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Laughing Stock...Bad Hair Day :(
Laughing Stock...Bad Hair Day :(
jerowe


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Challenge: Personification II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
Location: Backyard
Date: Feb 3, 2007
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200th
Galleries: Humorous, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Feb 3, 2007

 This is my first submission with the WPL4, and I'm scared to death, just let me say that. Personification was not a good one for me start off with, but I promised myself I would make myself enter it. I hope it does not hurt my team.

I taped 10 q-tips together, and then
got a single q-tip with the middle screwed up, and tried to make the others look as if they were leaning back staring at him/her. :D

post processing:

raw conversion:
cropped bottom and sides off.
cloned some stray "hairs" off the bad q-tip
black and white conversion
9-pixel white border and 8-pixel black border made via canvas resize
resize to 640
smart sharpen at 90% (might have overdone it. not quite sure. looks good on my monitor)
save for web at full quality

done.

i really hope to get a good score for my team with this, but i am really scared about this one. hopefully it'll be 5.5+ or even a 6, really doubt it though. fingers crossed.
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I'm very happy with this score. I didn't expect to be a 6+, but i'm very happy it is. i'm on a 5.5+ roll right now, and hope to keep it up. thanks so much for the great comments, they are greatly appreciated. congrats to everyone that entered, and good luck in the future challenges ;)

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Place: 36 out of 218
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 02/11/2007 06:11:17 PM
nice and simple....maybe a little to sharp
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 02/11/2007 04:23:03 PM
I like - 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 02/08/2007 09:29:05 AM
Hahah! to funny :P very well executed. :) 9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 02/07/2007 11:32:31 PM
Not particularly appealing, but well photographed and kudos for bringing personality to such a simple object.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro M.Zuiko Digital ED
 02/06/2007 12:18:32 PM
Hooray! ...and Thank You! With a minute bit of thought the viewer can figure out what this is without the title, perhaps even outside the context of this challenge. Best of luck to you in the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 02/05/2007 05:10:10 PM
Clever and cute idea I can relate to!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7500
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 02/05/2007 01:10:14 AM
I like how the other Q-tips are "aghast" at the sight of the middle q-tips "hair"
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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