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Challenge: So Bad It's Good (Minimal Editing)
Collection: 2018
Camera: Canon EOS-6D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM
Date: Feb 21, 2018
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60
Date Uploaded: Feb 22, 2018

 So there I was trying to think of something bad to photograph and I look around my desk and see the nail clippers, so I thought "oooh nail clippings would be bad" and I looked at my fingernails and they were already pretty trim, but I went ahead and chopped away and shot some picks of the clippers and clippings just laying there, but the clippings weren't very visible so I grabbed a flashlight and laid it down on the desk, shining on the scene and that looked better and I started playing with the arrangement of the clippings and the idea of spelling out "BAD" popped in my head, so I made the B but it looked like an A, so I just decided to spell "Art" - not my username, but Art as in "this is some fucking artistic art, man!" and I took a few shots, transferred, picked one, desat'd because the white balance was off, resized and sharpened, then uploaded and wrote this here description in one long run-on sentence. The title came to me immediately after uploading.

A little gross, but be thankful it wasn't my toenails and I did later contemplate a booger sculpture of Donald Trump, but my nose is too runny. :P :D

Post Challenge: Ok, I am going to assume this was too good to be so bad it's good.

Statistics
Place: 29 out of 35
Avg (all users): 5.2619
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.0526
Avg (non-participants): 5.4348
Views since voting: 471
Views during voting: 106
Votes: 42
Comments: 4
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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8
 03/02/2018 07:19:05 AM
I totally overlooked the "art!" Clearly did not spend enough time on this one. If I'd seen it I'd have had to conclude it had cleverness to it, which would be good. Which is bad. So your score would... I have no idea. Scoring this challenge made my head hurt!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 03/01/2018 03:52:32 AM
A theme generally considered too bad to be shot - you definitely nailed it in this challenge! Only the fact that the nails are so clean prevented me from scoring it a 10.
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Canon EOS R5
Canon RF 24-105mm f/4-7.1 IS STM
 02/28/2018 09:30:31 PM
Not only is this a bad shot, it is gross. There is no accounting for “Art”. 10
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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8
 02/24/2018 11:20:52 AM
Just, ewww. So that's a big badness. The composition isn't bad and I don't mind the DOF, so overall middling badness here.
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