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1988: President Signs Bill for War on Drugs
1988: President Signs Bill for War on Drugs
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Challenge: The Year You Were Born (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Location: My room
Date: Nov 21, 2006
Aperture: 2.7
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/1
Galleries: Humorous, Persuasive
Date Uploaded: Nov 21, 2006

 Well technically War on Drugs started in 1980, but Reagan signed the bill to give murderous drug traffickers the death penalty in accordance with the war on drugs...

Okay, so I definitely wanted to shoot something somewhat humerous, since those shots seem to do the best. Naturally the war on drugs is a pretty funny issue because it's parodied all the time. I wanted to have something innocent to contrast with the drugs, but unfortunately I don't have any babies to exploit :(
Next best thing's a teddy bear I guess, especially one I got when I was born. Next step was the setup, which is very boring b/c I procrastinated...again. Originally I was going to use a cigarrette, but then I realized those aren't illegal (duh). So I ripped it up and made it look like a little joint, sewed Teddy's paw to his face (poor Teddy) pinned on the "joint", set the timer, and lit it right before the timer went off. This could either get a really high score or a really low one, I guess it depends on people's sense of humor :)

P.S. I've never smoked and I never will, very bad. KIDS! Don't do this! Remember D.A.R.E!

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Canon PowerShot SD1000
 11/28/2006 03:48:05 PM
So Teddy Ruxpin was behind the drug cartels.. I knew it!
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Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 11/27/2006 11:32:03 AM
clever. maybe next time you can have the cigarrette smoke not go just straight up-have a fan blow it.
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Pentax K10D
Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
 11/24/2006 03:15:07 AM
Beary good news! :)
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 11/23/2006 05:07:36 AM
I like this one, a really cool shot here.....
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 11/22/2006 07:34:20 PM
heh heh. I like it. He's not inhaling, is he?
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 11/22/2006 11:42:02 AM
The smoke shows up well - but the innocence of the stuffed bear and the smoking joint don't quite fit for me with this title. 4
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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8
 11/22/2006 10:14:00 AM
WHAT is that bear smoking?! Isn't there a law against corrupting the morals of a stuffed animal? Ahem. OK, as for the pic, I'd crop more off the left and get the smoke to drift over towards the right instead of going straight up. Were I to take such a picture ;-)
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Canon EOS-650/T4i Rebel
Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
11/22/2006 07:45:36 AM
He looks like a teddy with an attitude.. nice capture of smoke.. the backgorund should have been darker.. would have created better contrast and the smoke would have stood out more..
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L IS USM
 11/22/2006 12:53:42 AM
Haha! So I bet this teddys name is "Bill", then?
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