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"A Partridge in a Pear Tree?  You shouldn't have.  No...really..."
3rd Place"A Partridge in a Pear Tree? You shouldn't have. No...really..."
aimeethetoo


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: 12 Days Of Christmas (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon
Location: Columbus
Date: Dec 30, 2006
Aperture: 6.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Dec 30, 2006

I planned on taking the week off but on Saturday there were only 20 images entered for this challenge...pretty good odds. So I decided to go back to my old standby (set up fruit shots) and threw this together. Stuck some of those florist spiral thingies into a pear. I hate the color of the "partridge" but nothing else I tried looked any better. I think the shot would be prettier w/out him but I was afraid of DNMC votes. I do like how the pear looks - sort of like a painting. Not sure how that happended.

Took this outside with Tim holding a desk lamp agains the orange poster board to get the gradient. THANKS!

Just my usual editing - shot in RAW, raw conversions. Elements - levels, neat image, unsharp mask, slective color, blur, minor cloning, dodge, burn, saturation, stroke, save for web.
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WOW! A ribbon for this? Boy did I get lucky! Thank you everyone!

Statistics
Place: 3 out of 58
Avg (all users): 6.6193
Avg (commenters): 8.1852
Avg (participants): 6.4524
Avg (non-participants): 6.6591
Views since voting: 6901
Views during voting: 406
Votes: 218
Comments: 60
Favorites: 6 (view)


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01/23/2007 03:59:54 PM
When I first saw this, my initial thought was "art". It's beautiful and should be on the front of Christmas cards. Congrats on the ribbon!
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01/13/2007 08:13:17 PM
Congratulations. So creative and happy.
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01/13/2007 07:23:22 PM
Wonderful image, congrats on your ribbon!
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01/11/2007 09:26:59 PM
Congratulations on a great picture!!! Way to go
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01/10/2007 11:19:36 AM
Wow Aimee, this is so crafty and precious - congratulations and thanks for another well crafted image.
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01/09/2007 11:16:32 PM
Great job!! Congrats on the ribbon!
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01/09/2007 02:07:41 PM
Congrats on another ribbon! Oh, and I like how the pear looks like a painting.
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01/09/2007 08:15:41 AM
Congratulations on your Ribbon!! I love this creative planning of this well executed shot! Very Cool!!
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01/08/2007 08:52:11 PM
My only ten....creative and great shot. Congrats on your new ribbon!
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01/08/2007 06:20:02 PM
Congrats on your ribbon! you did again aimee!! OHHH you are brilliant photographer! YOOOHUUUU!!
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01/08/2007 05:33:24 PM
Congrats on your ribbon!!!! Well done!!!
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01/08/2007 09:34:58 AM
i gave you a 9 i like it alot!
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01/08/2007 09:22:10 AM
Well done, congratulations on winning the yellow ribbon!
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01/08/2007 09:03:48 AM
Great job! I love seeing your photographs! Those curly things look familiar... :)
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01/08/2007 08:49:27 AM
wooohoooooooooo!!! u go girlie :-), yet another incredible shot by Mrs. too :-)...don't stop now!!!! ribbons will surely help for WPL4...

wonder if the "too family" is on DPC cloud nine?

I'm ALWAYS impressed by your ingenuity and setup talents, not to mention your photographic skills. woohooo!!!
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01/08/2007 08:05:57 AM
AND you beat Tim again. I'll have to check his page to see if he updated his stats. Nice work for "old standby" subject material! Just goes to show that you're not only a geek (and I say that with the greatest of respect) engineer-type, but an artist at heart.
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01/08/2007 07:55:05 AM
Originally posted by SandyP:

This is so cute I can't stand it!

Me neither! ;)

I love you!
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01/08/2007 07:18:38 AM
Aimee this is another genius shot! Congratulations again on another ribbon!! This is so cute I can't stand it!

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01/08/2007 04:26:08 AM
Don´t really think it´s fair that you went through all this trouble and still finished behind me, gonna ask D&L for us to change places, I like this way better than my entry. Congrat´s on the ribbon :)
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01/08/2007 03:00:28 AM
Congrats on your ribbon Aimee, nice and humurous still-life, well done!
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01/08/2007 02:27:55 AM
woohoo!! way to go Aimee!! Congratulations :o)
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01/08/2007 01:40:45 AM
I'll say again that this was truly creative and well deserved. Congratulations!
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01/08/2007 01:21:50 AM
Congrats big time! Great pic, and good cartoon as well! You gave all of us the "bird" LOL : )
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01/08/2007 01:15:47 AM
woooohoooo
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01/08/2007 01:02:38 AM
Master of the pear I congratulation you! :P
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01/08/2007 12:53:00 AM
This is too cool, I love it. Huge congrats on the yellow, Aimee.
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01/08/2007 12:13:26 AM
hey, this is the one I gave a 10 to. ;>þ. Congratulations on another ribbon.
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01/08/2007 12:13:14 AM
Perfect..... Just perfect, and just a true "Aimee Style Image", done extreamly well.....
Congratulations of winning a yellow ribbon Aimee.....
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01/08/2007 12:11:28 AM
Wooooo! COngrats! :D
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01/08/2007 12:10:01 AM
Congrats on ribbon
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/07/2007 05:03:15 PM
Love the tree, the shot, and really regret you hadn't a better partridge on hand.
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01/07/2007 05:51:49 AM
haha, love this! 9
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01/06/2007 11:26:05 PM
abstract-ish and artsy. great addition to the challenge. bumping to 9
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01/06/2007 06:10:57 PM
I love this one. Very original.
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01/04/2007 11:44:14 PM
I like your orange background here. It really makes this image pop. Good composition and lighting. +7
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01/04/2007 10:02:34 PM
Love the abstract look. Very well composed, nice use of the Rule of Thirds. And it's got a bit of fun to it, which is always nice! 9
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01/04/2007 09:33:42 PM
this is so cute
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01/04/2007 06:22:26 PM
Cute and creative. Could be a tad sharper, and would like to see a bit more light on the pear, but overall great job. 7.
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01/04/2007 05:36:22 PM
Fantastic. This is the clear winner in my book. Great idea, lovely colors and composition. 10 from me!
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01/04/2007 03:28:20 PM
A very creative take on the challenge, and well executed - 8.
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01/04/2007 09:45:51 AM
Clever take on a difficult challenge. Night lighting on the background.
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01/04/2007 02:16:01 AM
Very creative!
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01/04/2007 12:28:57 AM
I just love this Top 10 for sure!! 10
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01/03/2007 11:55:53 PM
aww cute.
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01/03/2007 09:35:30 PM
Extremely creative and very pretty too! Super lighting. 10 from me!
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01/03/2007 06:08:12 PM
Cute.
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01/03/2007 05:46:36 PM
Fantastic colors!
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01/03/2007 05:32:28 PM
Personally i feel this could have been stronger if you got closer and took the shot with the bird in the upper right corner. This would leave you with less empty space and put the bird also on a strong point in the shot. (vote = 7)
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01/03/2007 06:48:03 AM
Awesome lighting.
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01/02/2007 03:55:41 PM
Very funny. And well composed - love the lighting gradients on the background.
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01/02/2007 08:15:47 AM
Is that really a partridge? And that's not a real pear tree. DNMC!! DNMC!!! Just kidding! This is my pick for a winner although there is something weird with the pear, too much neat image maybe? Great job in any case.
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01/02/2007 06:06:16 AM
very impressive. good lightening
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01/02/2007 06:00:11 AM
Thought this was very clever - 7
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01/01/2007 10:41:17 PM
This is beautiful - one of my favorites in this challenge.
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01/01/2007 10:35:29 PM
very intersting take on this....love the coloring...
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01/01/2007 06:41:47 AM
Hey...this is great.
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01/01/2007 05:41:25 AM
Nicely done.
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01/01/2007 01:20:27 AM
OH, I love this!!! 10
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01/01/2007 01:18:01 AM
Nice "pear tree" LOL
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01/01/2007 12:26:26 AM
Happy New Year - 8
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