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ain't nobody here but us chickens
ain't nobody here but us chickens
rananculus


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Challenge: Where You Live (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Olympus C-4040Z
Location: cuernavaca, morelos, mexico
Date: Apr 20, 2004
Aperture: f 2.6
ISO: 139
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Performance, Digital Art
Date Uploaded: Apr 23, 2004

 Well, I couldn't resist. What started as a serious cultural study of a Mexican market turned into a folly when I thought that the chickens looked like a chorus line when viewed upside down.

After reading all of the hoopla in the forums recently about photographic integrity, and thinking to myself how limited we are allowing ourselves to be as artists if we can't have some fun, there was no doubt what had to happen. Dancing chickens.

Can't wait to read the comments on this one!!

A competely legal photograph. Only the background has been substituted. Color corrected via curves, adjusted for brightness and contrast, and cropped. Selective color applied. Red and violette deference clouds used to create the backdrop at 90% opacity with a gray layer and spotlight affect applied underneath. Sharpened, resized, rotated, and sharpened again.

Enjoy! I hope you can at least laugh.

Statistics
Place: 176 out of 176
Avg (all users): 3.7857
Avg (commenters): 4.1429
Avg (participants): 3.6768
Avg (non-participants): 3.9420
Views since voting: 1313
Votes: 168
Comments: 24
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 05/04/2004 10:31:00 PM
my first brown ribbon!!! ¡que padre! gracias a todos para sus comentarios.

Message edited by author 2004-05-05 02:31:25.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/02/2004 01:50:00 PM
LOL!! I dunno about being a town but this is pretty good! Good colors!
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 05/01/2004 11:24:41 PM
I like your humour
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 05/01/2004 02:55:23 PM
This is a ribbon winner for sure -- the brown ribbon. :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/01/2004 11:40:27 AM
i think i am going to be sick
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/30/2004 09:47:55 AM
Hmmm... do you live with dead chickens? :)
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 04/30/2004 08:32:39 AM
Well, obviously this will (probably) end up in last place (colours are not great, and the detail in the top portion is far too ill-defined), so being all ironic and everything, i thought you should be denied the ultimate pleasure, and award you 10 instead.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/29/2004 10:16:00 PM
fun!!
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 04/29/2004 05:38:22 PM
don't see a town or city not even a building
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/29/2004 04:56:45 PM
Iowa? Some chicken state? I like the idea very much,and your composition is also good. I think this could say "my town" as many towns' economies hinge on such production. They are ever so slightly out of focus, though, and the lighting is somewhat harsh. Still, I like this a lot!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/29/2004 11:48:16 AM
How is this about where you live?
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 04/29/2004 04:08:12 AM
I hope you achieve your target score with this image. It is certainly somewhat different than the rest.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/28/2004 06:06:31 PM
There is nothing better then a good chicken shot, thanks for making my day. :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/27/2004 01:44:12 PM
So you live in a meat packing plant
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/27/2004 01:24:17 PM
Coloring is interesting. Repeating shapes work well...... but "where you live?" not
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/27/2004 09:34:42 AM
You live in a very strange place !
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/27/2004 08:34:20 AM
What does this reveal about where you live?
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 04/27/2004 07:45:30 AM
Funny, bizar and creative approach. Can't see how this would attract toruists to your town though. I see some strange green edges around some chickens, especially the left one.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/26/2004 03:32:52 PM
interesting, bizzare photo.
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 04/26/2004 11:54:16 AM
interesting!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/26/2004 11:33:28 AM
You live in a meat cooler? :) Unusual choice for this challenge.
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 04/26/2004 10:57:46 AM
Great humor. My mom used to say that (still does) all the time. LOL
Fun shot. I don't feel it shows me where you live but I do like the humor. :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/26/2004 10:53:00 AM
ROFL... had me laughing out loud for a while, this one!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/25/2004 09:45:37 PM
I don't really like the blood in this image, seems too grotesque. I do like the lighting, the blood does connect well with the backdrop. I won't mark you down, but it could have a border, and I'm not quite sure how well it fits the challenge. Funny idea though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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