 UTC]

nice

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RinxNaruto [2010-07-17 18:27:28 +0000 UTC]

nice

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Glory-Of-Valor In reply to RinxNaruto [2010-07-18 01:41:47 +0000 UTC]

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hibrode [2010-07-16 06:14:53 +0000 UTC]

first I wanted to ask you if u made it with photoshop or something like that, but is hard to believe that you made it just with one shot anyways it looks great

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Glory-Of-Valor In reply to hibrode [2010-07-16 19:37:34 +0000 UTC]

Oh no, it was a long exposure shot, and lots of retries lol
Thank you very much though!

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hibrode In reply to Glory-Of-Valor [2010-07-17 07:48:47 +0000 UTC]

you are we3lcome

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shot-mithos [2010-07-13 18:40:53 +0000 UTC]

I love long exposures, with a friend we tried it, we always look like ghosts. We also used sparkles.

Your photo looks so awesome

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Glory-Of-Valor In reply to shot-mithos [2010-07-14 06:41:50 +0000 UTC]

Oh so do I, its alot of fun, especially light grafitti, thats the coolest thing to do with a group of friends on a random night

This 'ghosting' effect stuff is tricky but lots of fun too, I've looked through your gallery but couldn't find any pictures ya'll took, any change you can post em?!

And lastly, thank you so much~

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shot-mithos In reply to Glory-Of-Valor [2010-07-14 10:52:43 +0000 UTC]

I haven't any because I was the model not the photographer. But here you gave a link [link]

and now I submited two photographies with the sparkles. [link] [link]

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Glory-Of-Valor In reply to shot-mithos [2010-07-15 04:13:13 +0000 UTC]

Oh hey! that ghost one is really cool, it looks like you took a real picture of a ghost, plus it has an antique look and feel to it!~

And the sparkles, that just looked fun!
Thanks for showing me Plus I also get the chance to browse through your friends gallery now too, since you credited him,

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shot-mithos In reply to Glory-Of-Valor [2010-07-19 20:51:53 +0000 UTC]

thank you~

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mountae-stock [2010-07-13 18:13:42 +0000 UTC]

I absolutely love this

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Glory-Of-Valor In reply to mountae-stock [2010-07-14 06:38:42 +0000 UTC]


Thank you!

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mountae-stock In reply to Glory-Of-Valor [2010-07-14 12:26:16 +0000 UTC]

no problem

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SavedGraceZ [2010-07-13 17:35:29 +0000 UTC]

This is really amazing. Great idea~!

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Glory-Of-Valor In reply to SavedGraceZ [2010-07-14 06:38:15 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much, I really appreciate that

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SavedGraceZ In reply to Glory-Of-Valor [2010-07-14 16:55:35 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome =]

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Superfreake [2010-07-12 19:27:10 +0000 UTC]

amazing photo what a great idea

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Glory-Of-Valor In reply to Superfreake [2010-07-14 06:37:58 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much,

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MadameKsquare [2010-07-12 02:20:47 +0000 UTC]

Wow just beautiful, I thought it was a manipulation at first, but I love it even more knowing how you did this. Brilliant

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Glory-Of-Valor In reply to MadameKsquare [2010-07-12 05:41:42 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!
I have a feeling I'm going to get that a lot with this picture lol,
But it was just one exposure, which is why it was tricky to get the serious look not so ghostly, if you stay still for to long, the highlights get really bright and blown out, move to much and you're blurry and transparent. It was fun though

Oh and wonderful gallery!
I like your paintings, so you're getting a watch from me

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MadameKsquare In reply to Glory-Of-Valor [2010-07-12 13:26:50 +0000 UTC]

Why thank you for the watch and compliments, I shall return the favor. I don't know too much about photography but I do know whats involved and that must have been very tricky! It almost like that Process Art similar to Pollock where the process is just as important as the as the resulting piece. But it does sound like fun! I'll have to go and look through your gallery

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Glory-Of-Valor In reply to MadameKsquare [2010-07-14 06:31:32 +0000 UTC]

And thank you for the watch, I do really appreciate that!
Yes, thats exactly what its like
Thanks again~

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MeaganEmerson [2010-07-12 01:14:59 +0000 UTC]

Ooh, I've done some of this before! It's really fun, you can do just about anything with it!
Great pic, great concept

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Glory-Of-Valor In reply to MeaganEmerson [2010-07-12 05:36:35 +0000 UTC]

Long exposures are really fun, tricky but thats part of the charm.
I looked through your gallery I didn't see any, you should post them
oh and another person from Tx whoohoo

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MeaganEmerson In reply to Glory-Of-Valor [2010-07-13 05:10:03 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I did a few as part of a project for one of my classes, and I didn't want to take credit from my fellow students. I just posted one of me though! ( Starlight)
Yay for Texas!!

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Glory-Of-Valor In reply to MeaganEmerson [2010-07-14 06:35:02 +0000 UTC]

Ah, light graffiti, that's what I've known that by!
Yes, that is a lot of fun, especially with just a group of friends on a random night,
Thanks for showing me

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MeaganEmerson In reply to Glory-Of-Valor [2010-07-14 16:46:55 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure!

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Angel-Of-Dark-92 [2010-07-11 22:07:19 +0000 UTC]

nice >> ilove that

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Glory-Of-Valor In reply to Angel-Of-Dark-92 [2010-07-12 05:33:34 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, I appreciate it!

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