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Challenge: Surreal Still Life (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Successful Challenge Entries
Camera: Apple iPhone 6
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
Date: Sep 27, 2015
Aperture: 2.2
ISO: 40
Shutter: 1/120
Date Uploaded: Sep 27, 2015

 When this creepy doll broke I just remember thinking how I could use the parts in a challenge! ;)

Broken families. Shattered dreams. Tears of regret. Trying to piece it all together.

BTW it seems like prime lenses really aren't capable of getting this kind of DOF. The iphone camera is a prime lens I guess, but certainly gets a bunch more in focus than my 35mm or 50mm would - unless I squeezed the aperture - but even then. The iphone is just a more practical camera for some shots.

same feet used here:

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Place: 3 out of 54
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 10/09/2015 06:53:13 AM
Congrats on the ribbon. Yrs, that is surreal!
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5 ED-IF
 10/07/2015 02:44:35 PM
Grats on the ribbon and bling. Spooky
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 10/06/2015 04:33:52 PM
Wow, that's surreal. ;) Great work, Tate!
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Apple iPhone 15 Pro
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
 10/06/2015 08:32:31 AM
THank you! =)
The lighting was a sliding glass door at the top with a white laminated piece of wood as a bounce / reflector at the bottom.

Originally posted by grahamgator:
I think this was so well done; great lighting. Congrats.
Nikon Z7II
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 10/06/2015 01:16:45 AM
I think this was so well done; great lighting. Congrats.
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Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 III
 10/05/2015 09:28:25 PM
Congrats!!
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 10/05/2015 01:47:24 PM
Your right it is creepy but very well done! Congratulations on your yellow ribbon.
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Fujifilm XF 35mm f/2 R WR
 10/05/2015 10:30:33 AM
Congratulations on the yellow. An exemplary work of surrealism.
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 10/05/2015 08:43:18 AM
Yay for your ribbon!!
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Canon EOS-80D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 10/05/2015 05:41:21 AM
Nice work.
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Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
 10/05/2015 12:40:31 AM
Lovely to get front page recognition and Posthumous Fantasy Gallery too!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 10/04/2015 10:05:59 PM
I don't know if this sounded good on paper, but the execution is great.


I'm hanging this in my fantasy art gallery

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Ricoh GR III
Pentax DA 18-135mm F3.5-5.6ED AL [IF] WR DC
 10/04/2015 09:06:08 PM
brilliant.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L II
 10/04/2015 06:38:31 PM
Powerful!
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Nikon D5000
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
 10/04/2015 04:14:25 PM
Makes no sense, but then again, it doesn't have to. I like this.
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Pentax K5II
Pentax SMC DA 55-300mm F4.5-5.8ED
10/04/2015 05:42:53 AM
The anonymity is what makes this image, nice work.
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Canon EOS R5 Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 10/03/2015 02:13:41 PM
a reference to Magritte's "Son of Man" takes a rough turn with the red stains on the figure dress resembling blood.
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Fujifilm XF 35mm f/2 R WR
 10/03/2015 02:13:24 PM
A la Magritte, but beautifully expressed in its own right. The shock of juxtaposition and shattering limbs is classic surrealism. I love the colors, with the contrasting onion as exclamation point. She has a lot to cry about.
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 10/01/2015 05:00:53 PM
Fits the challenge topic perfectly. Totally surreal.
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 09/29/2015 11:47:29 PM
Ha! I like.
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Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 III
 09/29/2015 04:44:54 PM
Oh yeah!! 8
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Fujifilm X-T30
Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS
 09/29/2015 06:45:50 AM
Simple and effective - the title could be more interesting though
I like the quality of a maddening cycle
Bump
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 09/28/2015 10:42:41 PM
Worthy of a long look and greater appreciation.
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