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Birding with extra-sharp lens
Birding with extra-sharp lens
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Challenge: Say Cheese! (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Location: New Providence, NJ U.S.A.
Date: Dec 13, 2005
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1
Galleries: Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Dec 13, 2005

 Swan is made from cream cheese with cheddar cheese beak and peppercorn eyes. OK, it could be a goose or a duck. It was supposed to be a swan, but cream cheese isn't a great medium for sculpture, and a thinner neck couldn't support the weight. Camera is made from yellow and white cheddar, and of course that is a Canon L lens, it's white cheese!

This is from a second session, after the bird had dried out and cracked some, requiring repair.
It looked better originally, but this angle is better, thanks to suggestions from a friend.

-1/3 EC
PS crop, levels, saturation, resize, USM

Statistics
Place: 31 out of 107
Avg (all users): 5.5481
Avg (commenters): 7.1000
Avg (participants): 5.4340
Avg (non-participants): 5.5760
Views since voting: 1037
Views during voting: 406
Votes: 270
Comments: 11
Favorites: 1 (view)

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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
 12/29/2005 01:47:27 PM
Glad to see that it made viewers smile. Thanks for the comments, they're helping me to improve - like less sharpening, and less visual clutter from the plates. I had fun doing this, and I'm wishing for a real extra-sharp Canon L lens that is not made from cheese so I can do some real birding!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D300s
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 16-85 f/3.5-5.6G ED VR
 12/18/2005 12:59:16 PM
Probably just my sense of humor, but I found this the funniest of the lot. Since you used cheese and made me smile, I'm giving you a 10.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 12/16/2005 02:52:06 AM
Nice....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 12/15/2005 08:08:59 PM
Oh, too funny! Nicely done! Very creative!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
 12/14/2005 05:48:23 PM
wow thats quite the creation... good idea, technically not the best. but for effort, 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 12/14/2005 02:51:42 PM
Much work to assemble the decorations, good luminosity beautiful contrast
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D200
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6
 12/14/2005 02:39:08 PM
Nice set! Nice idea.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 12/14/2005 11:21:33 AM
Schwan at Ritz Lake
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D50
Quantaray AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 LD Tele-Macro for Canon
 12/14/2005 11:10:00 AM
Very nice job!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/14/2005 10:27:50 AM
Cute set up, really, really cute idea. But it seems over sharpened to me (sorry, I don't mean that as a pun).
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D50
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 12/14/2005 08:51:50 AM
heh
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