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Shrek III
Shrek III
hanneke


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Challenge: What? (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: @ Home
Date: Oct 15, 2005
Galleries: Humorous, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Oct 15, 2005

 I know I'm at a certain risk entering a self-portrait, but I think I'll have to deal with that. My hubby didn't want to get all green & stuff.

Anyway, in Holland there's this "Shrek"-potatoes with peas inside. When I was thinking about this challenge, I thought this idea would be great fun. Yeah, right.

First I had to think of how I had to make the ears. I tried clay, but that didn't work. Then I had the great idea (NOT) to print some real Shrek-ears, cut them out and attached them on my ears with small rubbers. They really hurt, but it was the only way I could think of.
Spent half an hour to get green, after that 3 1/2 hours to get the shot I wanted. I can tell you it's frustrating when you have to attach the ears back again for the 7th time... :(

I hate it when I don't have a model and I have to shoot a selfportrait again. No control over the composition, and it takes way too long to get what I want.

After selecting this photo, I used the RAW-converter, levels, curves, USM, desaturated blue and cropped a little.

I hope you guys like it, but I'll never, ever do this again! ;)

Statistics
Place: 27 out of 274
Avg (all users): 5.9132
Avg (commenters): 8.1000
Avg (participants): 5.6447
Avg (non-participants): 6.0559
Views since voting: 2533
Views during voting: 449
Votes: 219
Comments: 16
Favorites: 3 (view)

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Fujifilm X-T30
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 12/04/2005 06:13:43 PM
I think it's great. Missed it during the challenge, but IMHO this placed too low, and was a 6+ shot. Nicely done.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 10/27/2005 02:25:29 AM
Wow! What some people will put themselves through to get a shot!

You put a smile on alot of faces with this photo. Well done!

George
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Olympus E-300 EVOLT
Olympus 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 Zuiko Digital
 10/25/2005 09:36:57 PM
Very imaginative.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 10/25/2005 06:43:13 PM
Nice image.
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Pentax *ist DS
Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Pentax
 10/24/2005 12:52:09 AM
WHAT!
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 10/23/2005 06:13:20 PM
Excellent. Even the fork looks oversized.
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Canon PowerShot S95
Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon
 10/23/2005 05:57:18 PM
What? Surprising, hilarious and perfect (well, may be not technically, but who minds overblown meals? :-)
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Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
 10/22/2005 08:19:53 PM
great idea.. i'm giving this an 8
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Canon EOS-5D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 10/21/2005 07:58:37 PM
Very nice...Great job..!!
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Nikon D40
 10/20/2005 09:01:32 AM
Great work! Love the idea! You've done a good job in composing the photo.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM II
 10/20/2005 05:21:11 AM
Auch, u like ugly in this picture ;-)
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 10/20/2005 01:10:02 AM
CLEVER! 9.
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Canon PowerShot SD990 IS
 10/19/2005 06:19:38 PM
you are very strange. Great entry!
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Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 10/19/2005 04:48:57 PM
wow, awsome... i think we have a winner, or at least a ribbon!! Congrats in advance, i don't think you could have gotton much more creative!! i love it!!!
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 10/19/2005 08:48:36 AM
Not the greatest quality, technically, but a really valiant effort. Very original. This is hilarious. Thanks for the laugh. I'd bump up the green a smidge. Amidst the mundane entries, this is a stand out. 7
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 10/19/2005 12:32:42 AM
Wow, this is perfect. A 10 for creativity
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