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Surreal Ironing
Surreal Ironing
arnit


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Challenge: Surrealism (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Location: Iceland
Date: Mar 8, 2005
Aperture: F/6.3
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/125 sec.
Galleries: Humorous, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Mar 8, 2005

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Statistics
Place: 36 out of 271
Avg (all users): 5.9375
Avg (commenters): 7.2368
Avg (participants): 5.7542
Avg (non-participants): 6.0188
Views since voting: 2103
Views during voting: 749
Votes: 384
Comments: 46
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 03/18/2005 03:03:31 AM
Now the original version of this idea is back in your portfolio it's interesting to compare. Why does the first one work better for me? The location/ background is more interesting and provides more contrast to the foreground. The light is much more interesting and golden. Your facial expression is stronger. The bright colours of the clothes being worn and ironed are stronger, especially with the way one sleeve falls off the board and swings below in the breeze. The only thing I like more in the second is the substitution of a kettle for the iron.
 03/16/2005 04:27:57 AM
I'm disapointed that this didn't do well - I'm sure it got knocked down because people perceived it as just a reshoot, instead of building on what you did before, but I love it anyway. Wish it had made the top 10.

Stephanie
 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/15/2005 04:52:19 PM
Wacky and funny. Bumping up.
 03/15/2005 02:10:31 PM
bit of a cop out in my opinion. well taken photo.
03/15/2005 11:42:16 AM
I`ve seen this before but it`s still a 10 to you. Very clean and sharp.
 03/15/2005 10:46:50 AM
Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. You did a good job creating an alternative version of your original image, so I don't feel you just 'copied' your old shot. This time I don't like the background that much though. Is this the same place as for Surreal Vacuuming?
Wait I just noticed...are you actually ironing the shirt you were wearing in your last shot? *grin*. Yeah, I think your 10 is well deserved. Good luck to you.
 03/15/2005 10:23:36 AM
hmmm. Good use of color, focus, DOF. Really just think the guy is nuts. But as long as he's happy! 7
 03/15/2005 08:10:49 AM
Very unique. I really love what you've done here. 10
 03/15/2005 04:55:31 AM
This one made me laugh outloud. The humor is great....
 03/14/2005 02:35:36 PM
Hvað er þetta með þig og strauborðin útí fjöru? ;)
 03/13/2005 11:58:46 PM
Now that is just plain silly. I do like the idea of the use of a teapot for an iron. The photo quality warrants a 6.


03/13/2005 09:15:40 AM
Funny!!! i like it !! (9)
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 03/13/2005 09:12:45 AM
Surreal, and well-exposed- a good entry, but I'm a little disappointed that you didn't find something new. You're so good at this. Caught Up would have been a winner.
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 03/13/2005 08:49:07 AM
I thought I had seen something like this recently in Arni's body of work but I can no longer find it. Certainly a surreal image though lighting is a little grey and dull. I think it could be lifted by being taken at a time when the light was better.
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 03/13/2005 07:36:52 AM
my favorite part of this is that you're ironing with a tea kettle. I looked at this photo several times before even realizing this. Not only are you out in the middle of nowhere with your ironing board and cheerios, but you're using a tea kettle! Very creative attention to detail.
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 03/11/2005 11:25:35 PM
Perfect idea but shutted in a wrong wheater 6
 03/11/2005 06:31:30 PM
Interesting idea. I'm not too fond of reshoots for challenges, but i must say, this is borderline creepy ;) The composition is very interesting and the DOF makes for a strange atmosphere, which i like very much. I would've wished for a tiny bit more sharpness tho. Nice work! 7
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 03/11/2005 05:06:18 PM
that's dedication to being wrinkle free
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 03/11/2005 12:20:13 PM
I just noticed the kettle, nearly missed it! A brillant idea. I think I know who you are, even though I'm fairly new to DPC. You got my vote 10
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 03/11/2005 07:53:36 AM
I like this one
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 03/10/2005 01:26:37 PM
Very post modern!
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 03/10/2005 12:34:46 PM
This is fun! Did you have an audience while you set this up?
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 03/10/2005 09:51:55 AM
If I'm not mistaken I've seen you do this image before, with a lighthouse or something in the background. I liked that one better.
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 03/10/2005 06:27:34 AM
Not nearly as surreal as your first take of this photo. It was a good idea in the first place though.
 03/10/2005 04:48:31 AM
spurning hvort þetta er endurgerð af selfportrait eða nýja Ribbondrottningin að láta til sín taka:)...
hvort sem er þá er þetta djö flott;)
 03/10/2005 04:35:51 AM
almost perfect, perfect a bird attacking. Nice shot.
 03/09/2005 06:02:23 PM
The only addition which would have pushed this photo up a notch would be a business suit and ironing a white button down collared shirt. But I love the ordinary extraordinary surrealism of this work. If this isn't Arnit's work, you owe him a great debt. Imitation is the sincerest form of flatterly. Press on Arnit!
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 03/09/2005 04:53:56 PM
if this isn't arnit...
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 03/09/2005 03:27:39 PM
certainly an odd one. Did you try one with the model not looking at the camera? I wonder if that would emphasize the "in another world" effect if the model was intently involved in their work staring down as oposed to forward... Thanks!
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 03/09/2005 02:28:26 PM
hahahahah really great :)
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 03/09/2005 02:16:43 PM
I like this idea, but (in my opinion) the version you posted to the message board was a little better. Good luck...
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 03/09/2005 02:12:12 PM
i like the minor changes you made since the last time you shot this. Especially funny that the subject is ironing the shirt he wore in the last shot!
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 03/09/2005 11:58:41 AM
I usually iron with a teapot too! We should hang out arni.
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 03/09/2005 11:36:46 AM
I just have to: 10 - You're already in my favorites, and I recognized this one from another similar one you did - but I think you should be wearing the shirt you were ironing last time since you're ironing the one you were wearing - and I think that make sense ...
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 03/09/2005 10:38:10 AM
I would have like the background if it was in focus. Great concept. Very surreal.
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 03/09/2005 08:32:45 AM
oh, you did it again! great picture, i especially love the kettle - great little touch... 10.
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 03/09/2005 08:20:51 AM
The teapot make this photo. Great work!
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 03/09/2005 06:15:05 AM
well hello arnit, i was torn with this one. it certainly meets the challenge (one of the few in my opinion), but there was this nagging feeling that i didn't know how to vote for it since it is basically a redo of a photo that you previously did. but then i looked into it further and the fact that the other photo wasn't for a challenge allowed me to vote high on this (like i wanted to) 9
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 03/09/2005 02:42:49 AM
Who is it, arnit or babylon? I'm guessing the latter.
The older version is better in my opinion. Brilliant image though.
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 03/09/2005 02:30:44 AM
well arni ... we've all seen it, but that doesn't make it any less great ... 10
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 03/09/2005 01:16:14 AM
Nice idea and marvellous execution. Even the color on the ironing board fits. Well, maybe you could have considered odd clothes on the subject too. Cheerios glares too much, but it might be this unusual monitor I'm using.
 03/08/2005 10:31:46 PM
Ha ha . This is surreal really. I liked it.
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 03/08/2005 08:07:39 PM
I guess it does qualify as surreal (which most don't) but not a terribly striking image either. 5 for trying.
 03/08/2005 07:34:36 PM
hilarious, couldnt you find a bigger cheerios box? can i have a cuppa?
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 03/08/2005 07:26:02 PM
do to popular demand arnit is back......lol......

nice job man u may pull a win i havn't seen any really surreal 1s yet GL
*edit...........after chalenge........-

ahhh well still good placement but i'v never gotten a ribbon so anything is good to me....
anyway seems to have bothered lots of ppl. b/c it was a reshoot.....they shouldn't judge so harch...there's nothing wrong with a 2nd try..........i didn't like the backround as much as the 1st though...

nice job still
_brando_

Message edited by author 2005-03-16 12:49:59.
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 03/08/2005 07:09:57 PM
Hey Arnit, looks like a reshoot. Still very cool =)
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