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Challenge: Personification (Basic Editing III)
Collection: Photo Illustration
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
Location: Lakewood Oh, my dining table
Date: Oct 9, 2005
Aperture: 1.4
ISO: 640
Galleries: Emotive, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Oct 10, 2005

 This idea popped up in desperation about 5 hours before the entry was due. The hardest part was getting the banana to stay vertical of course. A nail and a thumbtack under a poster did the trick. Bananas are photogenic ... and typically thought of as sexual so I'm giving myself an extra .5 for not going sexy with this. I accidentally left my camera on a high iso so hopefully noise isn't visible .. there's some .... Edits: Used camera RAW which allows for slight overall exposure mod when opening in Pshop, then usm, reduce noise, overall selective color adj layer to get rid of some cast to the background, crop, save for web.

Statistics
Place: 22 out of 204
Avg (all users): 5.9504
Avg (commenters): 7.1111
Avg (participants): 5.6364
Avg (non-participants): 6.0928
Views since voting: 1451
Views during voting: 439
Votes: 282
Comments: 21
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 10/19/2006 10:37:04 PM
This is my favorite from your should have been section. I like the idea.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/18/2005 10:18:01 PM
this is good
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 10/18/2005 04:24:13 PM
Bananas seem to be popular for this challenge... I like the high key treatment here.
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 10/18/2005 02:37:55 PM
Your lighting really conveys sadness, fantastic job.
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 10/18/2005 11:08:48 AM
Hmmm. Hope others enjoy this as I do. 8
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 10/18/2005 08:55:19 AM
OK, how is everybody making bananas appear to stand up?
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 10/18/2005 01:50:15 AM
wow, i think that this picture is really awesome. great lighting. i thought that the scratches on the banana were a really nice touch. how did u get the banana to stand up? awesome job!
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 10/17/2005 11:46:49 PM
I like it a lot! Good work!
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 10/17/2005 12:57:03 PM
Great interpretation. Would love to know how you got that Banana to stand up! Wonderful imagination!
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 10/16/2005 09:47:37 PM
8 - Well done. Criticism; perhaps the lighting, but difficult, as it seems to me you are going for a somewhat 'high key' effect, but the 'face' (at least I see a 'tiny' one, not just the 'overshadowing posture', which is perhaps all you were going for, if so apologies) in the 'living banana' - somehow - I would like to see 'enhanced' more, difficult, especially retaining the shadow, 'perspective' and said 'high key' effect.
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 10/16/2005 07:18:54 PM
Very nice...good job...!
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 10/16/2005 05:13:44 PM
Works well.
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 10/14/2005 09:50:57 AM
looks more like domestic violence to me
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 10/13/2005 10:33:56 PM
Simple but right on theme for this challenge. I love the details, the shadow and the composition of the scene. Gave it a perfect 10. Well done.
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 10/13/2005 10:32:39 PM
nice idea
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 10/13/2005 03:50:06 PM
good composition. nice balancing work with the banana! I think this works well.
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 10/13/2005 02:55:19 PM
Nice creativity. It seems like bananas and desk lamps have the most personality among inanimate objects. The picture has some technical problems which keep it from a higher score (gave it an 8). The dead banana is OOF which I think detracts as it is such a major subject. It also has blown highlights. Otherwise, well done.
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 10/13/2005 11:33:58 AM
Meets challenge perfectly. Very well executed (no punn intended).
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 10/13/2005 01:40:15 AM
The idea is there but I have a hard time sensing the grief in the bent banana.
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 10/12/2005 10:37:06 AM
Nicely done.
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 10/12/2005 01:00:29 AM
i like the backlighting, maybe a little blown out at the top
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