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Hamlet Revisited
Hamlet Revisited
dsidwell


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Challenge: Fruits and Vegetables II (Advanced Editing V)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM
Location: Logan, Utah USA
Date: Feb 10, 2007
Aperture: f 22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/10
Galleries: Humorous, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Feb 10, 2007

 Just good ol' Hamlet with his fruit from days gone past. I thought the cantaloupe would have an interesting texture. I'll need to keep the outtakes of this one hidden to avoid blackmail.

I used my groovy wide angle lens so the fruit would look large relative to my face.

PS: I converted to b/w with the channel mixer with high reds and greens and low blues. I selected the center of the photo with a gradual feather and lightened the mid tones inside, then inversed and darkened the tones outside. I also added contrast the same way with more on the outside edges than on the inside. One perhaps controversial thing: I blurred the background with the blur brush.

Statistics
Place: 119 out of 346
Avg (all users): 5.7514
Avg (commenters): 6.8667
Avg (participants): 5.6038
Avg (non-participants): 5.9851
Views since voting: 1073
Views during voting: 257
Votes: 173
Comments: 16
Favorites: 0

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 02/19/2007 01:28:49 PM
My first place pick ;)
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 02/19/2007 03:26:59 AM
Great job with the wide angle lens! Definitely has a lot of impact with the cantaloupe looking larger. I gave this a 10 and I think you just did a very good job being dramatic and humorous and technically great all at the same time.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/18/2007 11:32:54 PM
I love this photo.
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 02/18/2007 11:14:30 PM
Hamlet's dad was a fruit....?
Clever take for those who know the story.
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 02/18/2007 11:44:59 AM
...twisted!
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 02/17/2007 09:45:00 PM
Alas poor Canteloupe, I knew him, Horatio. 8
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 02/17/2007 07:37:19 AM
Humorous take on the challenge. Love it, the b&w conversion works a treat.
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 02/15/2007 10:16:48 AM
Oooh - freaky eyes . .
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 02/14/2007 09:32:11 PM
:-) Nice Melon
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 02/14/2007 03:15:01 PM
this is clever haha
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 02/14/2007 06:40:29 AM
whehehe, funny way of interpreting this challenge.
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 02/12/2007 09:28:47 PM
clever take on the challenge. excellent textures.
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 02/12/2007 04:12:11 PM
Great subject, nice use of expression, would like to have seen the highlights increased slightly. Great work.
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 02/12/2007 03:04:22 PM
This is too cool. Love the B&W. Great idea and setup. Well done.
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 02/12/2007 11:54:11 AM
what a great melon... love the texture and image works well in black and white 8
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 02/12/2007 10:36:26 AM
I think B/W is a very gutsy choice for this challenge ... you pulled it off really well ... good details in the melon
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 02/12/2007 09:00:15 AM
ROFL That is hilarious. Great out of the box thinking. I love his expression. 8

" There is nothing either good or bad - but thinking makes it so "
Act II, Scene II
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