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Challenge: Ducky (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Binghamton, NY
Date: Oct 7, 2006
Aperture: F/8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 160
Galleries: Still Life
Date Uploaded: Oct 8, 2006

 The result of my epic quest to find a rubber duckie - I came home with seven. And the components for a homemade umbrella for my flash. Throw in my 1960s vintage typewriter and some stories, and you've got a shot of who really writes all those bestsellers! If this Frankensteinian image does well, I'll be astounded.

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Statistics
Place: 46 out of 174
Avg (all users): 5.7745
Avg (commenters): 7.1667
Avg (participants): 5.6024
Avg (non-participants): 5.8684
Views since voting: 1171
Views during voting: 323
Votes: 235
Comments: 18
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 03/10/2007 09:08:46 PM
Cute and clever. Nice setup, which I think would be just a little better without the books in upper left and maybe cropping off the bit of first page at middle left. Those things tend to draw my eye out of the image, somewhat. Lots going on, yet not too busy. Nice work.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/17/2006 12:55:29 PM
Great idea.
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 10/15/2006 02:27:02 AM
Very creative idea. One of my favorites so far.
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 10/14/2006 05:50:09 PM
Where have I seen that typerwriter before? A great concept here, but the focus could be better.
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 10/13/2006 12:59:10 PM
Nice sense of business
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 10/13/2006 12:07:43 PM
They were taking duck-tation?!
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 10/13/2006 08:40:31 AM
I can hear them busy at work: Click, Clack, Quack, Ding! Next line. Click, Clack, Quack, Ding! Very cute and clever idea. Not only do you have the author(s) of the book in there you also have the Researchers (the ones on the open book) and the Editor (the one sitting on the page with the pens. I love how you included the dreaded red pen!) Composition is good. Lighting is good. I wish that some elements/some of the ducks are in more sharper focus. It is a little soft in areas. Sharpness and detail can be accomplished with a higher aperature setting of 5.6 or higher. Usually 8 is the median and 16 is the best. The higher the aperature setting will result in both foreground and background being in sharper focus. An ISO setting of 100 or less also helps with letting enough light in for a correct exposure plus it avoids noise or grainy image that one gets with a higher ISO of 400. It is advised that with a higher aperature setting that you steady the camera on a fixed object or mount it on a tripod to avoid camera shake. Lastly I think that shooting the composition at a lower angle level to the desk would bring the viewer closer to the action. The high overhead angle removes us from the scene like we are watching from a distance or afar. The lower angle would help put us into the scene like we are a part of the action going on here. Not only that but it would help with eliminating the reflections of the ducks on the highly polished desk. Overall a creative and nicely composed idea that I think is above average: 8
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 10/13/2006 05:11:25 AM
great composition in mess stuff.
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 10/12/2006 08:36:25 PM
If an infinite number of duckies ... yada-yada ..... collected works of Shakespeare and Monty Python (Volume One: Monty Python)
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 10/12/2006 02:01:38 PM
Meets Challenge = 2
Technical Stuff = 2
Creativity = 2
Overall Impression = 1
Biased Wow Factor = 0
Gave me a good chuckle.
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 10/12/2006 10:34:51 AM
My favourite so far!
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 10/11/2006 06:39:02 PM
love the one with the glasses!!!
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 10/11/2006 03:57:04 PM
Very inventive use of the ducks
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 10/11/2006 03:22:04 PM
What a literary entry. Love it!
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 10/11/2006 02:47:58 PM
I like it. I think its cute. What story are they making next? 9
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 10/11/2006 11:51:03 AM
I can see this as a cartoon or a kids story book, cool idea.
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 10/11/2006 07:07:13 AM
AKA the ducky trolls? Very nice! -7
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 10/11/2006 02:37:40 AM
This just "quacks" me up.
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