"Light Echoes"
by Karla Munger....$25 Prize
UIC Image Contest Winners &
Entries for May
2005
Theme: "Nebula"
And the winners are....
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Best Overall goes to "Light Echoes" by Karla Munger....$25 Prize |
A comment from our judge...
"Light Echoes" is, indeed, in no uncertain terms a fantastic nebulae. It has many subtle gradations of color within an Earthy, translucent mass. The undulating, folded layers represent some of the best, unique qualities of nebulae. There is a dimensionality but also a hard-to-define shape, typical of these stellar giants. One can see the expanding motion of the particles and gasses in what must be a huge cloud. The desire to look closer and all around it add to the viewing interest. This is well done and represents the theme and software tools equally well.
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Light Echoes Submitted on May 26, 2005 Click on image to view larger 580 x 640 image |
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Best Use of Color
goes to “Eroding Nebula” By Atticman....$10 Prize |
A comment from our judge...
Subtle wisps of gas, vibrant and glowing color combinations, and continuous shifts in hue make "Eroding Nebula" my favorite for this category. This is the sort of piece that is best viewed on a screen because nothing else will do justice to the illumination and glow of these great colors. It looks electrified and alive. It can be difficult for some color combinations to share the same canvas space. It can be even more difficult to blend one into the other. However, this work handles both well and makes a convincing transition from one color to the next.
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Eroding Nebula Submitted on May 25, 2005 Click on image to view larger 640 x 480 image |
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Most Original
goes to “Nebulous Thoughts” by Joanne Hanny.....$10 Prize |
A comment from our judge...
The artist's own comments actually hit on several points that make this a great, original piece. The multilayers of cloud billowing in that fantastic shape that only nebulae seem to be capable of, the uniqueness of the face emerging from the clouds themselves, and the altered reality of it all... a very original work of art. The technical merits exist in this piece as well with the illumination, shadowing, and highlighted accents - it has a strong three-dimensionality too it. Therefore the piece stands on its own in more than one respect.
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Nebulous Thoughts Submitted on May 1, 2005 Click on image to view larger 570 x 498 image |
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Honorable Mention goes to “Eldritch Light” by Richard Merk.....$10 Prize |
A comment from our judge...
The "Eldritch Light" - is this suggesting a celestial cousin to our Earthly Northern or Southern lights? It's fantastic - the nebulae waves and flows like our Polar Aurora and I believe that if this were real...
this is what it would look like. As someone who has seen the Northern Lights I am taken with the colors and transitions. It is familiar and comforting. Well done.
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Eldritch Light Submitted on May 26, 2005 Click on image to view larger 1024 x 768 image |
You can view the images at their full-size by clicking on the image below.
**NOTE: The artists who created these images spent a lot of time on them. Please do NOT copy them.
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Image, Name, & Description |
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Pirates Dreams by Juan Diaz  Submitted on April 29, 2005 Click on image to view larger 864 x 578 image |
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Son of Observer by Photoscribe  Submitted on May 1, 2005 Click on image to view larger 1024 x 768 image |
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Nebulous Thoughts by Joanne Hanny Submitted on May 1, 2005 Click on image to view larger 570 x 498 image |
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No Telescope Needed by Jason Henderson  Submitted on May 5, 2005 Click on image to view larger 1200 x 960 image |
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Near-Field Hubble Nebula by Kelly Swanson  Submitted on May 9, 2005 Click on image to view larger 1200 x 800 image |
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Nebula by Jason M. Warren  Submitted on May 10, 2005 Click on image to view larger 1024 x 768 image |
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Radiu Nebula by Bobby Ray  Submitted on May 15, 2005 Click on image to view larger 920 x 690 image |
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ISC-05162K5-010a Nebula by Jerry Breen  Submitted on May 16, 2005 Click on image to view larger 1152 x 768 image |
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Creatore di Galassie by Dainotti Edoardo  Submitted on May 24, 2005 Click on image to view larger 800 x 600 image |
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Eroding Nebula by Atticman Submitted on May 25, 2005 Click on image to view larger 640 x 480 image |
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Light Echoes by Karla Munger Submitted on May 26, 2005 Click on image to view larger 580 x 640 image |
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Eldritch Light by Richard Merk Submitted on May 26, 2005 Click on image to view larger 1024 x 768 image |
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Bursting Nebula by Sarah E.  Submitted on May 25, 2005 Click on image to view larger 1200 x 1000 image |