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"Mom! Spiro pushed me!"
"Mom! Spiro pushed me!"
CEJ


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Challenge: Dairy (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: Williamstown, MA
Date: Aug 21, 2005
Aperture: 11.0
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/320
Date Uploaded: Aug 21, 2005

 Waiting for ice cream to melt is worse than waiting for water to boil or paint to dry.

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Statistics
Place: 45 out of 284
Avg (all users): 5.6466
Avg (commenters): 7.7647
Avg (participants): 5.4412
Avg (non-participants): 5.7602
Views since voting: 968
Views during voting: 525
Votes: 382
Comments: 22
Favorites: 0

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 09/11/2005 09:04:45 PM
The title is great. I love the story it tells. I gave this a 7 and giggled when I voted because it made me think of pushing my little brothers around as a child. Good diagonal composition and nice contrast.
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 08/31/2005 12:17:53 PM
The name 'Spiro' is an inside joke in my family. In my mind I saw Spiro pushing my little sister and her dropping her ice cream cone. Then she gets up and runs inside screaming for mommy. Funny too, I see this clearly, but it is at the house my grandparents lived in when we were children and lived on Long Island.

Thank you all for the comments.

Message edited by author 2005-08-31 12:19:04.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/30/2005 10:39:10 PM
oh no! what a shame!
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 08/30/2005 03:54:25 PM
how very sad!!
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 08/30/2005 04:11:17 AM
Lovely textures.
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 08/29/2005 06:30:36 AM
I realy like this image. It brings back many memories of childhood or the aching feeling you get when you hear kids screaming in the park when they have dropped their ice-cream. The image works really well in black and white, and as previously mentioned adds a nostalgic feel to it. The whites look slightly blown out, but nothing that affects the image in any major way. The cone and the textures of the background all look pefectly sharp to me, and the contrast seems fine. Good luck with the challenge :)
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 08/27/2005 09:29:17 AM
the contrast is a little bit high for my liking but it makes a nice effect.
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 08/26/2005 12:47:21 PM
I like the new perspective. It's interesting to look at. Great depth of B&W's. ~8
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 08/25/2005 09:32:38 PM
awww, that poor ice cream cone. I don't think I could have brought myself to waste icecream :)
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 08/25/2005 08:34:14 PM
i dont know...its a really awsome picture but it took me a while to get what happened... like the black and white though it works with ur picture havent seen alot of those so far.
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 08/25/2005 06:08:18 PM
Very nice 8
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 08/25/2005 06:03:40 PM
Awesome shot and I love the title to go with it! :) I'd like to see the full colour though.
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 08/25/2005 03:07:07 PM
The broken cone actually envokes emotion in this dramatic black and white contrast. Nice pic.
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 08/25/2005 09:06:12 AM
I really like the overall look and contrast of your photo. Nice and crisp and the background works very well. 10
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 08/24/2005 07:49:07 PM
makes you want to cry... boo-who
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 08/24/2005 06:32:35 PM
wait till I get my hands on Spiro. Do you need another quarter nb?
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 08/24/2005 04:32:57 PM
its sad to see such a tastey looking icecream go to waste... what was it they said in that 5 second rule thread hah.
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 08/24/2005 03:02:43 PM
i hate it when that happens.
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 08/24/2005 11:03:16 AM
If you'd crop all the way to the tip of the cone on the right and have the equal amount of space above and below, I think it'd be perfect. Really nice use of black and white!! 8
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 08/24/2005 08:34:49 AM
Another one of my fav from this contest. *Very* effective use of dramatic contrasting B/W
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 08/24/2005 05:01:36 AM
Looks great in black and white, background surface could be a tad lighter and cropped wider so I can figure out what angle this was taken at. 7
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 08/24/2005 12:19:24 AM
hate the title...love the image 10
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