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Challenge: Dreams and Nightmares (Classic Editing)
Collection: Miscellaneous
Camera: Canon PowerShot G2
Location: Studio
Date: Oct 3, 2003
ISO: 400
Galleries: Action, Advertisement
Date Uploaded: Oct 3, 2003

 Title has 2 meanings:

1) Most obvious, the camera is under water, it's electrical, it will create a short circuit and break. Every photographers nightmare!

2) Metaphor of drowning/death, quite a common nightmare amongst us humans.



(No cameras were harmed in the making of this photograph!)

Statistics
Place: 53 out of 112
Avg (all users): 5.3290
Avg (commenters): 6.7333
Avg (participants): 5.3205
Avg (non-participants): 5.3377
Views since voting: 1602
Votes: 155
Comments: 16
Favorites: 1 (view)

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Nikon Coolpix 2500
 10/13/2003 12:11:53 AM
What is this doing in the 54th place?? This was one of my top 10! Great idea and well done... sorry...
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 10/12/2003 11:45:11 AM
Hope that's the old camera. Like to know the details here. Focus is a little soft but hey your shooting through some mystery substance...
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Nikon D610
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
 10/11/2003 12:21:41 AM
The concept is great and yes, If I dropped my cmaera in water I would consider that a nightmare. I am not sure the color works for me and the bubbles are just a little to out of focus. 6
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Google Pixel 2
 10/10/2003 03:54:17 PM
EEEEEKKKKKK!!!!! I'm hoping this is a reflection of your camera flipped over so the lettering is right! The shot is done well, the red in the shot throws me off at first but in a nightmare I'm guessing red for blood would be the predominant color, make the water look bloodied as if the camera was bleeding, very good. The darkness on the left side is a bit distracting, if the lighting was a bit more balanced this would have gotten a 9 or 10 from me.
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Canon EOS-20D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 10/10/2003 11:57:59 AM
What a horrible, horrible nightmare. :) Very interesting setup. I like the red.
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Canon PowerShot G6
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 10/07/2003 11:13:56 PM
Oh my. That is a nightmare isn't it! Did you enhance the noise to make it more dramatic? I think everyone here can relate to this one.
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Nikon D70
 10/07/2003 03:07:38 PM
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo..............
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Sony DSC-F717
 10/07/2003 01:15:40 PM
Very cool idea and nice execution
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 10/07/2003 12:27:57 PM
Sorry you had to ruin your camera for this shot. Let me explain--no challenge is worth ruining your camera for! (just kidding of course; I like this shot, though it's a bit grainy). nice lighting and mood.
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Olympus E-5
Olympus 50mm f/1.8 MF Normal Zuiko
 10/07/2003 11:46:25 AM
ahhh- I already live in fear of this...
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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 10/06/2003 11:07:04 AM
I like this one. Not crazy about the frame but that is a minor point. Very neat shot, neat light, and color.
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Kodak DC280
 10/06/2003 10:53:41 AM
That WOULD be a nightmare!!! Great shot!!!!
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Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D
Konica Minolta AF 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5
 10/06/2003 07:21:48 AM
Quite a nightmare. Is there a glass plate above the camera to hold the water droplets?
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Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 10/06/2003 05:38:26 AM
That's your nightmare? Hmm. Fair enough, I suppose, but photographing photography always seemed a bit silly to me. (3)
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Canon Canon 1d x Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 10/06/2003 05:22:32 AM
Hilarious! I hope you didn't ruin a good camera just for a challenge! Love it - 10.
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 10/06/2003 12:54:52 AM
I do hope that the camera is behind the water and not IN the water.
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