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Djabordjabor


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Challenge: Stationery (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 12-24mm f/4.0G IF-ED
Location: Iceland!!!!
Date: Jul 3, 2006
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Advertisement
Date Uploaded: Jul 3, 2006

Whooopsiieee, I think I didn't understand the challenge perfectly. I thought stationery was something you write on. Well, maybe it is.

I got this crazy idea the monday before the voting began. I bought 400 yellow post it notes and used about 300 of them. It took me about 3 hours to stick them on to the wall and write some words on them. I thought the words wouldn't be readable when I would save it in this size but you can still read some words. Most of the words are in Icelandic but few of them are in a language which I call Djaborian.

The hand is my brother's. I lit it with a flash. I'm very proud of the postprocessing. I think I did good job there. I used color balance, levels, hue saturation and curves. I love the color balance tool. I love how I can twist the colors.

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Yippy!! A ribbon and NO dnmc comment. Thanks everyone for the votes and the comments.

Statistics
Place: 2 out of 122
Avg (all users): 6.7893
Avg (commenters): 7.7568
Avg (participants): 6.7885
Avg (non-participants): 6.7895
Views since voting: 13518
Views during voting: 595
Votes: 299
Comments: 69
Favorites: 22 (view)


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11/21/2006 06:16:58 PM
thats good effort
07/18/2006 07:21:19 PM
There you are again :)
Aren't those post-it notes? Sure looks like Stationery to me. This was one of my top5 favorites from the challenge.
Congratulations once again.

edit:

I see this actually came first, after the 10 challenge. So another congrats on this being your first ribbon.

Message edited by author 2006-07-18 19:23:36.
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07/18/2006 01:00:50 AM
Very creative! I would have given this the blue. Congrats :)
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07/17/2006 10:13:33 PM
Very well done! Congratulations on your RED!
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07/16/2006 06:15:40 PM
wow that's really awesome. really creative and one of my favorites that i've seen on dpchallenge.
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07/16/2006 06:09:34 PM
this is a really cool pic. How in gods name did you have the engergy to write all those notes... man... really did a good shot there! nice. congratulations
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07/13/2006 07:52:16 PM
WOOO HOOO! Firsto ribbon! HUGE congrats, you TOTALLY deserve it! Keep up the most excellent work!
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07/13/2006 02:08:18 PM
Very sad to see this picture in second place because this is by far the best picture in the competition. Congratz Magnús!
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07/12/2006 09:47:00 PM
Wow! I'm really glad this ribboned! You're clever ;)
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07/12/2006 07:17:15 PM
Great idea Magnús and congrats on your first ribbon, keep up your good work!
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07/12/2006 06:45:58 PM
I loved this one. so glad to see it got a ribbon. great work! looks like you put alot into it.
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07/12/2006 02:36:24 PM
Oh yea! I knew this one would be up in the top spots, congrats Magnús!
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07/12/2006 02:24:16 PM
Nice setup!
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07/12/2006 02:11:57 PM
VERY COOL image! Bet that was fun to set up! Great creativity! A well-earned placement!
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07/12/2006 01:24:07 PM
Congrats on your first ribbon Magnús, this is a great idea and a excellent shot! Frábær árangur hjá þér, þú ert bara rétt að byrja.
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07/12/2006 10:10:28 AM
Til hamingju! I knew it wouldn't be long before you got a ribbon! Well done!
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07/12/2006 08:23:33 AM
Congrats, Magnús, on your first ribbon. Clever idea and well executed. You will get all the colors before for too long.
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07/12/2006 07:32:48 AM
wow congrats :)this is such a cool idea! Love your work man keep it up
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07/12/2006 05:02:48 AM
Congrats kiddo, told you it wouldn´t be long till you ribboned, now go get the whole set why don´t ya :)
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07/12/2006 05:01:54 AM
Hehe, snilld, til hamingju með þetta.

Uppáhaldsmiðinn er "Ég veit ekkert hvað ég er að gera" :-D
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07/12/2006 04:31:04 AM
Great idea, well executed. Congrats on your Ribbon.
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07/12/2006 03:30:54 AM
well... i think you just lost a good friend (read next comment) :))) You've been very creativê, bravo for touching the red!
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07/12/2006 01:59:01 AM
Magnús I'am sorry, I only gave this a 3 when voting. But now looking at the pic more closely, I would give it a 9 or 10
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07/12/2006 01:15:00 AM
way to go Magnus!!! way to strike one for the D50s!
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07/12/2006 12:57:27 AM
Awesome pic! congrats on your ribbon, well deserved
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07/12/2006 12:56:52 AM
CONGRATS!!!!!
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07/12/2006 12:41:16 AM
Fantastic idea. Huge congrats on your red ribbon.
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07/12/2006 12:19:43 AM
Wonderful :D Congrats!
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07/12/2006 12:16:11 AM
I think you did a good job too. Congrats on your first ribbon. Well done!
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07/12/2006 12:13:17 AM
Very cool, Magnús!! Big congrats on your first ribbon! Bear will be so proud!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/11/2006 09:03:55 PM
cute and funny
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07/11/2006 05:46:35 PM
I like it! Good concept, good lighting. Even the straight-then-curved hand looks nice.
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07/11/2006 04:26:26 PM
Creative photo, the artistic syling is great. Very nice!
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07/11/2006 03:11:08 PM
I see a space in the upper left corner (:
Great picture!
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07/11/2006 11:05:18 AM
This is an excellent idea and very well executed. I like the lighting and tones.
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07/11/2006 07:47:45 AM
Makes me want to do something obsessively compulsive! Interesting take on the subject and well photographed.
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07/10/2006 09:13:16 AM
AH, so you're responsible for the Post-It note shortage! ;-) Good concept, nice shot. A bit brighter might have been good. 8
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07/10/2006 08:02:47 AM
Looks just like my room... what a wonderful ad for postits!
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07/10/2006 07:43:21 AM
Good colours, and great play on words!
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07/09/2006 11:30:18 AM
I wasn't sure if I was going to vote for the images in this challenge. Then I saw your picture and it will make it well worth it... Def. a 10...this is an awesome shot and a favorite of mine.
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07/09/2006 06:13:41 AM
Interesting, could use more color, something eye catching, bright nail polish? A different light scheme could work wonders. What is above the to do or not to do note? Is it a snake or reverse question mark? It is distracting from your nice photo. A few changes will bring you a long way. I do like your concept.
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07/08/2006 10:49:06 AM
Funny shot. Love the setup. Hope this does well for you.
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07/07/2006 07:40:32 PM
my favorite of the challenge. great job!
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07/07/2006 03:13:11 PM
Love it. Very creative idea
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07/07/2006 12:13:16 PM
Great, and well executed idea. Is that huge peice of dust on your sensor? (As with the last guy with dust, I won't hold it against you) Great shot!
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07/07/2006 09:19:08 AM
Well composed. You left a blank space in the upper left corner. Still worthy of a high score.
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07/07/2006 05:50:01 AM
Did you really wrote all those notes??? Amazing!!!
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07/07/2006 01:54:27 AM
Outstanding idea! Very cool and very well executed - I love the lighting! Looks like a lot of prep work as well. Great shot! <10>
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07/06/2006 10:54:22 PM
Very unique and creative! Well done.
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07/06/2006 08:50:37 PM
All I can say is wow, if you did all these for the challenge you deserve to place high! Good luck.
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07/06/2006 08:23:37 PM
You have way too much time and/or post-a-notes on your hands.

I like this.
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07/06/2006 04:33:31 PM
This one has got to ribbon! 10 from me!
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07/06/2006 01:24:21 PM
I like this concept alot! and was very well done, excellent lighting and sharpness. Ribbon for sure.
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07/06/2006 09:30:10 AM
looks like my desk!
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07/06/2006 09:14:46 AM
Very cool! Nice use of space. Lighting might be a little better/even but still a 9 from me!
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07/06/2006 08:01:55 AM
In life, there are three inevitabilities... Death, Taxes and Homework...
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07/06/2006 06:46:04 AM
Hey...that looks like my dat at the moment.
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07/06/2006 12:06:49 AM
I really like this. The lighting, the gradient, the hand, everything. Marvelous.
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07/05/2006 10:14:44 PM
This is great! Must have taken you forever to get all of those post its on the wall ;)
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07/05/2006 07:40:02 PM
Very stock-photo. Well executed and probably worth all that work! 7.
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07/05/2006 04:56:51 PM
Great idea! I really like this one, I bet it took a while. Great job! 9
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07/05/2006 02:15:06 PM
I LOVE THIS CONCEPT! VERY CLEVER AND WELL EXECUTED!! I HOPE THIS DOES WELL!!
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07/05/2006 02:13:03 PM
Nicely composed shot 9
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07/05/2006 09:04:32 AM
This is really good. Must have taken you a long time to set it up. I like it a lot. 10
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07/05/2006 08:00:27 AM
you put heaps of work into this, well done...lighting is a little flat but I like the idea and the result
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07/05/2006 05:05:43 AM
LOL!

Well composed.
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07/05/2006 01:48:27 AM
What a great set up.....
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07/05/2006 01:39:48 AM
How long did that take to setup?! It is truly awesome!
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07/05/2006 01:19:35 AM
good work...its interesting trying to read all the notes!
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