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The hunter silently Waits
The hunter silently Waits
KiwiChris


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Waiting (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G5
Location: The lounge at home.
Date: Jun 8, 2004
Aperture: F/8
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/24th
Galleries: Still Life
Date Uploaded: Jun 8, 2004

 Shot on light blue card, directly under a home made 400W 24" diameter diffused flood.

Manual white balance set off white card to match the lights, auto focus point set on the cheese (macro mode), exposure +2/3 stops.

Post processing in the gimp.

USM - Scale - Crop - Sharpen - border.

I had a lot of fun mucking around with this one, after the terrible rush I did the Sports without players entry. Hope you enjoy it as well.

The idea to use a mousetrap came from Brendon Sandrey, a chap I work with.

Statistics
Place: 49 out of 309
Avg (all users): 5.5986
Avg (commenters): 6.9167
Avg (participants): 5.5208
Avg (non-participants): 5.6733
Views since voting: 1283
Votes: 294
Comments: 15
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AuthorThread
 06/16/2004 06:20:15 AM
Thanks for all the comments.

For those who were concerned about the nature of the trap, we use a different type of trap in reality, they have four paws, and clean up after themselves. ;-).
 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/15/2004 09:26:23 PM
Excellent bare bones, minimalistic approach and very well framed to boot.
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 06/15/2004 11:51:16 AM
nice job.
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 06/12/2004 12:25:26 AM
Original idea fr thechallenge. Composition, focus and exposure right on.
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 06/11/2004 10:17:20 PM
Great Idea!
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 06/11/2004 03:10:31 PM
Humans are disgusting. Nice shot tho!
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 06/11/2004 08:48:26 AM
Overall, very nice. I like the clever interpretation of the challenge. I think the lighting is a little flat and makes the cheese look kind of dark. Some soft sidelighting coming from the lower right might add some more dimension and contrast to the shot. Still, I like this one.
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 06/10/2004 08:16:53 PM
*two thumbs up*
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 06/10/2004 10:12:04 AM
Good shot, great detail and imagination
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 06/10/2004 03:47:42 AM
killer
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 06/09/2004 09:27:02 PM
very clear 6
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 06/09/2004 07:31:02 PM
Heeeere mousy mouse mouse!
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 06/09/2004 04:01:22 PM
This is technically a good composition - I find these traps highly offensive (the live traps are cheaper, in fact), but good photo.
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 06/09/2004 03:03:57 PM
GrGreat humor love it â€Â¦ would have never thought of this one.
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 06/09/2004 10:54:48 AM
Nice lighting and good framing.
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