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MIB II - Frankie in his suit
MIB II - Frankie in his suit
ShutterPug


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Scene It! (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Sigma 50-500mm f/4.0-6.3 EX DG HSM for Canon EOS
Location: Marquette, MI
Date: Aug 29, 2006
Aperture: f6.7
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/45
Galleries: Humorous, Animals
Date Uploaded: Aug 29, 2006

 This proved to be more difficult than anticipated. First of all, I couldn't find a black suit so I had to use a doggie tuxedo costume I had from my boys younger days. Unfortunately he out grew it. The only one it would fit was Beanie (girl pug). The tuxedo costume had a bow tie - not the type tie in MIB II so I had to scour all the stores in the area for a child size black tie. After visiting a dozen stores I finally found one. Removed the bow tie, and the kid tie looked perfect.
I didnt want to chance Beanie getting run over in a busy parking deck, so I went to the parking deck at the hospital on my night off - a little after midnight. No traffic -no squished pug. The lighting however was horrible! I expected it not to be well lit and knew I would have to go with ISO 1600. What I didnt count on was the yellow tinted lights! Yikes.....had to make a major adjustment in temperature and tint with the RAW file to compensate. Next issue was trying to find black vehicles parked adjacent to one another as in the movie. I had no luck there so I went with the gray ones that were sitting side by side. Too bad this wasn't Advanced editing...I could have made them look black. ;)
The easy part was getting Beanie to perform. She'll do anything when lured with french fries. :P

As soon as I saw the Challenge theme I knew I wanted to do this. Hopefully I won't get hammered.

Statistics
Place: 21 out of 99
Avg (all users): 6.2795
Avg (commenters): 7.2083
Avg (participants): 5.7778
Avg (non-participants): 6.3546
Views since voting: 2681
Views during voting: 727
Votes: 415
Comments: 28
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 09/06/2006 08:29:31 PM
Oh my gosh! That's so cute, I love the suit, looks perfect.
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 09/06/2006 02:50:14 AM
ahhh. the pug. of course. i was looking for a pic of you. Well, done. very cute.
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 09/05/2006 08:27:22 PM
This was great, Linda! Really well executed, and one movie I've actually seen!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/05/2006 02:54:29 PM
Guaranteed a ribbon in my book. That is one GQ pug! Thanks for sharing.
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 09/05/2006 08:05:57 AM
nice but too noise!!
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 09/04/2006 02:10:24 PM
Ohh, it took me a minute to realize that this is a parking lot and the cars are not moving, I got worried about the dog for a second. Great shot anyway, 8 from me.
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 09/04/2006 09:37:02 AM
Cute!
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 09/02/2006 04:18:50 AM
Love this one.....
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 08/31/2006 07:19:12 PM
Dude you get a high score just for getting a pug to wear a tux
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 08/31/2006 02:42:22 PM
excellent!! maybe alittle faster shutterspeed and lower angle would have helped but great job. looks just like the movie shot, the other suggestions are more general comments if it wasn't for the cahllenge and didn't affect your score :).

Message edited by author 2006-09-06 05:25:46.
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 08/31/2006 06:58:38 AM
how adorable! I think a city street side walk would be even better
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 08/31/2006 03:55:32 AM
made me smile, god job.
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 08/31/2006 01:12:51 AM
great great great!!!
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 08/30/2006 09:40:27 PM
That would be a pug ! :)
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 08/30/2006 05:05:54 PM
I love this one. Very clever.
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 08/30/2006 02:38:19 PM
Awesome! Everyone knows the dog was the best part of that series. I hope no pugs were harmed in the making of this photograph.
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 08/30/2006 02:33:03 PM
Classic! Love the subtle yellow colors throughout and the composition. Very nice.
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 08/30/2006 07:06:11 AM
Good idea for this challenge, well done. I like it.
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 08/30/2006 06:42:22 AM
Good capture. A bit blurry but well suited (no pun intended) to the challenge.
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 08/30/2006 06:03:08 AM
Hahahahahahahhaha...... Priceless... Score for humour... Composition could be a little better.. but .. ohh well.. I like it all the same... 8 for me..
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 08/30/2006 04:44:11 AM
HAHAHA
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 08/30/2006 03:31:00 AM
I am guessing this is shutterpug...that's hillarious! love the lighting and the expression 8
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 08/30/2006 02:52:26 AM
Its really cute but thous cars doesnt fit that good somehow. Also maybe would choose for b&w.
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 08/30/2006 02:29:04 AM
++ humour. Good recreation of the dog.
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 08/30/2006 12:49:25 AM
*lol* funny!
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 08/29/2006 09:02:42 PM
PERFECT! Shutterpug? Or do we have another pug lover on DPC? :)
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 08/29/2006 08:47:29 PM
Hehe.... good one.
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 08/29/2006 08:46:22 PM
Brilliant!!
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