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Challenge: I Bought It On eBay (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Date: Dec 16, 2007
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200s
Galleries: Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Dec 16, 2007

 Last minute entry. No time for a description!

Well, several edits later, maybe I do have time for a quick description. For anyone that doesn't get it, this is a Ukelele, not a violin. Ah, my score will tell if people get it or not. I wanted to shoot this with a really wide lens for more distortion, but I don't have one, so 18mm had to do. I got a very sore neck posing for this one, and had many frustrating attempts at posing myself with the small frame. Finally my wife came to my rescue, and I instructed her what I wanted where in the frame and she did the good ol' "up a bit, no down, now over" got the focus right and pressed the shutter for me. Thanks honey!

The bow tie and the violin bow were borrowed from friends. Thanks Matt and Helen. :)

I had to enter this, because there were hardly any entries in this challenge, but the number has grown overnight. Ah well. Here goes nothing... :)

Statistics
Place: 6 out of 87
Avg (all users): 6.6242
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 6.3889
Avg (non-participants): 6.6899
Views since voting: 2906
Views during voting: 358
Votes: 165
Comments: 19
Favorites: 5 (view)

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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 07/08/2008 09:02:40 PM
Gosh, this is hilarious :D
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM III
 12/30/2007 07:50:28 AM
Congrats on your 6th place with this great image!
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/24/2007 01:32:19 PM
Congrats on your well deserved top 10. This is hilarious!!
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 12/24/2007 07:55:42 AM
Congrats on your top ten finish, very well deserved
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 12/24/2007 12:40:09 AM
A great fun image, well done
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Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon
 12/24/2007 12:32:10 AM
Congrats on your second top 10 in a row! :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Kodak Z650
 12/23/2007 05:46:51 PM
Lol, neat/funny pic, crazy expression!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 12/22/2007 09:11:04 PM
interesting, 7
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 12/21/2007 02:14:15 PM
this is way to funny. I love it. hope you do well.
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Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 12/20/2007 08:27:34 AM
Good. I quite like the manical expression... lol
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Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 12/19/2007 03:44:13 PM
This is just a fun shot, not to mention well done. A high score and a fave from me.
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 12/19/2007 12:16:06 PM
Great idea, and hilarious face! :) The lighting here is wonderful - excellent photo.
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Nikon D3s
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 12/18/2007 03:42:04 PM
nice
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Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D
Konica Minolta AF 28-70mm f/2.8 G
 12/18/2007 10:12:04 AM
Excellent. Ukelele strings, eye line, forehead wrinkles and tougue recenter the gaze as the eye hurries to return from the bow line. The viewer's visual struggle makes a madcap result well suited to the title, subject's expression, and the mismatched instrument and bow.
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Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 12/17/2007 01:52:17 PM
lots of humour here, love the leading lines. 8
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Canon EOS-40D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 12/17/2007 12:13:01 PM
nice lighting, angle, expression... impossible to fault! I hope it does well!
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 12/17/2007 06:41:41 AM
Funny and well executed :) 8
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Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon
 12/17/2007 12:14:35 AM
Great expression! :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 12/17/2007 12:14:12 AM
LOL! That's hilarious! love the expression...
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