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Challenge: Breaking New Ground (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Sony DSC-F717
Location: living room
Date: Jan 17, 2005
Aperture: F8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 3sec
Galleries: Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jan 18, 2005

 Ok, so now i'm gonna explain why my average is probably gonna drop with this shot... LOL

For this i took of my tripod mounting and taped it to the end of a ladle (about 10" long), a ladle was best because it allows a lot of movement to position the mount in the first place, to set the shot up... then i used black insulating tape to attach the kitchen knife (about 12" long) to the other end of the laddle...and hence BAYONET-CAM was born! when the camera is then screwed into the mount, the knife is always in the same place, so i used a small aperature and a exposure of a few seconds and ran at my gorgeous girlfriend with BAYONET-CAM. As she revising at the moment i only managed to get three shots off, in some the knife was in perfect focus, but the face on this one looked too freaky! i couldnt pass it up! I'd love to have had a few more attempts, but still cant complain (unless i get brown...)

cropped, neat-imaged, usm, grey-scale and whacked up the contrast.

Am currently in talks with Canon about going into mass production of BAYONET-CAM, prefect for those crowded locations ;)

Statistics
Place: 66 out of 191
Avg (all users): 5.4751
Avg (commenters): 7.3571
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Votes: 341
Comments: 19
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Canon EOS-20D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 01/26/2005 06:47:34 PM
Wonderful for this challenge. I am surprised this did not do better. Keep up the great creativity! :-)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Sigma 28-105mm f/2.8-4.0 Aspherical for Canon
 01/25/2005 08:33:55 PM
whoa! Love it! Can;t wait to see how u did this. 10
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Canon EOS-20D
 01/25/2005 08:35:53 AM
very cool technique
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 01/24/2005 11:10:52 AM
"One eye commentator":
Very interesting and good choice for b/w. The image or apparition looks great. Bumping up.
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Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 01/23/2005 11:47:11 PM
If only the knife were sharper (no pun intended) this would have been a worth another point from me
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 01/23/2005 12:27:02 AM
Very disturbing.. nice technique. Knife looks a bit peculiar with no sign of anyone holding it, but I still like this photo.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
 01/22/2005 09:54:59 PM
Amazing atmosphere.
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Canon EOS-30D
Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Canon
 01/22/2005 03:28:02 PM
Took me a while to perceive the foreground object as a knife and even longer to get the face. The concept is quite something and the time taken to perceive the elements is well spent. My only suggestion is that if the knife were better lit (and in razor-sharp focus), the image would carry much more impact - 8
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 01/22/2005 01:45:19 PM
Scary but good
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Canon EOS R5
Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1 L IS USM
 01/22/2005 11:55:42 AM
scary
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2
 01/21/2005 04:25:34 AM
pretty scary stuff dude! Ouch just noticed the knife too! 9
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Canon EOS-20D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 01/20/2005 10:37:37 PM
The flying knife's/ghost's perspective, execution here is absolutely flawless! The expression of grotesque fear is perfect and this dark photograph is one of the few that meets the spirit of this quite difficult challenge. Well done! 9
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Sony DSC-P52
 01/20/2005 11:51:55 AM
great
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Nikon D70
 01/20/2005 05:18:43 AM
Great image, great idea
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
 01/19/2005 07:05:29 PM
so so cool....a 8
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 12-24mm f/4.0G IF-ED
 01/19/2005 05:59:29 PM
Are you going to kill the gohst with a knife or what?
Canon PowerShot G2
 01/19/2005 01:37:20 PM
nice pic maybe a little bit more focus on the knife
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 01/19/2005 02:34:39 AM
eeek i'm scared! :)
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 01/19/2005 12:51:35 AM
I didnt notice the knife at first... hmmm very scary, even more disturbing when I noticed the knife. Good concept/execution. Wish the photo had a broader tonal range of values (whites for example)
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