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Fecundity
Fecundity
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Challenge: Motivational Poster II (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Date: Sep 2, 2007
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/13 sec
Galleries: Black and White, Macro
Date Uploaded: Sep 2, 2007

 It's an egg! This is an egg held up by a piece of wire sitting on a piece of white foamcore. Two little work lights, one bottom left, one bottom right.

Shot in RAW: adjusted white balance

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**Post**

Thanks for the votes and comments everyone! Just missed my top row with this one.

Oh yea, just in case there was any confusion, it was indeed a joke. :)

Statistics
Place: 34 out of 165
Avg (all users): 6.2842
Avg (commenters): 8.1739
Avg (participants): 6.0303
Avg (non-participants): 6.4194
Views since voting: 4677
Views during voting: 475
Votes: 190
Comments: 36
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 09/15/2007 11:02:16 AM
Critique Club feedback -

Excellent image which is the perfect visual reinforcement for the message the poster conveys.

Propaganda doesn't work when people don't understand what they are reading. I can guess what Fecundity means, but I don't know for sure and haven't bothered to look it up. Not sure what a better catch word would be, but I'm thinking there may be more accessible words to choose from heh. Still, this was all about the phrase at the bottom and that message was crystal clear.

I laughed like hell when I saw this. I think this pulled a solid score that was well deserved on technical merit and for meeting the challenge.

Well done, this was a really creative and fun entry.
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 09/10/2007 05:25:04 PM
Yes! Excellently done. The lighting is exquisite!

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 09/10/2007 02:19:24 PM
very well done, and very funny. i agree with the post about the title - maybe it should have been ambition???

o, yes, i am a woman, and i think this is hilarious.
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 09/10/2007 01:20:16 PM
Brilliant and VERY underrated.
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 09/10/2007 01:05:51 AM
nice try ;-), great image, looks like an project for a lighting class.
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 09/10/2007 12:56:42 AM
So underrated!!!! This should be on the front page, one of my favorite in this challenge.
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 09/10/2007 12:06:35 AM
You got robbed Man!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/09/2007 10:50:32 PM
WORD UP! 10
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 09/09/2007 06:55:31 PM
lol Evolutionary motivational poster, that's a new one... I like that it's technically extremely well executed too - the light and texture are great.
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 09/09/2007 03:54:17 PM
Funny! Guys go around fertilizing chicken eggs? :))))) I was going to say the image is too centred, but with that message, how could it not be centred? ~8
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 09/09/2007 08:14:49 AM
This looks like it's from some sort of weird science fiction movie where women have been redefined - distilled to a primary purpose in the superficial eyes of the provider of "seed". The alternate poster would maybe have signs of male extinction and females generating their own "seed" from ... let's say the stem cells of oysters. I personally am torn because I don't want to judge it on moral grounds - in case it is meant to be tongue in cheek. no vote here -but good luck getting this past women voters (it will be interesting to see how many 1's this gets).
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 09/09/2007 02:30:04 AM
Made me laugh, interesting concept. Long live Viagra!!
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 09/08/2007 08:28:24 PM
OMG, now I can't continue voting until I stop laughing!
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 09/08/2007 02:36:02 PM
Laugh. Pray the population control folks don't hear about this.
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 09/08/2007 10:23:03 AM
Bwahahhaha... thats great. Incredibly funny image, so you get a 10 for getting me to burst out laughing :)
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 09/06/2007 03:16:41 PM
Good photo of the egg, it looks like it is floating. No comment on the text.
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 09/06/2007 07:35:36 AM
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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 09/05/2007 07:16:01 PM
hmm..great poster for a sperm donor clinic! 8
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 09/04/2007 08:00:32 PM
I am up to 2. I have a long way to go. With this poster I am sure I will never give up. Nice!!
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 09/04/2007 08:00:14 PM
this is hilarious. excellent details on the nicely lit egg too.
btw have you heard of a word, "child support"? heheheheheh
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 09/04/2007 05:21:55 PM
Now this is very original and extremely professional. Nicely done!!
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 09/04/2007 11:29:03 AM
OMG - Freakin' hilarious!!! 10
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 09/04/2007 09:44:05 AM
This is beyond hilarious. I'm stunned. A 10 both for great photography and creativity.
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 09/04/2007 03:08:54 AM
LOL... I'm feelin' motivated. Off to get these babies fertilized!
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 09/04/2007 02:13:42 AM
Almost as outrageous as the "Cause this sh*t won't fold itself" one. It made me look up the word. Nice shot of the egg.
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 09/03/2007 10:37:22 PM
OK that's a very funny idea if a bit offensive. I do think the title weakens the idea- isn't it more about ambition or initiative, than simple fecundity?
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 09/03/2007 10:07:29 PM
With my assistance, a lot.
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 09/03/2007 06:56:16 PM
LOL! (tears in my eyes!) Really good egg capture, and I needed to look up "fecundity". Well done!
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 09/03/2007 04:04:29 PM
ROFL this is priceless! This has got to be top 10! Simple but very effective! Very Clever! If this is not on the front page when voting is over I'll be peeved! LOL.
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 09/03/2007 11:52:31 AM
Very funny. I'm going to take this in the satirical spirit which I assume you intended, so I'm calling it brilliant. -9
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 09/03/2007 09:25:43 AM
and next you will give "mother-crosses" to every woman with more than 5 children? very questionable message going along with a perfect egg shot, which i had scored a 10. I won't vote on this because I strongly disagree with the content.
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 09/03/2007 06:47:14 AM
eggcellent! so refreshing following platitude after platitude. LOL.
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 09/03/2007 01:28:58 AM
Fantastic!!!! 10
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 09/03/2007 01:23:55 AM
HAHAHA! I had to look up the word, but this is funny and unconventional while still being simple. great job :)
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 09/03/2007 12:28:05 AM
Points for humor! Good that we don't take ourselves too seriously! and it's a vry nice image well presented.
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 09/03/2007 12:03:10 AM
Oh No you didn't - GRIN!!!

FABULOUS!
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