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Art Reconsiders the Wisdom of Reading Gulliver's Travels to the Woodies
2nd PlaceArt Reconsiders the Wisdom of Reading Gulliver's Travels to the Woodies
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Challenge: Where In The World Is Art Roflmao? (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
Date: Nov 17, 2008
Aperture: f/8.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250 sec
Date Uploaded: Nov 18, 2008

[Nov. 20th, 2008 05:23:27 PM]

When I read the challenge description my first thought was "the woodies kidnapped him", thinking how that might look it just took a minute or two to come up with Gulliver's Travels.

I originally shot this in the grass in my backyard but the grass was too tall and obscured the woodies so I moved everything to the front yard and lay down in the dirt and took the photo. The strobes attracted a couple of neighbors who I don't think ever really understood what I was doing.

That is my arm in the photo, so that left only one are free to position the twine and woodies which was a lot more difficult than I had anticipated. Someone suggested that the woodies could be placed a little more dramatically but I was just happy they were standing up.

I only had a couple of hours Monday night before rollover to complete this photo and it almost didn't happen. I left work early to purchase the woodies from a local art supply store. Traffic was horrible and I arrived at the store 5 minutes after they had closed. The lights were off and a girl was locking the front door. I had to talk her into unlocking the door and selling me the woodies. It didn't help that she had never heard them called woodies and wasn't to clear on what I was talking about. Anyway thank you Sarah at University Art for re-opening the store for me.

This isn't a very well done photo technically, but I really like the story it tells.

Statistics
Place: 2 out of 91
Avg (all users): 7.0825
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 6.9355
Avg (non-participants): 7.1104
Views since voting: 12866
Views during voting: 450
Votes: 194
Comments: 36
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 12/01/2008 12:34:08 PM
Congratulations Craig. Great idea, excellent execution. Looks like you've come into some ribbon mojo. :)
 11/28/2008 08:32:40 AM
Great job with this awesome idea!!!!! Congrats!! (i luv good ideas and creativity!!)
 11/28/2008 12:29:50 AM
Great idea, congrats on the second place!
 11/27/2008 09:06:30 PM
ha haaa! :-))) so funny, very cute idea!
 11/27/2008 08:54:06 PM
Love the story - I could have sworn that was Don's arm, and I was wondering (correctly, but with your arm) how the photographer had managed this. And it seems that was almost the least of it.
 11/26/2008 09:25:22 PM
A delightful shot - perfect for the challenge - and an even better story to go with it! Congrats on the huge payoff (ribbon!) as well! (And I know what you mean that you were just glad the woodies were standing - took mine out to play in the vineyard and could not get him to stay standing on the ground at all!)
 11/26/2008 06:13:05 AM
It may not be great technically, but it's perfect nonetheless. Congrats!
 11/26/2008 05:42:05 AM
Oh, this is GREAT! Photos with woodies in them HAD to win! CONGRATULATIONS on creative genius paying off :)

11/26/2008 12:11:37 AM
Great "story" indeed :O) Wow...back-to-back ribbons! Well done Craig! Thanks for sharing the details - it always adds so much to the image. Itwas definitely worth the effort. Congrats!
 11/25/2008 10:33:26 PM
A very creative image and just perfect for the challenge. Big congrats on your ribbon, Craig.
 11/25/2008 10:19:37 PM
"This isn't a very well done photo technically, but I really like the story it tells." - That's an Art Roflmao signature entry! ;-)

A superrifictastic job! Congrats on the ribbon!
 11/25/2008 08:58:00 PM
lol i love this one:)
 11/25/2008 08:52:49 PM
Originally posted by yospiff:
Not a bad score for one you didn't think was very good! You seem to have gone from "my photography sucks" to "ribbon hog" in a very short time. Congrats on nailing down the "secret".


I owe all my success to this wonderful site. Back when I wrote the "my photography sucks" thread, it really did suck, but people here were so helpful and gave me some great comments on how to improve. So I just applied myself to the task of getting better and it's has paid off. But I never would have gotten there without the wonderful feedback and support from the people here on DPC. Thanks to you all.
 11/25/2008 07:45:02 PM
LOL @ you and Sarah. :) Congrats that it paid off in a fine win of Red Ribbon for you!
 11/25/2008 07:19:35 PM
Not a bad score for one you didn't think was very good! You seem to have gone from "my photography sucks" to "ribbon hog" in a very short time. Congrats on nailing down the "secret".
 11/25/2008 07:04:48 PM
Fantastic Job! Congrats.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/25/2008 09:35:26 AM
Hahaha, very nice. The lighting feels very fairy-tale to me.
 11/25/2008 06:54:55 AM
very imaginative!
 11/24/2008 02:38:07 PM
Different idea. I think the direct light is a little strong, as it overexposed areas ont he woodies and the arm, but lighting this was always going to be a bit difficult.
 11/23/2008 09:07:29 AM
LOL! Brilliant!
 11/23/2008 08:28:49 AM
LOL! So cleverly done! Perfect for the challenge.
 11/22/2008 06:28:37 PM
Yes. (Posthumous?)
 11/22/2008 02:50:43 PM
I really like your idea...although..I am very tired of the "woodies"
 11/22/2008 01:14:42 AM
Like this one. good action on the woodies
 11/21/2008 04:54:24 PM
lol funny cause I had a similar idea in mind, but this works very well! Love the woodies poses and the rope/stakes made of twine and toothpicks. Lighting very good, too easy to get glare in shots like this but you did very well 8
 11/20/2008 05:14:15 PM
Nice set up and take on the challenge, reminds me of Army of darkness. Good work.
 11/20/2008 04:14:54 PM
Very clever! Nice shot.
 11/20/2008 03:57:23 PM
yap, this one I really like...
 11/20/2008 12:39:52 PM
This was so my idea for a shot! Nicely done.
 11/20/2008 05:47:15 AM
Wonderful all the way! 10.

(Just a small suggestion, the woodies could have been arranged more dramatically. But I can't subtract anything for that).
 11/19/2008 09:11:04 AM
Brilliant!!!!! So creative.
 11/19/2008 03:53:38 AM
LOL! I got this even before I read the title :-) Maybe a tad overexposed but very funny.
 11/18/2008 11:21:32 PM
Too funny!
 11/18/2008 11:12:32 PM
One of my absolute favs (if not THE fav!)
 11/18/2008 09:38:36 PM
LOL - Awesome idea!
 11/18/2008 07:29:06 PM
Fantastic story . Composition could be better (maybe, I don't know, I'm referring to the arm placement)


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