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Stupid and frustrating
Stupid and frustrating
Judi


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Challenge: Stupid Gifts (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
Location: Australia
Date: Dec 26, 2007
Aperture: 5.0
ISO: 640
Shutter: 1/420
Galleries: Studio, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Dec 25, 2007

I was NOT naked and I was looking at the Rubix Cube.

This is an electric rubix cube...hence the middle parts are where lights flash and so forth.

Outtake

Statistics
Place: 8 out of 111
Avg (all users): 6.4362
Avg (commenters): 7.1250
Avg (participants): 6.3019
Avg (non-participants): 6.4737
Views since voting: 3752
Views during voting: 707
Votes: 243
Comments: 29
Favorites: 1 (view)


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01/02/2009 11:54:51 AM
It's really frustrating to try and mix up those (rule of thirds) cubes.
I thought it was a box camera, modernized.
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01/06/2008 09:50:15 AM
Excellent shot. Congrats on your high finish!
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01/04/2008 01:59:26 PM
"Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds."
- Albert Einstein

As usual, a great work from Judi. The best in this challenge.
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01/03/2008 01:53:37 PM
"Nudie Judi does a Cubie" would've been a better title.

(Okay, you're not nude, but it has a nice ring to it.... :-)
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01/03/2008 05:58:35 AM
Its not one of your better photos...but I am glad you didn't waste your talent on such a ridiculous topic.
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01/03/2008 05:49:38 AM
I'm surprised this didn't do better... I really liked it. I have a friend that can solve them in under 2 minutes. Really makes me feel like a dunce when she's like here ya go :P
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01/03/2008 02:18:04 AM
Originally posted by becky-lee:

why is there always someone who has to use nudity just for the sake of showing off their body? i don't see how this illustrates the stupidity of the present. also, would be better if model were looking at the box and not off shot.


????? I think you need glasses. I am not naked and I am looking at the cube! And I am the model.
01/03/2008 01:29:34 AM
Great shot!
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01/03/2008 01:03:01 AM
Well done Judi!
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01/03/2008 12:58:34 AM
Heh. A friend just told me about these. She kept taking it away from her boyfriend's daughter. :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/02/2008 08:33:33 PM
Nice DOF
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01/02/2008 04:24:35 PM
Do they really make ‘em like that?
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01/02/2008 03:38:21 PM
Stupid gift... great shot, and great editing..
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01/02/2008 04:31:23 AM
Yours is defective - it's missing a couple tiles.
Guess they give the Aussies the easier ones to do huh? Ours get all the tiles.
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01/01/2008 03:17:39 PM
There is a trick to that, MS. Judy! Just carefully peel all the little colors off and then re-paste them all on one side each! Simple...Huh? :)
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12/30/2007 04:47:48 PM
Someone in my family got this too. Too bad you didn't catch it blinking. Great shot, though.
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12/30/2007 09:04:42 AM
Nice, I like the presentation of the gift with the tease of a possible nude woman. Balanced and dynamic the photo feels exciting, i like it.
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12/29/2007 11:13:31 PM
come on Judi, you can solve this thing.
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12/29/2007 08:30:48 PM
I know exactly what you mean! Nicely done too!
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12/29/2007 03:59:26 AM
Nice. Love the use of shallow DOF combined with the suggestion of nudity. Not clear to me why the cube misses the centers and has a hole. Is this a specific type or is it justbroken? I find the shadows of the hand and cube a bit distracting, whereas the overall lighting is so much better.
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12/28/2007 06:58:30 PM
I swore off these things several decades ago!
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12/28/2007 12:28:11 PM
Oh my, my kid got one of these things too, so loves it, but it drives everyone batty!
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12/28/2007 06:55:14 AM
Nice one Judy!
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12/28/2007 06:43:38 AM
Don't you like to play Rubik's Cube? I like those 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 different permutations (about 4.3x10^19)... ok, a bit less since the central piece is black. :)

Nice composition showing you hate this toy! Good work Judi! :)
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12/27/2007 10:54:20 PM
I was playing with that stupid thing for over an hour, my best was 39!
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12/27/2007 07:20:10 PM
Best so far! 10
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12/27/2007 10:50:42 AM
Love the perspective. The face is focused enough you can see the expression, but not so much it overshadows the cube. Very nice shot.
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12/27/2007 05:24:43 AM
why is there always someone who has to use nudity just for the sake of showing off their body? i don't see how this illustrates the stupidity of the present. also, would be better if model were looking at the box and not off shot.
12/27/2007 12:08:12 AM
:o i got one of these too for christmas. I love them, but it broke already!
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