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ODD: adj. unusual or unexpected; strange
ODD: adj. unusual or unexpected; strange
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Challenge: Odd (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Pentax *ist DL
Lens: Sigma 18-50mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Pentax Digital AF
Location: Lounge room - Brisbane, Australia
Date: Nov 19, 2005
Aperture: f6.7
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/45
Galleries: Abstract, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Nov 19, 2005

After many phone calls, finally found some quail eggs 200m done the road! Then rusted up a box of nails over s couple of days. Shot photo in the lounge room at home with flash gun. Post processing: auto levels; contrast increased; saturation; resize; sharpen.

Statistics
Place: 6 out of 223
Avg (all users): 6.3080
Avg (commenters): 7.7727
Avg (participants): 6.0380
Avg (non-participants): 6.4552
Views since voting: 2538
Views during voting: 336
Votes: 224
Comments: 31
Favorites: 6 (view)


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04/18/2008 05:42:24 PM
Wowch - That was a lot of effort - Well done though. Nice simple crisp image.
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11/30/2005 07:30:22 PM
Archeologists have found that in the absence of knowledge as to what Flamingoes eat, rusty nails were fed to flamingoes at Tower of London in its zoo in medieval times...
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11/30/2005 10:17:46 AM
Wow... What a setup and absolutely perfect execution! Love this shot! Congrats on your top 10 finish!
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11/30/2005 01:12:45 AM
Congratulations on your top ten finish with this high iron genesis.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/29/2005 11:29:48 PM
very clever.
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11/29/2005 11:00:35 PM
I LOVE surreal! Surreal is odd. Brilliant. De-centralise it so that the nest is on a thirds intersection, I bet it looks even better
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11/29/2005 06:17:29 PM
nice shot. what are you using? hope you do well!
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11/29/2005 05:18:54 PM
Great idea and perfect execution. Ribbon-worthy IMO.
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11/29/2005 03:23:15 PM
Certainly unusual and unexpected. Rule of Thirds would have helped this a bit.
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11/29/2005 02:42:30 PM
Love the use of nails. I bet this one took a while to set up. It came out beautifully and the feather adds a lot to it. It might be a bit nicer if it was a slightly closer shot. There seems to be a lot of white space in this photo.
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11/29/2005 09:46:17 AM
Excellent! My personal favourite. Good imaginative idea and well executed. "10"
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11/29/2005 06:48:57 AM
wow a nail nest, love to see the parents
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11/28/2005 09:39:57 PM
Creative, resourceful and well executed. Best in show...in my humble opinion (10)
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11/27/2005 04:43:23 PM
This is a great shot, but the title is not. Can I suggest "Nail Bed" ?
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11/27/2005 12:47:14 AM
Good idea, and nicely executed with good color, and interesting additional element of the feather. I like it a lot.
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11/26/2005 02:42:28 PM
good idea
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11/25/2005 01:42:39 PM
I really like the idea, but not the white background.
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11/25/2005 07:38:00 AM
I thought this shot was very well thought out. If you hadn't separated some of the nail bits from the nest look-a-like, it would take a lot more time to come up with what it was. A very odd nest it is. The white background works very well with the rusted nails, giving it a good contrast. The feather added for effect is very innovative as well. I gave an 8 for this shot. Not because it's not an awesome shot, but compared to a very few others it's lacking a few more eye catching element. The background, like I've said works well, but looking at it for a while, makes me think it's too much white.
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11/24/2005 11:39:53 PM
8 - Like it. Criticism; maybe not so much 'space', or else slightly off centered, not sure. A little sharper focus/definition, ideally on both the eggs and nails, but even one or the other, would have made this better in my opinion. Not sure on the white background, works but, a little 'sterile' or 'empty' type of feel in my opinion. edit:typo

Message edited by author 2005-12-01 05:20:26.
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11/24/2005 07:16:03 AM
Please assure me that you did not steal those eggs from some bird's nest? Great concept though.
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11/24/2005 05:45:26 AM
You have an interesting concept here. I think it would have come across better by taking a close up of the eggs, feather and nail without so much negative space and playing with the camera angle.
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11/23/2005 07:06:49 PM
Love the artistic execution!
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11/23/2005 05:59:13 PM
very strange...
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11/23/2005 05:56:00 PM
i had to look twice... :) good job
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11/23/2005 05:35:56 PM
I like it a lot!
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11/23/2005 02:27:04 PM
this is verry odd i like it
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11/23/2005 12:17:22 PM
Great concept. Beautiful in its own way. Definately out of the box and fits the challenge very well.
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11/23/2005 11:59:28 AM
Brillant!!! Have a Guinness on me.
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11/23/2005 11:03:00 AM
Took me some times to see the nails but I really like it even if I think it may be a little too centered...7

Message edited by author 2005-11-30 12:36:16.
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11/23/2005 10:35:26 AM
Great creativity. Could be cropped a little more but great idea.
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11/23/2005 02:34:14 AM
Very unique! I thought I was looking at pretzels at first! lol
Great work!
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