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audre In reply to krompulos [2014-10-26 12:53:17 +0000 UTC]

Wow, Krompulos! Thank you so much for the critique! Thank you for taking the time to write it up and share your observations. 

I LOVE getting critiques and you made my weekend.

It's so cool that you were hooked unawares. To be honest, I kept coming back to this one myself and I had no idea why... I mean, it's just a blob.

I do have a theory what is 'odd' about this image that I'd like to pass by you and to do that I'll give you an example of why I suspect this...  Back when I was in college, chemistry, we had a lab where we had to determine a compound by its spectral signature. I saw two more spectral lines on the high frequency side than anyone else in the class. I thought I had done something wrong and kept repeating the test. Turns out, my vision was sensitive to the  higher frequency (blue) light than most people's. The instructor was as surprised as I and thought I'd cheated. So we ran another test and I was again, able to see those blue bands on another compound.

After telling my brother this, he was dubious and challenged me to a visual test. He's an astronomer. One evening, armed with beer, we set up his scope on our patio and he pointed to some stellar objects then asked me what color they were. Surprisingly enough, I was able to get the colors right. At one point, he even gave me a trick, a binary, and at that one I had told him that it looked like a smear with two colors.

Sooooooooooo for people who have a greater visual sensitivity to colors, I think images like this one jump out. Partly because there are so many colors mashed in there and partly because, I believe, I've lit parts of this one with dark blue/violet highlights.

So there ya go, my theory of what makes this one so odd. I may be totally full of shit but to me, this does kinda make sense based on my own observations and experiences.

Anyway, thank you again for the critique! 

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krompulos In reply to audre [2014-10-26 20:27:15 +0000 UTC]

i totally believe that you can see it, even if nobody else sees it.
each person has a resonant frequency. if you ever hear that high pitched dog whistle type noise, and ask
"do you hear that?" and nobody else does. that is something vibrating on your resonant frequency.
this also relates to light, as it travels in a wave with a higher or lower frequency based on where it is in the spectrum.
you are probably able to see that kind of light because it resonates with you.
most people are ok with flourescent lights, but to me they all look like strobe lights because the frequency they operate on doesnt mesh well with me.
i can also see extremely well in ultra violet light, where as for most people, it makes things look fuzzy.
so yes, that totally is a real thing, and i dont think you are cheating.
if you have the equipment, use it.  

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