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Published: 2009-05-28 19:31:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 8377; Favourites: 293; Downloads: 0
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Oops...Hank, we overshot the target...Here it is! I've been wanting to construct this image for some time now and I finally produced it! It took me two attempts to get the mushroom cloud to look natural and not entirely constructed. I originally did not plan on making this image with anything necessarily in the foreground, however, last week I was able to take a panoramic picture of the freshly cut and bailed wheat field. After I pieced the panoramic picture together, I started thinking....hmmm, this might cool to use as the setting for my nuclear bomb mushroom cloud scene! That's when the idea popped in my head to make the hay bail a target and title it Atomic Redneck. At first I wasn't too crazy about placing the explosion in the center, but I like the balance it provides. As with a lot of intensive photo-manipulation, this was a good challenge, especially trying to create a cloud formation that carries similar lighting as the actual clouds in the picture. I guess if you are unwilling to challenge yourself, you will never experience growth.
Hope you enjoy and get a good chuckle!
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Comments: 60
I've actually seen one of these out in the desert backpacking. Have no idea where the old paper photograph is, these days, or if I still have it. Cool picture though.
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LOVE THIS! This is great! One of those opportune moments that you will probably never get to again! Good one!
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Oh, jeeze. Someone tricked me into thinking this was an actual photo someone happened to get at exactly the right time. This is soooo cool.
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Looks very natural. I'm gonna make it my background for a while! Very nice work
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you dun good. would have never known! yee Haaw!
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hehe thanks! If you ever see a hay bail with a target on it, look out and over your shoulder!
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very neat.. even though it would have been even more awesome if it was entirely a picture and not a "you-made" cloud.. great concept thought
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very neat.. even though it would have been even more awesome if it was entirely a picture and not a "you-made" cloud.. great concept thought
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Thank you very much! I'm glad there are people that share in the humor of that image!
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Stunning shot, also a hilarious title. Your gallery is quite impressive.
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Thanks! Does the the mushroom cloud blend well with the environment? I sometimes wonder if it truly looks natural since I've seen what it looks like without it...
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It fits perfectly! put together very well.
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Pritty cool!
You good a good sense of humour!
Hank and you shouldn't play with things you can't control!
How do you get this cool black gradient on the sky?
I like it!
See you!
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Hahaha!
I think the polarizing filter I had on my lens helped with that.
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outstanding idea and composition!!!! 
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I'm a little late but thank you very much for the feature! I've been a little slow at getting caught up with responses on here...
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You're welcome, don't worry about it!
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This is a great photograph. So many stories within!
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Thanks! I've had this one brewing in the back of my mind for some time now, and it's nice to let it out!
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This is really cool. I never would have known it was a manip if you hadn't said so.
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The problem I have when I work on a manipulation is that I've seen the original...Which means, when I'm working on the image and after I'm finished, it always seems "fake" to me since I can't shake what the original looked like in my mind. I think that was the biggest inhibitor for me when working on this.
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I see what you mean. I would probably be the same way, especially since I don't really have the patience to cut things out properly.
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This is ingenious. And it does look like a photo
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Wonderfully manipulated.....cant pick it for a manip. Great work
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Thanks! I appreciate it!
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It's a circumstance of where I live and constantly trying to watch the skies. Since Oklahoma sits almost in the middle of multiple geographic areas, the weather can be pretty turbulent at times.
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Thank you! I'm sure you have a few out in Georgia?
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oh, no doubt about that.
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Wow this looks so awesome :0
I love the mushroom cloud, very creative ^^
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It`s magnificently done Kyle,wish I had those skills,love it
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Thank you sir! Manipulations can be pretty tough sometimes. This one left me feeling a little beat up, but I'm glad it's gotten a good response!
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Great idea! And fantastic pulling it off, I had to check whether this was an actual photo or a photomanip.
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