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Challenge: Crayons & Colored Pencils (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Signs
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: Tranquility, NJ
Date: Apr 12, 2009
Aperture: 8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 4
Galleries: Still Life, Nude
Date Uploaded: Apr 12, 2009

I carved a gold crayon and put it on a stool. I put my camera on a tripod pointing down at the stool. I held a lamp in my hand to light it.

I added a cooling photo filter. resize and usm. very little processing.

Statistics
Place: 72 out of 110
Avg (all users): 5.1188
Avg (commenters): 5.5000
Avg (participants): 4.8696
Avg (non-participants): 5.2193
Views since voting: 5609
Views during voting: 316
Votes: 160
Comments: 13
Favorites: 1 (view)


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04/20/2009 04:55:14 PM
Wow you are getting good with the carving. I like your out of the box thinking.

Message edited by author 2009-04-20 19:07:03.
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04/20/2009 08:45:02 AM
Dang it; I missed the figure when voting!!! Now I'm mad at myself. Not sure I would have scored it higher ... can't really award points for carving ... OK, maybe one or two more for creativity in subject matter. I feel completely different when I look at the image now! I liked the textures and lighting and tones before, but this is so much more interesting with that subtle, ephemeral figure.
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04/20/2009 01:24:55 AM
Hah! Shoulda known this was yours, after the apple-carving episode. Way to sneak a nude in, Don! I'm proud to say I was one of your top 7 scores :-)
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04/20/2009 12:19:29 AM
I voted too fast. I did not catch the figure in the crayon. I thought someone gnawed on it lol. Very interesting crafting going on here!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/19/2009 10:43:52 PM
"So dawn goes down to day..."

I'm a sucker for Frost...
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04/19/2009 07:51:09 PM
i love gold crayons. they are always the first to get worn down. perhaps that is your point:) tehe
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04/15/2009 02:21:11 PM
???
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04/15/2009 09:59:50 AM
Unique idea. I wouldn't have cropped the ends. 7
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04/14/2009 01:10:23 PM
lacks interest...sorry
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04/14/2009 10:12:56 AM
Different shot although I don't like the background for this one. It's distracting and wish it was a more seperate color from the crayon.
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04/13/2009 11:55:53 AM
A very creative look at crayons - the image meets the subject matter and with a certain cheeky attitude. A terrific demonstration of the creative process in meeting the challenge. Should be a sure bet to win a ribbon or place high as a top twenty image. A couple of minor detail problems not worth mentioning because they don't appear until you really get a critical eye and examine the image closely. Well done.
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04/13/2009 10:22:49 AM
I think a less distracting background that camoflauged the subject less and more diffused lighting to eliminate the heavy shadow under the subject would make this pop more. Unless the wood adds some meaning to the photo that is going over my head, which is entirely possible.
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04/13/2009 09:02:51 AM
Sorry theres nothing here that holds my attention.
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