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A truly tragic moment in the life of a planet

Started by budguinn , Dec 23 2004 12:04 AM

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#1 budguinn

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Posted 23 December 2004 - 12:04 AM

This is a horrible time of the year to report this, but one of my favorite planets has tragically come to an end.

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I think a moment of silence is in order.

tearfully yours,

bud

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#2 Blueshark928

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Posted 23 December 2004 - 12:06 AM

Clouded in eh?

(very cool BTW)

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#3 Bird

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Posted 23 December 2004 - 12:18 AM

Don't panic... it'll float.

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#4 Buster

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Posted 23 December 2004 - 12:44 AM

This is a horrible time of the year to report this, but one of my favorite planets has tragically come to an end.

I think a moment of silence is in order.

tearfully yours,

bud

Bah, it's not like that was one of the cool planets to look at anyway...

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#5 Greg K.

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Posted 23 December 2004 - 12:51 AM

Neat pic!

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#6 Krytoss

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Posted 23 December 2004 - 02:55 AM

Don't panic... it'll float.

Bird

*bleep*, beat me to it

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#7 Chris Graham

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Posted 23 December 2004 - 03:35 AM

Heehee thats cool

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#8 Thick_asa_Planck

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Posted 23 December 2004 - 05:47 AM

Don't panic... it'll float

Beat me to it as well :grin:

Wow, great pic budguinn, that's made my day! Thanks for sharing.

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#9 KenF9000

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Posted 23 December 2004 - 06:02 AM

I see no water beyond the 'planet'. Photograph was taken with a glass of water (full to the brim) in front of the camera

Tis a fake.

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#10 Chris Graham

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Posted 23 December 2004 - 08:23 AM

I see no water beyond the 'planet'. Photograph was taken with a glass of water (full to the brim) in front of the camera

Tis a fake.

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#11 Cerberus

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Posted 23 December 2004 - 08:53 AM

Thats cool.

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#12 AuroraSeeker

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Posted 23 December 2004 - 09:21 AM

And they said adding diffraction spikes to M45 was bad!

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#13 DJMcCrady

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Posted 23 December 2004 - 10:27 AM

I see no water beyond the 'planet'. Photograph was taken with a glass of water (full to the brim) in front of the camera

Tis a fake.

Aw, man. And I was totally believing it up until this too!

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#14 ELR2

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Posted 23 December 2004 - 05:26 PM

You live on the West coast I see, you just need to get out a bit earlier and you might catch it a little higher up.

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#15 budguinn

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Posted 23 December 2004 - 06:23 PM

Thanks all for the kind words and wit.

John I smiled as soon as I saw your "clouded in, eh?"...you're exactly right...had to do something.

Ken, it's amazing at how your figured out so quickly how I did it.... and yes, it was faked.

AuroraSeeker....who said "adding diffraction spikes" is bad?...shoot 'em.

thanks again,

bud

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#16 Ptarmigan

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Posted 24 December 2004 - 11:55 PM

Funny! Saturn will not sink though. :grin:

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#17 TeamGS

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Posted 25 December 2004 - 01:20 PM

AuroraSeeker....who said "adding diffraction spikes" is bad?...shoot 'em.

I agree! Your impressive image could only have been "improved" in one way... :roflmao:

Regards,

Gary

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#18 Greg K.

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Posted 25 December 2004 - 01:23 PM

Shouldn't the stars reflect in the water too? It looks unnatural!

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#19 Charles

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Posted 25 December 2004 - 05:38 PM

Moved to the Astro Art forum!
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#20 budguinn

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Posted 26 December 2004 - 12:51 AM

Gary, good idea.....I should have added a few and then there reflections would have been there also...

thanks for the idea.

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#21 Guest_DONOTDELETE_*

Posted 26 December 2004 - 02:45 PM

Just blow dry it and wipe it with a comet tail, it'll shine like new!
This is gonna be on my desktop for a while, THANKS!!!

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#22 TeamGS

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Posted 26 December 2004 - 09:33 PM

LOL...I was just having fun with your image. I couldn't find a similar reflection plugin or technique, or I would have also put in the star reflections.

Regards,

Gary

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#23 ForgottenMObject

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Posted 04 January 2005 - 12:03 PM

Actually, this kinda makes me think more of the view from a melted ice-moon of Saturn, maybe ages from now when the sun warms up and expands into a red giant. I'd think one could get views something like this one.

Nice picture!

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#24 Mike Casey

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Posted 14 March 2005 - 02:25 AM

I really dig the first version submitted. "Very cool". A real keeper.

Makes me want to dive into my Paint Shop Pro program and see what I can come up with.

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A truly tragic moment in the life of a planet

#1 budguinn

#2 Blueshark928

#3 Bird

#4 Buster

#5 Greg K.

#6 Krytoss

#7 Chris Graham

#8 Thick_asa_Planck

#9 KenF9000

#10 Chris Graham

#11 Cerberus

#12 AuroraSeeker

#13 DJMcCrady

#14 ELR2

#15 budguinn

#16 Ptarmigan

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