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Published: 2005-04-10 06:56:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 13345; Favourites: 524; Downloads: 3511
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Man created machine, and he saw it was good.Man is still the flawed creation.
This is a take on one of the panels that can be found in the Sistine Chapel Ceiling, The Creation of Adam. I have had this idea floating around in my head for quite some time now, but i finally got to put it into an image
With all the intensity on religion in these past weeks i thought that this might have a place. I had this vice clamp thingy lying around my house and thought it would make a cool "hand" ENJOY! 
Technical
D70
18-70mm Nikkor AF-S w/ lens hood
SB800 (x2)
tripod w/ quick release plate
Hoya Circular Polarizer
32" reflector (gold side from underneath)
Shot in RAW (NEF) and converted/edited in PS7
If you ever get a chance read Voltaire's "Candide." Its a brilliant piece of work that deals with religion and belief systems.
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UPDATE
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Thanks so much for the DD! I just want to thank for the suggestion, you rock man! Thanks to everyone for their kind words and
's a really appreciate all of it
DA is a great place to be and i am glad i can be a part of it! Peace everyone, have a wonderful day and may each moment be special on this green earth.
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That's way cool! I thought is was a cool shot when I first saw it, and the correlation with the Sistine Chapel makes it even cooler. YOU ROCK!
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haha.. wow thank you very much! im really glad you like it!
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Awesome take on the Creation of Adam.
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heheh.. thank you very much! i really appreciate all of it, especially your time
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*INTERPRETATION ALERT*
Is this supposed to be an interpretation of man's nearly intrinsic bond with machines? Or is it just to look cool?!
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Hehehe.. well.. i think its both, man did indeed create machine but yet he is still heavily dependent upon them for basic daily functions! and it was fun to create too
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lol clever clever work. i love it very much
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hehe.. thank you very much! i really appreciate all of it!
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I love the concept behind this work, and the image seems to be flawless. Love it.
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heheh thank you soo much, im really glad you like it!
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O my gosh, you got a daily deviation on this! yay for you! I'm proud of you
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heheh thanks so much Carmen, for all your kind words and continued support!
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interesting concept you have there. But I must say, I enjoy being flawed
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hahaha, i totally agree! being flawed gives life its flavor!
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oh dude! congrats congrats on the feature! it's high time, you fairy eyed hawaiian boy!
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hehehe... thanks soo much! i really appreciate all your support
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Wow..this makes machine feel so real, like it can feel emotions. Or that the person is its creator and the machine is reaching out to its creator.
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hehe wow, thanks so much! i really appreciate everything!
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i really love the title of this one
hehe
who knows
in the future they might paint something like this
hahaha
well done concept
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hehe, thanks soo much! ya who knows they just might be painting this on some celing in the future! that would be kinda cool heheh, thanks for all your support!
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A good concpt and an excellent piece, given the relationship between the man and the machine implies that machine is a perfect being, yet you said in the artist's comments section that 'man is still the flawed creation' yet machine, being created by man, is just as equally imperfect. perhaps even more so, since God created man and he is perfect.
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Good point, yeah i think whats great about photography though is that we can all draw different conclusions from a single image. But i do agree that machines, just like man, are in some ways a reflection of their creator!
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WOW. the concept is awesome, and so is the composition.
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heheh.. thank you so much! i really appreciate it, especially for the support 
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Technically the hand should be on the right side and the machine on the other because since man created machine, then he should assume the position of god from the original painting (in which god is to the right and man on the left)
Either way dont take my criticism as me giving you a hard time heh, it really doesnt matter to me much but i sitll wanted to point it out. Great concept on the picture.
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haha yeah thanks for the comment though! the reason i was thinking about leaving the hand on the left was that some people see machines almost as gods, something that has seemed to replace everything else in our daily lives; that was just my take on it, but your view is just as valid!
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ThHis is very cool. it reminds me of part of the film "web of life" about humans becoming 'Technosapiens' and losing touch with the earth and environment.
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hehe.. thanks so much! i am actually fearing the day when we become disconnected.....
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I love everything about this. The idea is brilliant.
Its so beautiful and thought provoking.
Defanitly deserves the DD
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that's wonderful, simply amazing
congrats, i really like it
+fav
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beautiful capture. the lighting is perfect, the message is very strong and so very true
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hehehe.. thank you so much!
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Β«Man is still the flawed creationΒ»
God, I just love the quote
and the pic of course, nice idea and interesting use of negative space
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haha thanks very much, im glad you like it!
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wow! awesome! It makes me think
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Technically, beautiful. All elements are wonderful executed, the lighting, colours, composition. But what does it for me is the message behind it all. Brilliant.
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Technically, beautiful. All elements are wonderful executed, the lighting, colours, composition. But what does it for me is the message behind it all. Brilliant.
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technically bad ass !
the pose of your hand is perfect and the idea is pretty cool.
a truly deserved DD !
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Hahaha.. thanks sooo much man! especially comming from an amazingly gifted photographer like yourself! I really appreciate all the support! hehe thanks for everything
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i love the idea, but as far as compositiongoes, maybe having the clamp and hand reversed, to keep continuety between the creator/created, because, if i am not incorrect, god reaches from the right while adam reaches from the left in the chapel. when god created us, we were on the left, but as we become like god in our creation of machines, we should be moved to the right and the machines take the place of the created on the left. or not.
hmmm didnt mean for this to get that long, but meh. other than that little thing bothering me, it is an excelent adn imaginative peice of work.
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hehe ya i totally agree with what you're saying about the hand position, but i think that even though we have created machine, we have let almost become our god.. almost like a crutch, i think (in my own personal weird opinion
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That's a good point. But the way I see it is that when some 500 years ago people had their faith in god now technology has taken god's place. When people have problems they no longer turn to god, they turn to technology (in western countries at least). Seen this way the composition is logical.
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hehee.. thank you! yes this is exactly why i love photography so much, becuase in one photo there can be thousands of different interpretations!
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This is awesome. Im glad the admins picked this as one of the DDF's, otherwise I'd have missed it. And been a lesser person for not seeing something so remarkable.
Michelangelo wouldn't be upset for using this comparison, if he was able to see our society now. This is.. very good work. Simple, but good quality photo-wise, yet it touches on a world-wide issue, and current struggle in our society. and I ramble, and you'll probably get a trillion comments on this. But wonderful work, and congrats on the DDF. It was well deserved.
-brita
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Very nice job! I like idea!
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