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Challenge: Spam (Basic Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Location: Hampton Roads, VA
Date: Jun 30, 2009
Aperture: f3.2
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Animals, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Jun 30, 2009

 Ok, I thought you could mold spam. You can't -- you have to carve it!!

This has to be the smelliest challenge I've ever entered!!
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Thanks to everyone for the wonderful comments and kind voting! What a fun challenge! And nope, he didn't get to eat any--he throws up enough as it is!

p.s., my other cat wasn't so patient. --I don't know which is worse, carving the SPAM, or retrieving the mouse ear that the first cat pulled off and reattaching it for the rest of the shots!

Statistics
Place: 2 out of 53
Avg (all users): 6.8834
Avg (commenters): 7.3125
Avg (participants): 6.7500
Avg (non-participants): 6.8995
Views since voting: 7354
Views during voting: 506
Votes: 223
Comments: 40
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 03/26/2024 01:16:07 PM
Laughed then, and now laughed again. :-) Thanks for the chuckle!
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 09/10/2009 10:40:28 AM
Archive Collection - Food Faces & Edible Effigy
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 07/12/2009 09:43:58 PM
Wendy, this is one of the cutest photos EVER! I love it so much. You captured the personality of a cat so perfectly, and your title -- AWESOME!

Congratulations on 2nd place!

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 07/11/2009 04:11:43 AM
lol .. this is so funny .. congrats on your second place ... its a brilliant shot .. :)
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 07/10/2009 12:38:36 AM
Congrats on the ribbon! Nice job.
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 07/08/2009 04:41:42 PM
Congrats on the ribbon! This cracked me up. I always did think spam smelled like cat food! ROFL!
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 07/08/2009 02:19:02 PM
Excellent concept, and well executed result. Congrats on the ribbon!
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 07/08/2009 01:20:31 PM
Nice one, Wendy! Congrats!
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 07/08/2009 12:05:00 PM
Way to go, Wendo! :)
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 07/08/2009 10:58:53 AM
Told ya this was a winner :-) Good job!
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 07/08/2009 10:34:11 AM
brilliant!
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 07/08/2009 09:38:51 AM
greta shot and well deserved ribbon.
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 07/08/2009 09:04:50 AM
cute, LOL! & well timed image given that cats so rarely do anything when you want/need them to...

Nice finish!
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 07/08/2009 06:48:37 AM
That is one patient cat... I'm impressed! Congrats on the ribbon - you're getting quite the collection!
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 07/08/2009 03:20:39 AM
LOL!! Wendy this is great. CONGRATS !!!!!! but honestly I love your outtake better.
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 07/08/2009 02:51:37 AM
Congrats on your well deserved ribbon. A spam carver ...... you rock!!!
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 07/08/2009 02:14:57 AM
hehe, this is really cute.
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 07/08/2009 12:39:27 AM
ha! i didnt even realize this was your pic! great job:)
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 07/08/2009 12:36:33 AM
Ribbon hog! I told you that first one was not an accident. I ain't even going to TRY keeping up with you!
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 07/08/2009 12:27:38 AM
hey !!!! good for you.. This was a great idea for the challenge... You are just on fire girl..
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 07/08/2009 12:23:59 AM
Priceless, Wendy! Congrats!
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 07/08/2009 12:10:38 AM
oh this is cute! great timing lol I had no idea kitties liked SPAM. Congrats on the ribbon!
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 07/08/2009 12:08:21 AM
Very cute! Did she/he get a chance to eat any of it after you shot the photo? Great job on the ribbon!!! Well deserved!
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 07/08/2009 12:05:58 AM
LOL - at least the cat had a nice smelly treat.
congratulations on your Red.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/04/2009 11:15:49 PM
Very nice! Maybe a more natural background would work better than pure white, but you did a great shot! (I want to see the next shot you took,,, with the cat eating the spamouse)
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 07/04/2009 02:57:16 PM
super concept. white balance off.
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 07/02/2009 10:49:23 PM
Challenge Relevance:8 Impact/Emotion/Mood:7 Technicals:6 Processing:6 Creativity:8
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 07/02/2009 10:04:10 PM
Very cute idea. Nice execution (excuse the choice of words). Looks like there is a tiny bit of anomaly in the white background behind the "mouse". Very nice choice of crop - to get one cat paw mostly in.
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 07/02/2009 08:45:01 PM
lol, good idea, nice lighting, 6.
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 07/02/2009 06:00:23 PM
I have this tied for first place. Very clever.
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 07/02/2009 06:00:17 PM
LOL... I opened a can of SPAM to take my shot the other day and my cat flipped out... I'm surprised yours held still long enough to get the shot, mine was licking her chops. Very clever shot!
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 07/02/2009 10:24:28 AM
This looks like a familiar composition, but its a really good one. Think the shadows need to go away and there are some dark streaks in the background. But I still think this will ribbon
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 07/01/2009 10:10:17 PM
Ohhh, poor little kitty! Good job and really interesting take on the challenge!
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 07/01/2009 06:18:22 PM
I think this would be better with a somewhat stronger fill light from the right hand side.
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 07/01/2009 03:50:14 PM
hee hee. Nice shot!
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 07/01/2009 12:02:27 PM
man, i know that cat chowed down about 2 seconds later....
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 07/01/2009 11:50:23 AM
Man, some people are so creative (and have a lot of time on their hands). This is really cute.
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 07/01/2009 10:21:50 AM
This is awesome, very creative! 10
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 07/01/2009 02:59:53 AM
Some background issues, but otherwise excellent!
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 07/01/2009 01:26:44 AM
Nice composition and well lit, shaping it like a mouse makes SPAM even less appealing. But delicious to a cat.
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