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The Pumpkin Eater
The Pumpkin Eater
arron_christensen


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Challenge: Halloween II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: At home
Date: Oct 31, 2007
Aperture: f/32
ISO: 800
Shutter: 8 sec
Galleries: Humorous, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Oct 31, 2007

 This was fun! Got to try out some neat tricks I learned from other photos on DPC. Used two tea lights balanced on knives stuck in the back of the pumpkins head and a third in the little pumpkin. Then I used a single light directly to the right. The BOO was written with a candle, taking about 30 tries. Used black posterboard taped to the wall and the wifes black skirt for the black foreground and backround. Used a circular polarizer to lengthen exposure time (forgot that my ISO was at 800!!!)

Convret Raw, levels, curves, hue/saturation to change the BOO color, brightness to make pumpkin stand out better, resize, reduce noise, usm, save for web.

Except for the wax everywhere, this came out in my opinion great, hopefully that is the concensus of others...

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Place: 27 out of 122
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 11/05/2007 12:57:40 AM
Nice work with the painting with light!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/02/2007 10:13:03 PM
cool
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
 11/01/2007 09:25:02 PM
Cute & Clever!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 11/01/2007 06:12:46 PM
Very creative. I love the pumpkin in the pumpkin. Just my opinion, of course, but I think it would've stood even stronger without the boo up top. 7
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Sony Alpha a7 IV
Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS
 11/01/2007 04:41:01 PM
I like the pumpkin, not real keen on the writing, I especially like the stars in the eyes, very cool.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Pentax K7
Pentax DA 16-45mm f/4.0 ED AL AF
 11/01/2007 10:26:14 AM
lol, great expressions on the pumpkins!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 11/01/2007 01:17:50 AM
Oh my!! This has to be a winner...it's so original and very cute! The mad-twinkle is a perfect touch! Well executed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
 11/01/2007 12:18:51 AM
I like the candles for eyeballs, but the eyebrows?? the contrast here is excellent, and texture of the vegetable is great.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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