Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Favorite Fiction

“Imagination and fiction make up more than three-quarters of our real life”
Simone Weil 1909-1943

My favorite fiction these days is not a book or movie... it's Photoshop. It makes reality very tweakable. This is a photo of a sculpture in downtown San Jose, California. It looks to be an empty free falling stars and strips aviator suit. I don't know what it's called or who the sculptor is but I like it. I removed it's pedestal with Photoshop to enhance the free falling effect. You can see the pedestal by placing your cursor over the bottom part of the photo. The building in the background is the corporate headquarters of Adobe, the company that makes Photoshop.
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This weeks theme for Corner View is "favorite fiction". There's more fiction in the blogs below. Thanks to Francesca for hosting, Beth for choosing the theme and Jane for getting this whole thing started.

francesca, jane, theresa, ian, joyce, isabelle, kari, jgy, lise, otli, dorte, skywriting, tikjewit, sophie, daan, wander chow, kelleyn, sammi, anna,  kenza, rosamaría, victoria, mlle paradis, tzivia, tania, nadine, cate, cole, ibb, kasia, juniper, flowtops, valerie, robida, beth
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26 comments:

  1. janeMay 24, 2011 at 10:52 PM

    That is cool. If i baked you a cake, would you teach me how to do that?
    XXX

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  2. KKvinnebloggerMay 25, 2011 at 12:31 AM

    Hei! Love what you have doen with this picture! :)

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  3. nadine paduartMay 25, 2011 at 1:11 AM

    i was already wondering, and then, of course, you being you, all was revealed. can i say i like the total free fall just a little better?
    n♥

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  4. swigMay 25, 2011 at 5:32 AM

    Yes fiction is everywhere (even in something so technical as a computer software!) You just have to find it… what you did so well!

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  5. nadine paduartMay 25, 2011 at 6:08 AM

    oh, so, now i've seen in your comment you favourite is THE POISONWOOD BIBLE.... i see. i've got it in a box, somewhere and am waiting for the right moment to read it. hm.. looking forward to that. why is it favourite, might i ask? n♥

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  6. DonMay 25, 2011 at 9:40 AM

    Woolf- The Poisonwood Bible is about an American missionary family that move to the Belgian Congo in 1959. The plight of the family mirrors the struggle of the country to emerge into the post-colonial era. The story is told from the different perspectives of the five women of the family. It is very moving, deeply textured and reads like poetry.

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  7. Bossy BettyMay 25, 2011 at 10:43 AM

    Love the feeling of this picture!

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  8. tanïaMay 25, 2011 at 10:54 AM

    Great effect! You shouldn't have given away the trick, I'd still sit here wondering! ;o)

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  9. ;)May 25, 2011 at 12:12 PM

    THE perfect choice :)

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  10. sophieMay 25, 2011 at 12:40 PM

    The frontier between fiction and reality seems each week thinner in your pictures ;-)

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  11. Stefanie RabenschlagMay 25, 2011 at 12:46 PM

    And what did you do to his hands?!?

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  12. FrancescaMay 25, 2011 at 12:54 PM

    I would love to learn how to use photoshop. it seems terribly complicated to me.

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  13. RedekerMay 25, 2011 at 1:33 PM

    great effect for this fiction!!
    falling and i was looking ( i did not read your words yet) and I saw something moving...really nice!

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  14. DonMay 25, 2011 at 2:58 PM

    Stefanie- there are no hands and the helmet is empty too.

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  15. Mlle ParadisMay 25, 2011 at 4:05 PM

    i can bake cakes too!

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  16. TziviaMay 25, 2011 at 6:21 PM

    Weil says :“Imagination and fiction make up more than three-quarters of our real life” ... and then say dreams take up another 1/4 ... what's left for nonfiction :)

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  17. G. E. LightMay 25, 2011 at 9:28 PM

    I was wondering how you were going to make a photographic statement re: favorite fiction. Quite clever!

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  18. KristinMay 25, 2011 at 11:58 PM

    Photoshop is at the moment my most-used tool. The pictures are great. So much can be done playing with photoshop

    Do you speak german?:)

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  19. Menthe BlancheMay 26, 2011 at 12:20 AM

    Photoshop and miracles ... This is my daily working tool.
    The result is nice and fun :)

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  20. TheresaMay 26, 2011 at 2:55 AM

    Incredibly cool!

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  21. shayndelMay 26, 2011 at 7:04 AM

    What I like about fiction is, it's 'true' in the new visual reality you create.

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  22. IsabelleMay 26, 2011 at 8:52 AM

    Great ... I discovered Photoshop recently and I can spend hours playing with it !!

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  23. KenzaMay 26, 2011 at 9:46 AM

    Incredible what you can do with photoshop! I am in admiration... I just point, click and download...

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  24. NinaMay 26, 2011 at 12:42 PM

    Photoshop is so great. It is some years since I last used it but I had great fun. Looking at what fun you´ve had I might need to get photoshop...
    That image is fantastic!

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  25. Tammie LeeMay 26, 2011 at 2:19 PM

    i love that you call photoshop your favorite fiction!

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  26. KariMay 27, 2011 at 8:55 AM

    I love you take on this theme. I want to learn how to photoshop!

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