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Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk
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Challenge: Fairy Tales (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S7000
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Aug 29, 2004
Aperture: f/ 2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/10 sec.
Galleries: Humorous, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Aug 29, 2004

 Well I just had to....Bought the nip of Jack Daniels and some string beans. I had no idea what to use for a background. I found two planters a block or so from where I work and there leaves were OK and on the side walk. I sat on the sidewalk and placed the stalks of the beans over the leaf so they hung by themselves and placed the nip of Jack next to them. Shot several versions and this is the A shot of the last bracket I shot. In it I placed a found leaf under the bottle of Jack to cover up the brick sidewalk. Thinking about this before I got home to process, I thought "Eh stupid! What about the giant?" and thought I should have had the bottom of my shoe in the shot. Well it was too late and dark to re-shoot so I added that element in the processing by selecting a shape, which you may take as the shadow of either the giant's foot or head, and burning that area. Then I thought "Eh, Stupid! What about the gold egg!". The leaf approximated the shape of an egg so it was selected and colored gold and a lense flare added. The edges of the leaf were a little jagged in spots, so they were smooth out by cloning and blurring around the edge of the egg. The rest prior was: Open, Rotate, Crop, Auto Levels, Layer adjustments for Brightness/Contrast and Hue/Sat, USM. After the shadow burning and leaf to egg changes, Resize, USM.

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Place: 51 out of 104
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 09/06/2004 12:05:03 AM
Guess the moral to the story is K.I.S.S.! LOL! Thanks for all the comments everyone!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/05/2004 11:57:01 PM
Love it!!!
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 09/05/2004 10:25:01 PM
Very funny!
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 09/05/2004 03:16:48 PM
The Tennessee version of the fairy tale?
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 09/05/2004 02:09:09 PM
Sorry, I'm just not into word plays.
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 09/04/2004 07:26:20 PM
I can see this as a Jack Daniels Ad!
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 09/03/2004 11:06:56 PM
Hillarious!!
Great imaginaton & sense of humor!
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 09/03/2004 07:58:12 AM
I like your take on the challenge. The shadow is a bit distracting and takes away the sharpness of the beans.
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 09/03/2004 12:36:48 AM
This is funny and certain to irritate the true believers. I like it and I give my 7 for creativity totally outside the confines of the challenge. lol
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 09/02/2004 06:35:13 PM
Very orignial
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 09/02/2004 12:43:31 PM
I luv it. Such imagination. Nice color and lighting. The shadow at top is a bit distracting, but overall I like the composition. Now I see where these tall tales come from!!! :-)
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 09/02/2004 08:25:20 AM
LMAO!
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 09/01/2004 06:03:54 AM
I like this :) Clever idea and nice vibrant colours.
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 08/31/2004 03:33:49 PM
A point for humor. Didn't the challenge say to "prove the existense of creatures?" Nicely exposed. Not sure I like the shadow in the top right corner.
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 08/31/2004 10:51:37 AM
what is the bottle resting on ? I find it distracting to see just a bit of something that noticeable - a 'bottle plus beans' closeup would have been a stronger shot for me
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 08/31/2004 10:10:47 AM
Cute!! Question: what is the yellow object that Jack is resting on? Also, you could have cloned out the black speck to the right of the beans, as well as a few other imperfections.
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 08/30/2004 09:17:33 PM
HAHAHA! i like this. it made me laugh out loud. thank you.
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 08/30/2004 04:59:58 PM
Interesting idea. My hubby and me we smiled when we saw it.
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 08/30/2004 03:41:07 PM
Cute idea, but the shadow and the yellow whatever-that-is are distracting. Good sharpness and color.
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 08/30/2004 01:42:27 PM
Ten !! LOL!
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 08/30/2004 09:51:57 AM
Glad to see the humor. Good idea, well executed.
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 08/30/2004 09:34:24 AM
Heh, another good Beanstalk joke, with my favorite hard beverage!
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 08/30/2004 03:45:32 AM
:-) Great interpretation.
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 08/30/2004 12:49:05 AM
Nice play on words. Makes you think of the *real* reason the Giant fell off the beanstalk ;) The shadow in the top corner bothers me a little, and I don't know what the yellow is at the bottom. The golden egg?
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