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Challenge: Toilet Paper (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Lens: Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC for Canon
Location: Sintra, Portugal
Date: Sep 13, 2010
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Humorous, Nature
Date Uploaded: Sep 14, 2010

 [Sep. 21st, 2010 04:09:02 AM]

Well, it's a day before rollover and I'm pretty embarrassed. It looks like this is going to be my second highest scoring image to date, and I so obviously stole the idea from caba, so I'm going to dedicate this photo to Frank, who even tried to correct my title in the comments below. Thanks Frank, hope you don't mind! You can check his original image here:



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Thanks guys, this is very much appreciated, but I feel I have to say something:

While I have a little bit of the DPC limelight, I'm gonna point it at someone who really deserves it: Mr sarampo.

Recently João won a Canon competition here in Portugal for this photo. Since he's a Nikon user, he had no real use for the prize, a Canon 550D. Being the amazing guy he is, he got together with my wife and planned a barbecue at our house and offered, much to my amazement, my old 400D to tellme. It was only after I recovered the power of speech that he passed me a box, containing the camera that took this photo - the first one I've submitted using my new toy.

So there you go folks, proof that it's the camera that matters, not the photographer! :-)

Now, if you wouldn't mind, go and give João some love - add him as a favourite, comment on a photo of his, whatever. He deserves it for being a generally amazing guy who made two people very, very happy, without actually gaining anything for himself.

Oh, one last thing - contrary to what Magnum_za thought, all the lines are made with toilet paper. I took some glue with me to secure each end of the stripes, and hoped for the best with the traffic. He has an eagle eye though, as I took a few shots from both ends, and in this one I had removed the roll from the bottom of the hill and moved it to the top, hence the overlap that you can see.

Statistics
Place: 2 out of 75
Avg (all users): 6.7039
Avg (commenters): 7.7143
Avg (participants): 6.4286
Avg (non-participants): 6.7744
Views since voting: 4850
Views during voting: 455
Votes: 206
Comments: 31
Favorites: 0

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Apple iPhone 15 Pro
 09/26/2010 06:57:55 AM
Congrats on the ribbon,real neat idea.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 09/25/2010 03:27:35 PM
I love the creativity!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC for Canon
 09/22/2010 01:50:44 PM
Originally posted by tellme:
Well, if is the camera that matters, someday i'll do great photos like you did with your D400 :)


*Ahem* 400D!
Apple iPhone 15 Pro
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
 09/22/2010 01:05:19 PM
Great story! Love the "offering your camera to someone else while you're right there then giving you a new one" idea =)
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6 II USM
 09/22/2010 12:26:15 PM
Well, if is the camera that matters, someday i'll do great photos like you did with your D400 :)
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 09/22/2010 11:00:50 AM
Glad you didn't get rum over, Sam (or ended up in the loony bin ;-) Congrats on your ribbon. Super image.
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 09/22/2010 05:28:31 AM
Congratulations!
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Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 09/22/2010 05:00:55 AM
Nicely done man, it was definitely worth to be car sick so you could take that picture :-D
Welcome back to DPC highlight, and now get your butt out of the sofa and do some more :-P
Thanks for the kind words, they're really appreciated.
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Nikon D800
Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 EX APO IF HSM for Nikon
 09/22/2010 03:12:21 AM
Having said all that, it's kind of an odd place in the road to allow overtaking ;) A solid white line is more appropriate and safe! Odd it wasn't painted that way from the get-go.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 09/22/2010 03:07:28 AM
Brilant idea and well taken. Congrats on the red!
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Nikon D800
Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 EX APO IF HSM for Nikon
 09/22/2010 03:07:19 AM
Hi Sam. Well done on your ribbon. The benefit of hindsight :) As for your PC above, thanks for the details. Amazing that the stripes are ALL loo paper and you didn't turn out to be road kill. My eagle eye didn't pick that up! As far as João is concerned, what a super person. I have benefited from one of his crits and it will help me choose next time I am undecided as to what image to submit.
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Fujifilm X-T5
Fujifilm XF 23mm f/2 R WR
 09/22/2010 01:01:48 AM
Nice one. Congratulations!!
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 09/22/2010 12:29:59 AM
Way to go, much better than mine. Glad it worked out.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
09/21/2010 09:13:15 PM
he he he made me laugh. this is great.
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Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC for Canon
 09/21/2010 04:50:23 PM
Soooo original !!! Well realised ! My favorite for the challenge !
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 09/21/2010 04:34:27 PM
Very original idea!!!
Had to smile.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 09/21/2010 01:27:32 PM
great idea, nicely executed
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 09/21/2010 01:10:47 AM
or "wipe stripes"
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Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-140mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
 09/20/2010 07:45:28 AM
Lol, funny idea, captured well, 9
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 09/20/2010 12:27:09 AM
LOL...great idea...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/19/2010 11:23:16 AM
great idea!
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Olympus E-3
Olympus 50mm f/2.0 Macro ED Zuiko Digital
 09/18/2010 12:35:33 PM
winner :)
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Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
 09/17/2010 12:52:28 AM
Cute!!!!
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 09/16/2010 11:30:40 PM
Very clever. A 7 for the image plus an extra 1 for inventiveness.
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Nikon D800
Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 EX APO IF HSM for Nikon
 09/16/2010 01:47:28 AM
Lovely idea, the execution could be improved. I can see where the roll ends and the actual paint starts. I would simply have placed the roll dead bang on top of where the painted line starts without unraveling the roll at all.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 09/15/2010 10:56:31 PM
Clever. I sure hope you had a lookout!
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Nikon D60
Nikon AF Nikkor 28-85mm 1:3.5-4.5
09/15/2010 01:42:25 PM
Pretty ingenious. Unexpected and clever. Great!
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Nikon D70s
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 09/15/2010 05:59:48 AM
very creative, well done :)
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 09/15/2010 01:56:34 AM
Clever idea.
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Canon EOS-50D
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Canon
 09/15/2010 12:57:29 AM
very clever
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 09/15/2010 12:04:31 AM
So very clever!
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