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15-JUN-2008 Justin Miller

Eighth Place (Tie)
Chaos*
by Justin Miller

A 1972 research paper by Edward Lorenz called "Predictability: Does the Flap of a Butterfly’s Wings in Brazil set off a Tornado in Texas?" - a primary tenet of chaos theory is a sensitivity to an initial condition, causing a chain reaction of events that can result in a seemingly unrelated large phenomenon. 'Noise' somehow felt appropriate to connect to the subject of a butterfly in relation to Chaos Theory.

Sony DSLR-A300 ,Sony SAL-18-250mm
1/400s f/6.3 at 250.0mm iso200 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Katherine Stanback's Photos23-Jun-2008 23:54
Beautiful image - I love the colors and the soft, hazy look from the grain!
Justin Miller23-Jun-2008 20:54
I appreciate the effort on the long critique, even though you were denied in the end by a technical glitch! I hadn't considered any closer crops - I cropped very slightly from the original just to eliminate some dead space - all of the noise was added in post. Somehow the patterns on the butterfly seemed to work with noise in my mind. Appreciate the crop sample too - I'll have to keep closer crops in mind more often.
Sony Forums Challenges22-Jun-2008 15:19
Well, I followed through on my idea of concentrating more on the butterfly and put a crop in the demo folder here:http://www.pbase.com/stfchallenge/image/99043528 jrdu
jrdu 17-Jun-2008 12:51
I wrote a long critique out for this, but it got lost somehow, so I take that as a sign that I said the wrong things...ha ha. I like this butterfly very much especially the translucent part of its wings. I think that the blurred background is also very attractive around it. I also like your idea. I feel that if you concentrate on the butterfly more your idea will be more successfully exploited.