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Dirk Duckie - The Grapest Maverick in Texas
Dirk Duckie - The Grapest Maverick in Texas
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Rubber Ducky (Basic Editing III*)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 IS USM
Location: Greenville TX
Date: Apr 1, 2005
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/10
Galleries: Humorous, Sports
Date Uploaded: Apr 1, 2005

 Shot with a sheet of blue posterboard and a background from a tabletop basketball game, this Dirk Nowitski rubber duckie sits behind five green grapes. Dirk and the grapes are spritzed with water to create the appearance of sweat beads. The shot was taken at f/6.3 using a halogen shop light, ambient room light, and an on-camera Sunpak 433AF flash unit.

Statistics
Place: 84 out of 125
Avg (all users): 5.0000
Avg (commenters): 5.4286
Avg (participants): 4.9014
Avg (non-participants): 5.0256
Views since voting: 1723
Views during voting: 576
Votes: 344
Comments: 9
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 06/24/2005 12:53:04 PM
A clever set up! But, I'm afraid, I was one of your 109 (impressive!) no. 5's. The two things that killed it for me were the blown highlights and the out of focus grapes--probably that and the fact that there were so many clever duckies...

I know you're a great people photographer! Studio is just another direction to stretch.

(and take heart, you could have a duckie sitting firmly in your top-scoring place...like me)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/06/2005 03:55:50 PM
Unless this is a new game called Water-Basketball........... Oops, I guess he is sweating water.
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 04/04/2005 06:11:03 PM
I love the "ducky" but think more imagination could have been used with the placement of the grapes 6
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 04/04/2005 09:42:53 AM
Interesting duck. Nice croud shot in background.
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 04/03/2005 07:22:22 AM
The sweat was a nice touch.
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 04/02/2005 03:32:55 AM
DIRK!!!!! ducking for 21 tonight sorry thats bad
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 04/01/2005 09:49:36 PM
My grapes! :-). Your water is a little subtle for the DPC crowd though I think...
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 04/01/2005 09:09:00 PM
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 04/01/2005 07:23:01 PM
LOL...where do you guys get these crazy rubber duckies??
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