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Overpainting the Cask of Amontillado
Overpainting the Cask of Amontillado
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Challenge: Deja Vu (Advanced Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: Lake Zurich, IL
Date: Dec 17, 2004
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60 sec
Galleries: Humorous, Emotive
Date Uploaded: Dec 18, 2004

 Get more for your money with two, count'em two parodies in one! An ode to kiwiness and his creative sprit (and possibly the only solution to keep Gary from winning more ribbons). I chose Overpainted for my Deja Vu entry. It was fun and challenging to copy the work of one who I admore so much. While I like my entry, my lighting is pretty poor, with much harsher shadows compared to the original entry. My paint roller is too big. Also, my assistants (wife Dina and son Zach) are not as anal retentive as am I, so the position of the roller is not quite at the right angle. Hopefully the humor makes up for some of the technical deficiencies.

Some details: Black velvet on the floor for the background. Same basic technique Gary outlined in his original - painted a swath on the posterboard with the roller, then cut it out. painted the rest of the board yellow. I had to tape up the roller handle with blue painter's tape as my handle was yellow. I had overhead lighting in the room which I diffused with some rip stop nylon. I think my flash still caused the shadows to be too strong. I tried to get the crop and border to match the original.

This was fun, hope you like it.

Statistics
Place: 12 out of 106
Avg (all users): 6.7574
Avg (commenters): 7.2500
Avg (participants): 6.4583
Avg (non-participants): 6.9231
Views since voting: 1977
Views during voting: 477
Votes: 202
Comments: 20
Favorites: 2 (view)

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AuthorThread
 12/27/2004 10:34:08 AM
Good job Dave, I thought this was your's when I looked through the entries. The harsh lighting on Dina's hand was the first thing I noticed. Great idea for the challenge though.
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 12/27/2004 10:19:52 AM
Congratulations on your 12th finish with this yellow screamer.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/26/2004 11:35:49 PM
Great title and wonderful copy of the original. I think this one will be very near the top.
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 12/24/2004 04:47:14 AM
Just great, well done 10
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 12/23/2004 10:16:56 PM
Returning for comments:
Very impressive with nice wave line and lovely yellow. The expression too is very funny. Bumping up.
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 12/23/2004 08:47:44 PM
Very well done
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 12/23/2004 08:42:06 PM
amusing as hell. I wish the hand holding the roiller weren't so pale...
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 12/22/2004 11:40:02 PM
Well the face here does seem a little out of focus, but it's definately a great idea. 7.
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 12/22/2004 10:45:00 AM
Great shot
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 12/22/2004 08:47:04 AM
I loved the original and I love this..got a wee feeling I know who it is.
Among my top picks.
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 12/20/2004 07:58:36 PM
very sharp , great job 6
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 12/20/2004 03:30:28 PM
:) this is funny...
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 12/20/2004 03:11:45 PM
hehe, this is great. wonderful reproduction, humor and creativity.
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 12/20/2004 02:54:05 PM
ribbon
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 12/20/2004 02:42:24 PM
Funny ;)
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 12/20/2004 01:42:55 PM
Was fun huh? Clever, I like it!
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 12/20/2004 10:30:26 AM
HAHAH! I love it! If the person below was sharper this would be a 10, but it looks like some motion blur and the hand with the roller is a bit blown out, just a tad, an 8
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 12/20/2004 09:22:40 AM
a bit overexposed to me
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 12/20/2004 06:23:09 AM
wonderful in so many ways!
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 12/20/2004 03:25:12 AM
hehehehe. The original of this is one of my all time favourites here. Absolutely love your rip off, very well done indeed. 10
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