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At the Office Holiday Party
At the Office Holiday Party
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Challenge: Personification III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
Date: Dec 16, 2008
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/20 sec.
Galleries: Humorous, Science and Technology
Date Uploaded: Dec 16, 2008

 A common, everyday stapler shot in a light tent with two light sources at either side. I used my Canon 40D on a Manfrotto tripod, with the shutter triggered with a wireless remote.

The background "lampposts" are small ceramic holiday figurines.

As usual, I'm entering this at the 11th hour. It's now 45 minutes from the deadline and I spent the past hour staging the set and shooting. I wasn't going to enter this contest, but thought of the stapler at the last moment and rushed to make it happen.

Having said that, I don't believe it will do well with the voters, but at least it was fun creating the Santa hat and putting the set together.

I'll post a photo of the light tent and everything after the voting is over.


Statistics
Place: 24 out of 75
Avg (all users): 5.7798
Avg (commenters): 7.2143
Avg (participants): 5.7619
Avg (non-participants): 5.7817
Views since voting: 1076
Views during voting: 397
Votes: 218
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/23/2008 12:25:14 PM
Okay -- that's a good one.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/23/2008 07:18:44 AM
Looks like the embodiment of the default "grey-guy" avatar on Flickr.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/23/2008 05:28:29 AM
haaa ha ha ha ha!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/21/2008 11:06:25 AM
LOL! Too funny. I'm not wild about the background... I think nothing or maybe a tree or something filling the background would be better... Still it's an 8.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/19/2008 04:08:09 PM
lol nice one
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/19/2008 05:33:04 AM
it's Santa - i knew there really was a Santa Claus!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/18/2008 01:58:09 PM
Gosh, that's a chat-up expression if I ever saw one! 9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/17/2008 05:09:25 PM
great lighting. Love that glance. Great emotion.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/17/2008 12:41:30 PM
creative, yet simple
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/17/2008 11:54:08 AM
This has all the signs of someone who spent an hour walking around the house and office looking at every item in a different way to usual.... well spotted with this one... 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/17/2008 11:03:50 AM
Awesome shot and idea! The little dude looks very shifty... almost as if he hates the fact he has the hat on and is hoping no-one will notice! Love it!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/17/2008 08:29:05 AM
Heeeey. You work out?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/17/2008 06:13:09 AM
lovely executed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/17/2008 03:04:26 AM
Fits the challenge description well and is nice and sharp. Just looks like it could have been improved if shot from a different point of view.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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