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Challenge: Veggie Tales (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark IIn
Lens: Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye
Location: Metairie, LA
Date: Aug 29, 2009
Aperture: f/16
ISO: ISO 50
Shutter: 1/128 sec
Galleries: Food and Drink, Fish Eye
Date Uploaded: Aug 30, 2009

 Inspired by Finding Nemo. I stuck the fish lemons and watermelon shark on wooden dowels painted black in front of a dark background.

melon eyes - cherries
melon teeth - strawberries
lemon eyes - peas

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Statistics
Place: 5 out of 56
Avg (all users): 6.5155
Avg (commenters): 8.2000
Avg (participants): 6.2759
Avg (non-participants): 6.5576
Views since voting: 2890
Views during voting: 399
Votes: 194
Comments: 33
Favorites: 6 (view)

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 10/07/2009 07:04:06 AM
It seems your photography is coming on leaps and bounds Brian. Congrats on the new PB!
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 09/10/2009 12:57:13 PM
Amazing. And so well done. Congratulations!
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 09/10/2009 10:44:28 AM
Archive Collection - Food Faces & Edible Effigy
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 09/09/2009 07:04:02 PM
I didn't vote but this would have gotten an 8 or 9 from me. GREAT STUFF.
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 09/09/2009 06:51:23 PM
His teeth are strawberries, right? Fantastic setup and very well executed.
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 09/09/2009 11:11:23 AM
thats awesome. you pwn
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 09/09/2009 06:10:19 AM
very funny shot - i like it!
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 09/09/2009 01:48:33 AM
truly amazing!
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 09/09/2009 12:30:58 AM
This has a lot going for it. It's a "built" shot, but has great creativity behind it and an interesting approach to the challenge. The lighting is good too, with the only room for improvement being a bit more light on the left most fish. Great job keeping the melon lurking. The strawberry teeth are perfect and add great color. I think you might strengthened this a bit in terms of composition if you had done an angled shot in landscape format and filled the frame more, with the fish leading to the right and the melon to the left emerging from the shadows. Great shot though.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/08/2009 11:34:50 PM
lol, love it!!
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 09/07/2009 08:18:27 PM
Terrific! Great idea and BEAUTIFUL lightning. CONGRATS! HOPE YOU WIN!
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 09/07/2009 12:17:36 PM
haha... i really like this one! Poor little lemonfish... totally unaware they are about to get eaten :( I like how the Melonfish is just barely peaking out of the shadows.
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 09/07/2009 12:20:30 AM
lol! very cute!
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 09/06/2009 09:47:10 PM
This is incredibly well done. My favourite in the challenge.
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 09/06/2009 06:53:18 PM
It takes but a moment to realize this is a masterpiece of veggie art. The strawberries make the perfect monster teeth. A little dark overall but that's the deep sea for ya.
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 09/05/2009 04:03:43 PM
They look so blissfully unaware! Great job!
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 09/05/2009 01:17:14 PM
A super great idea but I think the focus could be sharper and their is some grain in the 'shark'. I always hate giving advice on camera settings but I would venture to say that a longer exposure with a lower ISO rating may have helped with the graininess.
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 09/05/2009 07:37:00 AM
Well done..
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 09/04/2009 08:22:04 AM
excellent 9
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 09/04/2009 12:28:42 AM
Aww so cute
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 09/03/2009 05:55:58 AM
Good tale and nice capture. 8
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 09/03/2009 05:38:14 AM
My favourite - very clever and funny.
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 09/02/2009 07:51:10 PM
Its astonishingly fabulous! It is by far the most creative and well put together scene! Im baffled with such an amazing composition! The best part: it only makes use of fruits and veggies! Totally meets the challenge!
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 09/02/2009 03:37:24 PM
very good
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 09/02/2009 02:31:36 PM
Awesome!
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 09/02/2009 02:22:49 PM
hahaha
(:
theres always a dark side to everything
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 09/02/2009 11:41:03 AM
Very cute!!!!!
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 09/02/2009 11:39:14 AM
lmao....fantastic and super creative.
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 09/02/2009 10:41:16 AM
brilliant!
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 09/02/2009 06:44:42 AM
awesome... fear the strawberry... It's because of shots like this that I decided to better not take part in this challenge... 10
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 09/02/2009 12:34:11 AM
Awesome setup. I would prefer that the eyes on the watermelon monster were brighter, but I do understand why you wanted to keep the photo dark.
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 09/02/2009 12:31:39 AM
8
:)
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 09/02/2009 12:09:13 AM
oo.. love the idea.. :).. but the lighting could be better..
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