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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: 2674
Views during voting: 358
Votes: 165
Comments: 19
Favorites: 5 (view)


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07/08/2008 05:02:40 PM
Gosh, this is hilarious :D
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12/30/2007 02:50:28 AM
Congrats on your 6th place with this great image!
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12/24/2007 08:32:19 AM
Congrats on your well deserved top 10. This is hilarious!!
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12/24/2007 02:55:42 AM
Congrats on your top ten finish, very well deserved
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12/23/2007 07:40:09 PM
A great fun image, well done
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12/23/2007 07:32:10 PM
Congrats on your second top 10 in a row! :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/23/2007 12:46:51 PM
Lol, neat/funny pic, crazy expression!
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12/22/2007 04:11:04 PM
interesting, 7
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12/21/2007 09:14:15 AM
this is way to funny. I love it. hope you do well.
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12/20/2007 03:27:34 AM
Good. I quite like the manical expression... lol
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12/19/2007 10:44:13 AM
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 07:16:06 AM
Great idea, and hilarious face! :) The lighting here is wonderful - excellent photo.
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12/18/2007 10:42:04 AM
nice
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12/18/2007 05:12:04 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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12/17/2007 08:52:17 AM
lots of humour here, love the leading lines. 8
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12/17/2007 07:13:01 AM
nice lighting, angle, expression... impossible to fault! I hope it does well!
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12/17/2007 01:41:41 AM
Funny and well executed :) 8
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12/16/2007 07:14:35 PM
Great expression! :)
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12/16/2007 07:14:12 PM
LOL! That's hilarious! love the expression...
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