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Fred meets Magritte
Fred meets Magritte
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Challenge: Surrealism (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Location: my conservatory
Date: Mar 3, 2005
Aperture: f9
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/25
Galleries: Humorous
Date Uploaded: Mar 5, 2005

 I immediately thought of Rene Magritte's painting of a chap in a bowler hat with an apple in front of his face. The only bowler hat I had to hand was on a 1970's flour shaker, Fred, and as an apple was way too big I used a satsuma, cut in half, hollowed out & held in place with cotton thread. Well, I enjoyed taking this shot.

Statistics
Place: 131 out of 271
Avg (all users): 5.0572
Avg (commenters): 6.1111
Avg (participants): 4.7850
Avg (non-participants): 5.1692
Views since voting: 820
Views during voting: 513
Votes: 367
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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Canon EOS-1D Mark IIn
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 03/15/2005 01:23:43 PM
Fun interpretation of a classic surreal image.
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 03/15/2005 10:18:05 AM
Where's the umbrella?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot S1 IS
 03/14/2005 12:33:18 PM
cute
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D80
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 03/13/2005 04:00:14 PM
the reflection on his left sholder is a bit distracting but otherwise its a vary good image and fits the challenge vary well
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon
 03/12/2005 01:58:07 PM
My 2nd favourite in the challenge! Love it! Not so keen on the reflections in his hat and body and the background seems too grey. Still, excellent! 9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon Digital IXUS v3
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 03/11/2005 01:12:15 PM
Thats either a very large Fred or a Tiny orange/Satsuma/...
Great Idea
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot Pro 70
 03/10/2005 06:28:59 PM
Very interesting idea.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon ZR65MC
 03/10/2005 11:41:52 AM
Surely...........endangered species...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 03/09/2005 05:46:52 PM
very cute send-up of a famous painting, but it doesn't look terribly surreal to me :-(
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 03/09/2005 03:40:21 AM
too gray
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