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Valley of the Dolls
Valley of the Dolls
CEJ


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Literary Adventure (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Location: Williamstown, MA
Date: Mar 11, 2006
Aperture: 13
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/15
Date Uploaded: Mar 11, 2006

 Bought the dolls and originally shot this at the park between some rocks as the valley with a bunch of pills laying around the dolls. But just didn't look right. This is in a drainage trench at the edge of my yard. Just threw the dolls in a heap and shot. Sort of liked this - made me laugh as soon as I saw it. So...here it is.

My original idea was "Rapunzel! Rapunzel! Let down your golden hair!" But I just couldn't get a tower to look right. Then the hair I had wouldn't cooperate (doll hair from the craft store). Just a prop nightmare so ditched that and went with this.

RAW: -.3 exp. comp., Blue +3, convert to tif
Tif:
Levels: black to 11
Contrast +8
Brightness -10
Sat +20
Crop
Burn legs of one doll to darken just a bit
Sharpen 10, 10 again
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Statistics
Place: 133 out of 165
Avg (all users): 5.0212
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 4.8611
Avg (non-participants): 5.1197
Views since voting: 680
Views during voting: 289
Votes: 189
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/19/2006 06:26:04 PM
The dolls are too clean and dry - it is too obvious that they were piled there just a moment ago. Might have been nice to have some of them peeking from around the corner or from underneath the grass. 5
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 03/18/2006 09:11:15 PM
Humorous take on the title.
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 03/17/2006 03:11:18 PM
COOL!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/15/2006 09:15:13 PM
kind of creepy
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 03/14/2006 09:46:08 PM
The photo itself isn't that exciting, but I love your sense of humour. Good colors with the dolls. The wet leaves don't do much for the photo.
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 03/14/2006 08:12:22 AM
Sorry, I don't like this image at all. A bunch of dolls in a ditch does not do it for me. I am not sure about the technical composition either.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/14/2006 05:32:22 AM
great shot...very creative 8
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 03/13/2006 06:33:34 PM
I see what your doing but for me the shot is a bit bland, the dolls are nice and bright but the rest of the image does nothing for me sorry.
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 03/13/2006 01:57:13 PM
Clever idea.....
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 03/13/2006 09:59:06 AM
i think you should have gotten closer in to the dolls
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 03/13/2006 12:38:39 AM
ROFL I'd love this with a deep brooding filter and lots of burn.
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