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Challenge: Granular (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Location: at home
Date: May 23, 2005
Aperture: f11
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Humorous, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: May 23, 2005

I nearly didn't enter this challenge as I just couldn't think of anything to do.....then I remembered a box of sugar lumps in the kitchen cupboard....

Had fun building the wall & managed to do the shoot without knocking it down ! Now I'm off to tidy it all up...

PS I wonder how many of you will spot the nasty blob of muck on my sensor (on the 'breached' lump). Just didn't have time to clean & reshoot. Sorry.

Statistics
Place: 2 out of 327
Avg (all users): 6.6951
Avg (commenters): 7.7027
Avg (participants): 6.5909
Avg (non-participants): 6.7746
Views since voting: 12031
Views during voting: 492
Votes: 305
Comments: 68
Favorites: 27 (view)


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06/22/2005 04:46:38 PM
Fantastic, inspired idea!
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06/14/2005 05:22:49 PM
I love it, you did a great job, i especially love the idea, and the lighting makes the photo look like an authentic wall.
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06/07/2005 11:14:50 AM
I LOVE this picture! You must have some kind of patience to make a wall out of sugar cubes.. Anyways, Well done!
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06/06/2005 09:00:23 PM
this is such a great picture

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06/03/2005 10:15:50 AM
Yeeeeee haaaaaaaa - who said originality was dead!? CONGRATS
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06/02/2005 07:11:37 PM
This is a really neat, very creative "rainy day" shot. Good job!
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06/02/2005 12:06:51 AM
I agree, a very creative capture. Congratulations on your first ribbon!


Message edited by author 2005-06-03 13:42:09.
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06/01/2005 11:07:54 AM
What a creative, awesome idea!!! Congratulations on your first of what I'm sure will be many ribbons!!!

SandyP

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06/01/2005 08:11:52 AM
Very creative. Congratulations on your first ribbon! I looked at your profile and you have been doing some great work. Keep it up!
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06/01/2005 07:58:04 AM
Very imaginative, congratulations.
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06/01/2005 07:20:05 AM
Wow ! What a surprise ! I've been watching the scores on this one very carefully & hoped I might squeeze into top 10 - I couldn't believe it when I looked this morning & there I was on the front page.

Thanks so much for all your votes and comments - its amazing how a last minute idea turned into my first ribbon.

Oh, and I've cleaned my sensor now ;-)
06/01/2005 04:45:49 AM
Congrats on the ribbon Jayne, this was an excellent shot for the challenge and a well deserved ribbon.
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06/01/2005 03:01:21 AM
i like this one more than number one, great concept and shot :)
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06/01/2005 01:48:56 AM
Great job! Congratulations and well done. You do have a nasty blob of much on the cube in the sugar pile. Looks like a dirty sensor. You probably just didn't have time to clean it. ;-) :P
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06/01/2005 01:02:37 AM
great idea, well done!
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06/01/2005 12:42:18 AM
Congrats on your first ribbon Jayne.
Great idea and imagination !
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06/01/2005 12:40:13 AM
Superb shot - very creative. Congratulations :)
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06/01/2005 12:36:28 AM
Hi Jayne, congratulations! Nice to see we both got our first ribbons today. I loved your shot!
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06/01/2005 12:27:34 AM
Congrats. On a very nice photo... and great idea.
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06/01/2005 12:13:40 AM
:) Congrats very clever idea
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06/01/2005 12:11:58 AM
Congratulations for the ribbon.

I knew you will get it.
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06/01/2005 12:10:33 AM
Wonderfully creative! congrats.
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06/01/2005 12:08:13 AM
Congrats on the red! It's a great idea, and very well executed also!
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06/01/2005 12:04:27 AM
Congratulations on your ribbon and the highest scoring image with EF-S 60mm!
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06/01/2005 12:02:52 AM
A winner from first sight. Congratulations on your Red!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/31/2005 09:13:13 PM
Great imagination. good thought.
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05/31/2005 04:16:49 PM
Does the cube seen in the rumble really fit into the slot above it?
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05/31/2005 12:03:40 PM
How did you get the white to look so natural? I like it.
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05/31/2005 10:04:21 AM
Very nice job of capturing the texture and the motion of the sugar. The sugar wall with the fine sugar flowing throught he breach is an interesting photo. I would not have thought somthing as simple as sugar could be so enjoyable to look at. Very nice job. 7
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05/31/2005 06:05:59 AM
Very creative and well shot. 9
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05/31/2005 03:08:37 AM
BRILLIANT! nicely captured. good interpretation of the challenge topic. very original! love it. you constructed an entire story from the theme. great!
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05/31/2005 01:36:58 AM
I love it 10
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05/30/2005 10:12:16 PM
Very clever!
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05/30/2005 05:38:17 PM
i love the idea of this pic. great work! :)
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05/30/2005 11:11:07 AM
Such a cool idea :)
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05/29/2005 10:29:18 PM
Very clever !
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05/29/2005 08:39:08 PM
Nice shot, and absolutely hillarious title :)
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05/29/2005 05:11:21 PM
I like this one! Very creative idea and very nice lighting.
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05/28/2005 05:29:38 AM
I like it! It's an action shot, it's original, and it made me smile! Only thing I'd change is the completely unnecessary backlighting, and maybe step back an inch or two to include the front of the pile.
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05/28/2005 04:53:34 AM
Nice concept and title.
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05/27/2005 02:01:31 PM
I love this idea! Clear and I like how the sugar is pouring out into a pile
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05/27/2005 11:46:58 AM
wow, this is SO neat :] i'm glad you put more thought into this rather than taking another picture of an hourglass.
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05/27/2005 03:14:04 AM
Different! Like it lots...
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05/26/2005 08:55:56 PM
Well composed!
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05/26/2005 07:08:24 PM
wonderful idea. i just wish the lighting had been a bit more evenly distributed
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05/26/2005 04:44:45 PM
With a better lighting this idea would have been the winner! very good
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05/26/2005 03:27:27 PM
I love it!
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05/26/2005 12:15:45 PM
Too cool!!! Nice idea and comp. Very crisp!
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05/26/2005 09:50:47 AM
very creative idea!
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05/26/2005 06:49:03 AM
cute idea. fun staging.
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05/25/2005 10:47:27 PM
Very creative...10!!!
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05/25/2005 07:04:47 PM
very good concept.... great effort and photography
give your idea person (that may be you) a gold star
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05/25/2005 06:31:44 PM
Very clever. Love it.
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05/25/2005 05:48:52 PM
Clever approach to granular. Good shot.
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05/25/2005 04:39:44 PM
i really like the idea and i can see the amount of effort you had to put in this! and if you have photoshop or any other kind of picture processor, a slight rotation would do this picture better
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05/25/2005 04:04:23 PM
Very good idea!! This looks like it took awile to set up. Only thing...perhaps that lighting could be a little more even. Fairly dark at top and has a unappealing yellow hue. 8
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05/25/2005 03:36:48 PM
Very creative entry with good time exposure to allow the silky flow. The wall looks great.
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05/25/2005 03:09:44 PM
I like the originality of this shot...it looks like sand leaking out of the Great Pyramid.
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05/25/2005 02:35:42 PM
Very inventive, and the title makes me laugh.

Base: 5
Technical: +0
Interest: +2
Emotion: +1
Bias: +1 (This is the concept that I wish I could have come up with in time.)

Total: 9
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05/25/2005 02:13:08 PM
very creative and sharp. Good job.
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05/25/2005 01:17:24 PM
fantastic! I love this photo!
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05/25/2005 12:19:51 PM
You have a fertile imagination.
I like it.
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05/25/2005 12:05:18 PM
very cute idea. The color of the sugar is right on and the lighting is good too. Good luck
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05/25/2005 10:53:44 AM
Reminds me of Pink Floyd. Very creative, well executed. A bit too yellow, but that's okay. 10.
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05/25/2005 09:17:49 AM
super creative - think the lighting works - needs a hair more sharpness 8
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05/25/2005 08:14:52 AM
Great creativity!
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05/25/2005 01:12:38 AM
I'd hate to give such an average vote to someone who has worked so hard.
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05/25/2005 01:04:08 AM
One of the most original pictures this challenge good luck,
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