Plan S : The Alien Invasion! Photo

Photographer’s Note

The alien invasion is a common theme in science fiction stories and film, in which an extraterrestrial society invades Earth with the intent to exterminate and replace human life, enslave it under a colonial system, to harvest humans for food, or sometimes to destroy the earth altogether.

The invasion scenario has been used as an allegory for a protest against military hegemony and the societal ills of the time. Wells' The War of the Worlds is often viewed as an indictment of European colonialism and its "gunboat diplomacy" —setting a common theme for some politically motivated future alien invasion stories.

Prospects of invasion tended to vary with the state of current affairs, and current perceptions of threat. Alien invasion was a common metaphor in US science fiction during the Cold War, illustrating the fears of foreign (e.g. Soviet Union) occupation and nuclear devastation of the American people. Examples of these stories include "The Liberation of Earth" by William Tenn and The Body Snatchers.

In the invasion trope, fictional aliens contacting Earth tend to either observe or invade rather than help the population of Earth acquire the capacity to participate in interplanetary affairs. There have been a few exceptions, such as the alien-initiated first contact that begins the 1951 film The Day the Earth Stood Still, and the Vulcan-initiated first contact that concludes the 1996 film Star Trek: First Contact (although after a failed invasion by the Borg in the rest of the film). In both cases, aliens decide to visit Earth only after noticing that its inhabitants have reached a threshold level of technology: nuclear weapons combined with space travel in the first case, and faster-than-light travel using warp drive technology in the second.

Technically a human invasion of an alien species is also an alien invasion, as from the point of view of the aliens, humans are also aliens. Such stories are much rarer than aliens attacking humans stories. Examples include the Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury; and the Imperium of Man in the Warhammer 40000 universe.

As well as being a sub-genre of science fiction, these kind of books can be considered a sub-genre of Invasion literature, which also includes fictional depictions of humans invaded by other humans (for example, a fictional invasion of England by a hostile France strongly influenced Wells' depiction of a Martian invasion).

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cemsultan (4604) 2009-07-09 11:03

Ooooo,ağzım açık seyrediyorum muhteşem gerçekten
Alan derinliği,model kullanımı,renkler,netlik ve sayamadığım bir çok öge o kadar güzel bir araya getirilmiş ki,usta işi bir fotograf çıkmış ortaya

İyi akşamlar
FATİH

isabela_sor (42765) 2009-07-09 11:18 [Comment]

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burGu (4558) 2009-07-09 11:29

Sen git inzivaya çekil, sonra bir fotoğrafla gaza geldiğin gün başka bir fotoğrafla kapı komşusu ol memleketinin galerisinde. Film gibi şerefsizim!

Kronolojik sıra takıntından kurtulmuş olmanı öyle bir keyifle izliyorum ki (evet evet, inzivadayken de beğeniyle takip ediyordum galerinizi...) sorma gitsin.

Işığı da kompozisyon çıkarması da benim için oldukça zor olan bu Santral köşesinden azmin zaferi sabrın sonuyla süper janti hareketli mareketli renkli menkli bir fotoğraf...

Tebrixxx

ymrk (9276) 2009-07-09 11:31

Şu ISO'nun bi 1600'ün altına düştüğünü görmeyecekmiyim ya!
Mavinin tonu harika,e 4'ten böyle performans beklenirdi zati.10-20 i nefis kullanmışsınız ayrıca.
Selamlarla,

Y.

panos_pappas (36) 2009-07-09 11:39

hi.... really nice photo and well phrased. isn't this the reactable... a device for music technology?

anesugur (17120) 2009-07-09 13:07

Öndeki şeyler nedir, nerede çektin anlamadım.
Ama sonuç muhteşem olmuş.
Eline sağlık. Uğur

Hunkar (4998) 2009-07-09 13:18

Santral İstanbul'un her an değişik bir görüntü sunmasında üstüne yok.Çok hoş canlı renkler var.

jonathan_hart (22767) 2009-07-09 20:11

I'm fan of Scie-fi, it could be a cover and the title would be on the top
a pity the universe is so huge, I'm not sure we will find some others if it exist
great mood (and what a strange ambiance in this room)
jc

danos (33766) 2009-07-09 22:23

Good morning Deniz,
very nice and particular this scene with the alien invasion in this blue region.Excellent work with a lot of fantasy.Well done.

Have a nice day,Danos

figenya (1753) 2009-07-10 0:19

Deniz Bey, merhaba

Bir aşama ötesi sinema olacak sanırım sizin için...:)

Bu santral İstanbul da ne kirli çıkıdır, bakınız ne çıkarmış yine...

Selamlar

Figen

alibasarir (14597) 2009-07-10 2:09

merhaba deniz
çok farklı ve sıradışı bir kompozisyon olmuş.geniş açının etkisi ve ışık kullanımı harika.ön planda göz alıcı mavi renk ışık son derece güzel bir görüntü oluşturmuş eline sağlık.
selamlar
Ali

broglia (3381) 2009-07-10 4:13

Hi Deniz, love the mysterious, shadowy figure in the corridor. Together with the colourful "other worldly" symbols glowing in the foreground you have created a wonderful story. Fine notes too.

Warm regards, Roberto

aadilj (17950) 2009-07-10 5:55

eclectic lights and colours make this appear like a space ship shot. I love this concept and like the way this has been captured

gokanlam (6451) 2009-07-10 5:55

bu ne guzel bisi olmus ya.. e santralden olur da kotu olur mu zaten di mi? demek zuzayli sesi cikariyor dokundukca.. sesleri duymak istedim valla.. derinlik merinlik tavan yapmis.. hem renkli, hem siyah beyaz gibi.. bayildim.. sevgiler efendim.. iyi yolculuklar simdiden.. malesef otobusle gelecekmissiniz :(

Cretense (57608) 2009-07-10 5:55

Geia sou Deno!

It's very impressive how you can "jump" from atmospheric b&w photography to such "electric", sci-fi photo! Fantastic result, great composition and framing, perfect light managment, blinding colours! Congratulations!

Hercules

hyasar (7393) 2009-07-10 7:11

serginin ilanını nette görmüştüm ama ilan karesini hemen değiştirip yerine senin bu kareni koymalari gerek bence. renkleri, kadrajı ve ters isigi nefis olmus.

ellerine saglik,
hakan

cak (3924) 2009-07-10 10:20

ben alien malien anlamam öndeki kivili pasta en arkadaki Sigourney ise ki ALLahtan net olmaması isabet ki değil invasion vız gelir in fotosu

chpp (4039) 2009-07-10 14:40

hi Deniz
very nice and creative shot, great management of light and the shadow of the man in the back adds a nice effect to it
TFS
C

jhm (83802) 2009-07-11 1:14

Merhaba Deniz,

Thank you very much for your interesting note.
All ingredients are present for a wonderful picture.
Sharpness and clarity lovely.
Captured and composed are superb.
Very well done, TFS.

Have a nice weekend,
John.

veyselk (3871) 2009-07-11 1:15

merhaba deniz

birkaç gün istanbuldan uzaktaydım demek istanbulu uzaylılar bastı :))
netlik için bişeyler söylemekten bıktım.... herzaman ki gibi :)
alan derinliği ise harika
ellerine sağlık

veysel

sultana (1558) 2009-07-11 2:36

Renkleri ,ışığı kompozisyonu ile harika bir kare.Tebrikler

bostankorkulugu (34212) 2009-07-11 6:26

hayvansın... ilk gördüğümde geniş açını kırıcam...

pandoraTE (2317) 2009-07-12 10:36

Geniş açında var, artık kim tutar seni. Ne gözalıcı bir mavidir bu. Santralistanbul hakikaten fotoğraflardaki fantastik mi merak ediyorum. Kivilere de diyecek bir lafım yok:)))

PixelTerror (87215) 2009-07-13 0:13

Merhaba Deniz
Ah ah ah I love that one, very clever composition to go with your theme including the menacing silhouette in the background (but only with 2 arms and too legs, no tentacles ?) and that blue glows very nicely in the darkness
Have a nice day JY

delkoo (35058) 2009-07-13 2:09

hi deniz,
very unusual and successful framing, blue tones on the BG and blurred silhouette works well together, you were very inspire on this one.

didier

doubay (5059) 2009-07-13 7:49

Excellent use of the wide angle and very smart light management. What I like especially it of course the sci-fi reference. For me it´s your best shot lately.
Ciao
Andreas

CLODO (4759) 2009-07-18 7:11

Hi Deniz
Wonderfull colours and use of an ultra wide angle, with a DOF leading the eye to the backgroung, in the open door, but coming back on the sharp portion of the picture
Great!
CLODO

amazon (10931) 2009-07-20 5:14

belki de sahne sanatlari,iletisim ta da akademi okumaliydin....ama yaratmak icin hic de gec degil,acaba arcelik'te harcaniyor musun sen? ne bileyim?
i.

wolf38 (13187) 2009-07-23 2:22

Hello Deniz. My acknowledgment for the unusual and strong composition. With the fascinating motive and the intensive colors a altogether masterful photo. Best regards, Wolfgang.

Budapestman (43344) 2009-08-14 11:11

Hi Deniz,
You took a fantastic photo of this place with effective composition, the mood of the photo is particular, superb details, exciting and original photo, Tfs! Have a nice evening!
George

Vato_Law (11782) 2009-08-23 3:25

Hello Deniz,
looking at this one it remembers me of giant pinball machine and the guy leaving shoiuld be one lost ball :) (well maybe it's the effect of being wake up just some minutes ago).
I love the effect of the wide angle here, and the electric tones on the foreground, it clearly turns it too attractive to pass by this photo without having the curiosity of watching it.

Cheers.
Paulo