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After years of dreaming, Art finally got his wish, and the blue fairy turned him into a real woody
After years of dreaming, Art finally got his wish, and the blue fairy turned him into a real woody
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Where In The World Is Art Roflmao? (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: Year 1
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Date: Nov 15, 2008
Aperture: f/5.0
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/50
Date Uploaded: Nov 18, 2008
[Nov. 25th, 2008 10:10:47 PM]

The story. The weekend before, I was downtown shooting what I could see and I got this: for the slice of life side challenge. So when this challenge opened, I knew that I had to re-do it. The idea of art roflmao living his dream as a life size woody in a department store window was too much to pass up.

We're about 50 miles from downtown, so the trek all the way there two weeks in a row was a fairly big deal, but the shot was worth it, right?
I got all the way down there, turned the corner and...they'd changed their window display. Christmas trees and snowflakes.
I went in and told the receptionist what I was there for. I must have impressed her since she let me go in the back store room and he was there propped up in a corner. The lighting is harsh because all I could do was bounce my flash off the 8 foot ceiling and I couldn't take long because I was keeping her from her work, so this was the best I could come up with.

I appreciate the comments and I understand the score, I just keep thinking of what might have been...

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AuthorThread
 11/25/2008 07:52:05 PM
I did quite like this; reading your story only confirms the strength of the inspiration - motivating your 100 mile trek and the receptionist's cooperation.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/25/2008 03:33:57 PM
The composition of the photo is good. However the harsh frontal lighting, causing the refelectiosn, especially straight off the large front of the woody is a distraction. Better defused light would have made this a better shot.
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 11/24/2008 04:47:13 PM
LOL....made me laugh! The lighting is a bit harsh or it's overexposed???? But, still a great shot!
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 11/22/2008 06:29:12 PM
Very very sweet.
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 11/21/2008 03:24:33 PM
lol too bad blue fairy turned him into a neutered woody!!! ;-) great colours and comp, nice startled expression in woody's body language. lighting a little glarey but so what. 9
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 11/20/2008 05:56:57 PM
Clever title, wish there were more to the picture.
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 11/19/2008 02:40:15 AM
That looks very C3PO! Like the way the set colors pop out.
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 11/18/2008 09:01:24 PM
I'm conflicted - while being a giant woody might be my dream, not having one certainly is not. :-)
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