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Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost
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Challenge: Death (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Location: New Providence, NJ USA
Date: Dec 5, 2006
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Still Life, History
Date Uploaded: Dec 5, 2006

 Last minute entry, although the idea has been cooking on the back burner for some time. I had to drive to work at 11:20PM as Comcast upgraded my internet service so that it is broken at present. Hope the drive was worth it, that at least someone appreciates the result.

Real skull, courtesy of my departed grandfather James who was an osteopath physician and surgeon. Ivy (sorry, not fig) leaves are glued to a pipe cleaner, and arranged to cover most of the seam where the top of the skull is removeable. The lower leaf covers a wire where a spring attaches to hold the jaw in place. On the shopping list is a roll of seamless so I can fix my backgrounds. The earthworm is real.

ETTL II 1:4, key/slave 580EX on right in 60" Photek Softliter II, fill/master 580EX on camera with Lumiquest Big Bounce

ACR with curve, PS crop, saturation, resize, USM, color profile, save for web.

Statistics
Place: 128 out of 227
Avg (all users): 5.0985
Avg (commenters): 6.1250
Avg (participants): 4.8800
Avg (non-participants): 5.2266
Views since voting: 916
Views during voting: 323
Votes: 203
Comments: 9
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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 12/10/2006 08:30:03 PM
a lot of creativity in this
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
 12/10/2006 10:41:06 AM
very artful take on the challenge. i like it. nice clarity and the worm is a great idea. 8
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Canon EOS-1D X
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM II
12/10/2006 02:23:07 AM
The worms are a nice touch.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot S95
 12/09/2006 07:48:01 AM
interesting change from the norm, yes, i like..
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Panasonic DMC-FZ8
 12/09/2006 02:31:37 AM
Great concept!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Apple iPhone 13
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 12/07/2006 02:08:51 PM
Would have been better without the edge of the background and table.. lighting is a little flat .. I like the idea though! Nice work with the setup!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/07/2006 01:00:00 PM
Technicals: lighting is fairly good. I wish we didn't have the line in the background. Using one piece of whatever for your background can remove this. Composition is fairly static.
The Feel: I like the idea. Creative with the title. There isn't a whole lot of "wow" here. Still life shots can have wow with creative lighting or a dynamic composition. That's lacking here.
Score: 5
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 12/07/2006 01:00:00 PM
that worm cracks me up!! lol.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Kodak C340
 12/06/2006 09:13:01 PM
ha...that's awesome
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