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Lonni


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Challenge: Remember Those? (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5D
Location: My dining table, Sydney Australia
Date: Mar 16, 2009
Aperture: f11
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/200
Date Uploaded: Mar 16, 2009
[Mar. 19th, 2009 07:45:41 AM]

My score is tanking, but Enzo mistook me for IreneM! My DPC life is complete!

[Mar. 23rd, 2009 05:34:58 PM]

Yes I know that this is tractor feed paper and it's used in more than just Dot Matrix Printers. I'm just a bit of a stickler for titles, and I didn't like the sound of tractor feed paper, and seeing as the image is a bit abstract I was trying to make sure that the maximum number of voters understood what the image depicted. Right up till rollover the image was just titled "Dot Matrix", but then one of my teammates in the DPC Olympics said that she didn't know what a Dot Matrix was, so I added Paper to the title.

As for the subject, I was cleaning out my parents' house because my terminally ill grandmother has moved in - I knew I'd find something forgotten amongst all their junk - and I decided on the paper. This image was really inspired by IreneM's image . It's not a pinch on hers, but the fact that Enzo Hotpasta mistook me for her really made my day :)

Statistics
Place: 17 out of 169
Avg (all users): 6.1636
Avg (commenters): 7.2000
Avg (participants): 5.7966
Avg (non-participants): 6.2981
Views since voting: 1861
Views during voting: 376
Votes: 220
Comments: 17
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/24/2009 07:34:29 PM
Ahhh... printers have indeed come a long way...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/24/2009 12:59:54 PM
Simple but pleasant shapes. Nice use of something so ordinary - 7.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/23/2009 08:09:46 AM
Liked the layered, swooping look.


Aside: I'm sure you're aware that computer paper was used in other machines besides the dot matrix printer.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/22/2009 04:04:06 PM
You know, this an absolutely beautiful shot - I wish it retained some of the yuckiness that was dot matrix paper. This is almost too pristine for me. 8 nonetheless, but maybe more if there was some of that printing on it...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/22/2009 10:53:25 AM
Great image and a good subject
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/21/2009 06:27:51 PM
Very clever and interesting photo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/21/2009 12:45:21 PM
Very cool. I love the abstract look and feel of this. Great photo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/21/2009 11:26:05 AM
lovely shot of a usually mundane subject.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/20/2009 09:24:34 PM
wow...great idea...like it alot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/20/2009 09:23:51 PM
Brilliant! Love the idea and the DOF, and the subtle colour is great too!9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/20/2009 07:55:54 PM
Great work!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/20/2009 02:58:09 PM
This has the irenem feel to it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/19/2009 08:20:04 PM
This is lovelt Lonni, hope you are doing well with it. Obviously I'm not voting, just commenting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/19/2009 07:56:50 PM
hey! we still use them quite a lot here in Argentina!! LOL I really like this pic! 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/19/2009 07:34:50 AM
I want to guess that this might be IreneM ... am I right? 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/19/2009 12:37:12 AM
Tried to remember my Star dot matrix printer.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/18/2009 02:17:33 AM
The paper did not care if the printhead was dot matrix or otherwise, but this is tractor feed paper! Nice use of light and dark to center attention on the subject!
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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