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Member : DrNo

Title	:	Mirror
Name	:	Normand Brière
Country	:	Canada
Email	:	#############
Webpage	:	www.noware.ca
Topic	:	Evidence As To Man's Place In Nature (May)
Copyright	:	Agreed - 2009-06-16 22:17:33
JPG file	:	pw-1242763148-mirror.jpg
Renderer Used	:	OpenGL (ARB program)
Tools used	:	Homemade Java software
Render Time	:	3 minutes
Hardware Used	:	Macintosh Core 2 Duo, RadeonX1600

Image description

How could mankind have ever imagined being apart of nature?

Yet, it is obvious that we are part of it, as nature is part of us. What is outside must be inside and vice versa.

This picture shows some evidence as to man's place in nature, and as a mirror, it also depicts an evidence as to nature's place in man.

The rose represents the heart of the conscious soul.

Description of how this image was created

Nothing special about it. Aside maybe from the fact that I fixed many problems in my software in order to speed up the creation process. These problems became obvious when working on "Edenweiss". Handling such a big scene was really slow and painful. My new tools make this "Mirror" scene lightning fast.

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I wrote the following in the forum, then I felt it should be pasted in the description box. Not the main one though, because people (like myself) prefer to try to guess first. My descriptions are very verbose only when I know the concept is impossible to be figured out. But this shot is fully readable as it is.

"There are three mirrors.

The skeleton looking in the mirror of the past still seeing its own internal animal structure; the outside brain mirrored with an inside neuron through vegetable structures; and the mirror of both mirrors.

Such a meta-mirror can suggest:
1 - two ways of showing the inside/outside contrast;
2 - two ways of expressing what a skeleton could stand for;
3 - a reflection of animal and vegetable natures;
4 - a double reflection where an intelligent man is compared to a
stupid animal, as if its brain contained only one neuron.
5 - the so-called intelligent man must be aware that his behavior
in relation with nature may lead to his own extinction.

Maybe should I use the title "Mirrors" with the plural to make that clearer? But I prefer "Mirror", because I feel there is only one mirror: man versus nature. This reflection is symbolized by the rose as its own mirror: consciousness!

General statistics
No of ratings	:	12
Min. overall rating	:	32 (10 / 11 / 11)
Max. overall rating	:	50 (18 / 15 / 17)
Sum of rating	:	485 / 720
Date uploaded	:	2009-05-15 06:56:07

Specific details

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If the member votes for all the entries and has created one him/herself, there is an
automatic 20/20/20 score added to the value (This encourages all members who enter to vote).

Rating type

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Artistic

165

240

Concept

159

240

Technical

161

240

Overall

485

720

Comments by members when rating this image

1.	23-06-2009	Great landscapes and grass. I am not sure about the interpretation. The "clouds" around the tree and flower are weird. Still a beautiful image.
2.	17-06-2009	Good job! One of the most artistic shots in this round, if I'm asked. The surrealistic concept perfectly matches your particular style. Good work technically, too. Very good grass & soil; the semi-transparency works very good, too.
3.	16-06-2009	I do not understand the connection between the organs and the plants however artistically I really like what you have done. This picture also displays a nice take on the topic which is more interesting and sutle than many on here.