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Posted on 20/08/10 07:00:56 AM  | 
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					David Asch
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					Challenge 314: Crop Circles
					 (On behalf of Steve) I photographed this field of corn - well, actually it's barley - a couple of weeks ago, just before it was due to be harvested. We've all seen crop circles photographed from the air - intricate designs that look as if they've been drawn by an alien intelligence. But how would they look seen from such a low angle? Would we get much sense of their shape from this viewpoint? High res is here. ![]() _________________ A happy-go-lucky chap, always dressed in black  | 
Posted on 20/08/10 09:51:07 AM  | 
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					josephine harvatt
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					Re: Challenge 314: Crop Circles
					 oooh sneaky! _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way  | 
Posted on 20/08/10 11:24:20 AM  | 
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					Nick Curtain
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					Re: Challenge 314: Crop Circles
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Posted on 20/08/10 4:12:14 PM  | 
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					Jan in France
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					Re: Challenge 314: Crop Circles
					 Could have alot of fun with this one! Great work nick, very convincing. _________________ “Life's disappointments are harder to take when you don't know any swear words.” http://scrapworkart.blogspot.com/  | 
Posted on 20/08/10 4:46:13 PM  | 
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					Nick Curtain
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					Re: Challenge 314: Crop Circles
					 Thanks Jan Nick  | 
Posted on 20/08/10 5:24:14 PM  | 
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					Ben Mills
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					Re: Challenge 314: Crop Circles
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Posted on 20/08/10 7:06:41 PM  | 
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					Neal
 Master Manipulator Posts: 322 Reply  | 
				
					Re: Challenge 314: Crop Circles
					 Wow! Nick, that is fantastic! Great job.  | 
Posted on 20/08/10 7:28:58 PM  | 
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					Nick Curtain
 Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply  | 
				
					Re: Challenge 314: Crop Circles
					 Thanks Neal, much appreciated Nick  | 
Posted on 21/08/10 00:40:30 AM  | 
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					Jota120
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					Re: Challenge 314: Crop Circles
					 Phew, back from cycling in France. Sorry could not contribute and see your entries there. Saw many wheat (corn) fields being harvested while cycling there. Busy, busy farmers' machines: cycle, cycling all 11,000 of us around Verdun routes and 3 to/from Eurostar ... Anyway, quick try with this one for this weeks FC. I'm a bit rusty on PS.. Wiltshire, ... know it very well ...  
Oops guess I should fix the sky ... later  | 
Posted on 21/08/10 2:09:52 PM  | 
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					brewell
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					Re: Challenge 314: Crop Circles
					 You'd think I'd learn by now. _________________ The journey of a thousand hours begins with a single layer.  | 
Posted on 21/08/10 2:21:45 PM  | 
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					brewell
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					Re: Challenge 314: Crop Circles
					 The Quantum Field ![]() _________________ Onward and upward! Excelsior!  | 
Posted on 22/08/10 01:06:33 AM  | 
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					vibeke
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					Re: Challenge 314: Crop Circles
					 You just can't trust those kids. ![]() _________________ Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.  | 
Posted on 22/08/10 10:55:47 AM  | 
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					tooquilos
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					Re: Challenge 314: Crop Circles
					 http://vimeo.com/14332614 ![]() _________________ Wicked Witch of the West: I'm melting! I'm melting!  | 
Posted on 22/08/10 10:45:42 PM  | 
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					LonnieK
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					Re: Challenge 314: Crop Circles
					 Crop banner ![]() _________________ Lonnie  | 
Posted on 24/08/10 09:50:35 AM  | 
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					Carlo Alessandro Della Valle
 Compositore Eccellente Posts: 100 Reply  | 
				
					Re: Challenge 314: Crop Circles
					 Finally I'm back from 3 weeks of vacation... and... here is my attempt! Good job everybody! ![]()  | 
Posted on 24/08/10 10:24:45 PM  | 
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					brewell
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					Re: Challenge 314: Crop Circles
					 I'm amazed at how many different perspectives are illustrated with this one image   _________________ The journey of a thousand hours begins with a single layer.  | 
Posted on 24/08/10 11:10:02 PM  | 
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					Jota120
 Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply  | 
				
					Re: Challenge 314: Crop Circles
					 Great entries all. Interesting point Bruce. I think the landscape is undulating so maybe we can have different perspectives  
Great quantum field Bruce. I would have maybe put Dirac in there, ..well Einstein was not the best fan of quantum mechanics, but Dirac (with others) seemed to combine his special relativity with quantum mechanics i.e. with the quantum field theory, so its all ok(ish). Dirac "the Strangest Man". Love the alien night circles Anna ![]()  | 
Posted on 25/08/10 5:27:28 PM  | 
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					Deborah Morley
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					Re: Challenge 314: Crop Circles
					 Nick - great work. Ben - great idea. All I can say is they really always are a challenge! ![]()  | 
Posted on 25/08/10 7:14:52 PM  | 
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					brewell
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					Re: Challenge 314: Crop Circles
					
 You're probably right Trevor, but I was forcing my perspective to the limit, so that even the iconic Einstein image was approaching unrecognizability. Besides, who knows what Dirac looks like? I know I wouldn't be able to pick him out of a police lineup.      _________________ The journey of a thousand hours begins with a single layer.  | 
Posted on 26/08/10 03:43:13 AM  | 
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					Jota120
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					Re: Challenge 314: Crop Circles
					 Agree, perfect Bruce. I'm just stuck, as in months, on his book.  | 
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