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Stop and Smell the Post-its
Stop and Smell the Post-its
limerick


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Challenge: Post-It Note (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D60
Lens: Nikon AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G DX VR
Location: KY
Date: Feb 10, 2009
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 20 seconds
Galleries: Still Life, Floral
Date Uploaded: Feb 10, 2009

 When I first saw this challenge I wasnt going to enter. Before I gave up tho I looked for fun things to do with them and found this.

Kusadama Flower Tutorial (a NEW LINK because the other one didnt work)

Being a big crafter (as most old ladies are) I had to do it. It was a ton of fun and if any of you have left over post its you should try it! I am now making a Spring wreath for my door. :=)

This is so unreal that I am having a hard time believing it! Two ribbons in one week? Jeez Luiz! I am wondering when this ride will stop but I wont want to get off. hahaha.

Thank you all so very much for your wonderful comments. You guys are really so cool I cant tell you. My time will come where I wont get ribbons. Right now I am still getting over the flu and have a broken tooth to care for so this is cheering me up. Thank you again.

I will answer some comments.

Time it took:

I have done a lot of crafting in my days so once I got one flower done and got my pace going it only took about 10 minutes to 15 minutes to complete one flower (thanks to my glue gun). I only made about 30 for this shoot (the back that cant be seen isnt done).



The time really flew because it was fun. I went on to make about 100 more because I loved them (and doing them) so much that I bought another pack of post-its to make a Spring wreath for my front door. In my spare time I enjoyed making a few more flowers and adding them on to an old Christmas plain pine wreath. I am going to have the florist make the bow to put in the empty space at the bottom of the wreath that shows now (I havent been able to do good bows yet). Another snow shower today so it will be a while before it goes on my door.



Exposure:

You are all right about that. The blue hue is because I had my camera on tungsten setting which I usually do when I shoot indoors but I usually only do that when I am using incandescent lighting. This time the only light I had was coming filtered through the window so the tungsten setting wasnt needed. I didnt give it much thought to change it. Once I get an idea I am like a train on full speed until I get the picture done and edited and in. hahaha. I didnt have proper lighting so I used a long exposure. I tried painting with light to but there were to many shadows.


Background so blue:

Blue is my favorite color. I wanted this to be really bright for a spring kind of pop because my first idea didnt happen. I wanted a picket fence and green grass and all of that for the background. I didnt have that so I put a bunch of poster board backgrounds up and chose the blue. Upping the saturation made it even bluer which I really loved but I guess it was a little to bright for some voters.

The size of the picture:

Sorry about that. I thought the 640 was big enough so I went with it.

Here is the set up. Not much money for props so I used a hamster ball that I dont use anymore and took the door off. I glued leafs all over it and then the flowers and inverted it to go over the top of a glass wine carafe neck. The vines inside the carafe were left over from the leafs I used on the hamster ball. I added water to it to make the vines look more real. I bought some babies breath to soften the whole thing up and added a couple of flowers I didnt use in solid colors to the bottom left.



I am so glad every one liked it and I hope it reminds you of Spring. We all could use some warmer weather!
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 04/23/2009 10:46:11 PM
You Fail!
 02/28/2009 07:47:58 AM
Congrats! Beautiful creation!
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 02/25/2009 08:48:22 AM
Creative and unique. Well done.
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 02/25/2009 03:37:27 AM
Congratulations- your craft talent is amazing !!!
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 02/24/2009 09:36:31 PM
Just wow!!!
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 02/24/2009 12:38:34 PM
Congratulations! This is just so incredibly creative. And beautiful. Well done!
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 02/24/2009 10:53:37 AM
Nice Ribbon Streak!!! Great Work!
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 02/24/2009 10:24:48 AM
Just wow, so original!
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 02/24/2009 06:20:04 AM
This is so good and so clever. I must admit I don't care for the blue bkgrd though.
Debbi
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 02/24/2009 02:18:10 AM
Congratulations on your richly deserved recognition which is a tribute to your multi talented gifts. You obviously possess incredibly creativity and it's reflected on multiple levels; fantastic concept, executed perfectly!!
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 02/23/2009 05:12:21 PM
Simply gorgeous! Congrats to you!
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 02/23/2009 03:20:46 PM
Beautiful...my wife is wanting to actually see if you would be willing to sell the setup!
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 02/23/2009 02:42:32 PM
Beautiful work! Congrats on your blue!
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 02/23/2009 12:36:04 PM
Congratulations on your ribbon, this was my favourite in the challenge. And thanks for adding such detailed instructions on your set up....well done!
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 02/23/2009 12:28:44 PM
You are one heck of a 'crafter' and you did a really nice job of capturing your work in that shot. Congrats on the blue.
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 02/23/2009 12:01:02 PM
Unbelievable!!! Congratulations for such a wonderful, creative, idea and execution of it. This is why I don't bother entering any longer...haven't for years because there is no way I can compete with talent like yours. Congrats again.
Green with envy, Jo Ann
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 02/23/2009 10:20:19 AM
Definitely a well deserved first place!!! This is awesome, I am definitely going to check out that site too!
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 02/23/2009 08:39:38 AM
hahah SandyP. I just have way to much time on my hands. A lot of you guys work and stuff. I get to stay home and piddle around with a back ailment and play with paper. I cant take a lot of credit for that really. I am happy to have won but there were so many great entries in this I was very nervous!
 02/23/2009 08:04:46 AM
I am in awe! And you did that all in one week! AMAZING! I love it when I hear of such time and effort being put into a challenge assignment -- and then seeing it get the recognition it deserves. First place and a score to-die-for! Congratulations!

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 02/23/2009 07:54:51 AM
Wow that's a lot of work!!! Congrats on your deserving finish!
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 02/23/2009 07:11:34 AM
Congratz on a superb entry. I love it.
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 02/23/2009 06:54:00 AM
What a beautiful piece! Love the complementary blue background - matches your ribbon too. :) Congrats!
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 02/23/2009 05:20:40 AM
Congratulations!! Your arrangement is Gorgeous. Personally, I prefer your dark background outtake -- you would have won with that, too, of course. :))
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 02/23/2009 03:35:58 AM
Congrats on your blue ribbon. You did an excellent job at making a 2 dimensional object (a post it note) three dimensional. No need for apologies :P Very well deserved.
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 02/23/2009 02:10:21 AM
Clearly the photography was the easy the part of this project. I'd have made a complete mess of this. Very impressive. Congrats!
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 02/23/2009 01:56:50 AM
I was hoping this would win. Although I think the bg is too blue and it takes away from the post-it flowers but the flowers themselves are perfect.

Congrats.
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 02/23/2009 01:41:09 AM
Lovely display. The flowers are not difficult to fold, I know, but the display is what separates the casual folder from the pro. Nice work and I am glad to see it was appreciated. The exposure is pretty decent too.
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 02/23/2009 01:34:10 AM
Hey Agnes, This is beautiful! Congrats!
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 02/23/2009 01:09:28 AM
Agnes,
Much deserved Blue for your Blue. Loved this. My fave of the challenge. I just knew no one was gonna beat this! Congrats.

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 02/23/2009 12:19:35 AM
Congrats on the well deserved ribbon.
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 02/22/2009 11:58:44 PM
You've done it again! Fantastic effort and congratulations on a stellar run Agnes!
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 02/22/2009 11:14:59 PM
This is just absolutely amazing and striking. Creativity, colors, composition and everything else is spot-on! Well deserved 7.4 and blue.
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 02/22/2009 10:23:46 PM
OMG, that bouquet is a work of art in itself. Congrats on your well deserved ribbon!
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 02/22/2009 08:57:23 PM
Congratulations!
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 02/22/2009 08:40:03 PM
Congrats on the ribbon!
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 02/22/2009 08:23:00 PM
Now thats cool! Congrats on the blue!
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 02/22/2009 07:43:51 PM
The lighting's wonderful and the overall effect is like a breath of spring. Beautiful image, Agnes. Huge congrats on your Blue.
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 02/22/2009 07:38:47 PM
I am so glad this won, I gave it a 10 ,it was my fave and you obviously put in alot of effort ,congrats on a great job
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 02/22/2009 07:34:06 PM
Wow, Limerick you are on a roll! Keep it up. :)
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 02/22/2009 07:26:51 PM
Was wondering if you made the bouquet or purchased it somewhere.
Great creativity and quality of lighting!
Great personal best too!!!
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 02/22/2009 07:13:34 PM
really nice!! very creative
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 02/22/2009 07:11:42 PM
Yellow then blue, your on a roll. Congratulations!!!

I had this picked for ribbon :)

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 02/22/2009 07:06:23 PM
Congrats on the Blue Ribbon and a PB for you Agnes:-)
Great score and well deserved.
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 02/22/2009 07:04:55 PM
Could not be any more beautiful!
Congrats!!!
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 02/22/2009 07:04:54 PM
Congratulations on a very nice blue. Finished where it should have - 1st.
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 02/22/2009 07:03:58 PM
Congratulations! Well deserved.
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 02/22/2009 07:03:19 PM
Congrats !!!! Wonderful creation , excellent shot !!
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 02/22/2009 07:02:13 PM
COngrats teammate!!! Nice BLUE!
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 02/22/2009 07:01:26 PM
well done, looks like a lot of time that paid off:)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/22/2009 06:52:33 PM
Nice ,detailed work. Must have taken some time to make this.
10
:)
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 02/22/2009 05:20:49 PM
A lot of work went into this. maybe the blue cast is a little to strong for me, but that's my only nitpick.
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 02/22/2009 04:08:36 PM
Wow. This is beautiful --- and it looks like it was a lot of work. I'm impressed.
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 02/22/2009 01:23:17 PM
Stunning!!! IMO everything about this picture is wonderful from the color(s) to the background you chose. 10 - 11 if I could!
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 02/22/2009 09:37:12 AM
This is so beautiful, looks like you put a lot of work into this, and executed the idea perfectly into a magnificant photo.
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 02/22/2009 08:03:42 AM
WOW - This looks like it took a while to create.... good luck.
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 02/22/2009 03:31:46 AM
Great Idea... Nice Color, Very creative.
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 02/21/2009 06:01:01 PM
Dont know what to say. Really blown away by this one. Very creative and i love the lighting. Well done. 10
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 02/21/2009 03:38:56 PM
very pretty 6
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 02/21/2009 11:22:56 AM
Oh, WOW. Very creative spin to the challenge. The blue BG is little to strong and compete with the beautiful subject IMO.
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 02/21/2009 07:49:08 AM
Holy Cow that looks like it was a lot of work to fold all of those! Very nicely done!
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 02/20/2009 03:30:00 PM
Wow this is beautiful and my prediction for the blue
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 02/20/2009 01:24:16 PM
Very beautiful arrangement. Good job, this must have taken a while to make.
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 02/20/2009 05:16:30 AM
This took some time...like the colors...keep hoping someone will show us how a post-it flower is made....
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 02/20/2009 03:17:58 AM
wow - how much time went into the making of this? A beautiful spring arrangement.
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 02/19/2009 04:39:54 PM
Looks like alot of work. Beautiful colors.
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 02/19/2009 02:08:22 PM
Held my gaze compared to some. Obviously lots of time spent folding. Nice match of colours and attention to detail.
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 02/19/2009 01:13:14 PM
Awesome idea, I give you a ten for creativity.
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 02/18/2009 03:13:35 PM
Fabulous! Very creative, great colours. The background feels a weeeee bit too strong a blue for me personally. The whole shot is beautifully clear. Front page for sure!
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 02/18/2009 09:01:49 AM
Lovely!
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 02/18/2009 06:37:44 AM
brilliant colors
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 02/18/2009 05:53:46 AM
Wow, that is really beautiful! You could probably sell these!
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 02/18/2009 02:55:31 AM
This is so beautiful!!!! 10!!!!!!
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 02/17/2009 04:53:03 PM
this looks a lot like a ribbon to me !!!.
stunning, vibrant and excellent colours ... fantastic image in every way .. :)
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 02/17/2009 01:51:48 PM
That must have taken you hours to set up! Would love this with a different coloured background, unfortunately the blue is rather too dominating and spoils the shot for me. Otherwise brilliant composed, good focus and fun.
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 02/17/2009 07:27:36 AM
I came across instructions for these flowers when I looked it up online - you did a fantastic job here - just the background is a bit too strong - but still gorgeous. 9
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 02/17/2009 07:17:15 AM
I've never seen post-it notes in such a beautiful bouquet. Wonderful colors, excellent lighting, and a lovely composition.
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 02/17/2009 06:42:43 AM
A bit much on the blue but very pretty.
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 02/17/2009 06:11:41 AM
Oh my, this is amazing and beautiful!!!! 10
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 02/17/2009 05:35:08 AM
this is exceptionally good!
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 02/17/2009 05:04:24 AM
Hehe... I like the title. How long did it take you take ALL these flowers! Great shots here.
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 02/17/2009 03:39:45 AM
wonderful bouquet! I can't make my mind up about the blue cast, however. I think it flats it out and cools it down too much. I would love to see what it would look like with warmer tones. - 8
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 02/17/2009 12:20:23 AM
Great work,very creative and looks so real:-)
My favourite of favourites for this challenge.
Good luck and hope you get a ribbon for your hard work,it must have taken you hours to do.
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 02/16/2009 09:41:12 PM
Oh my goodness!!! What a work!! AMAZINGGGGGGGGGGG!!
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 02/16/2009 04:16:55 PM
Wov... I was getting tired of all those flowers and ranbows made of post-it... but you really did it... this look fantastic...

great colors!
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 02/16/2009 03:20:25 PM
WOW...that is beautiful! *10*
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 02/16/2009 03:18:33 PM
Beautiful
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 02/16/2009 02:00:21 PM
The blue is a little strong for me, but a wonderful flower arrangement. Looks like a lot of work!
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 02/16/2009 12:17:25 PM
You have a LOT of time on your hands.... :-) Incredible amount of work. Love the idea and the details. There's a bit too much of a blue cast on the entire shot. I think this would have worked better if the "flowers" didn't also have a blue cast.
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 02/16/2009 09:31:00 AM
Fantastic!
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 02/16/2009 08:43:04 AM
Man, this is a ribbon winning idea that got lost in the execution. Those flowers look great, and kudos for all of that work, but the photo is lacking. First, your white balance seems to be pretty far off. Everything (that should be white) is really blue. Second, the light is really flat. Third, and a big score dropper for me, is that the image is only 640px on the long edge. This is Advanced, bump it up to 720.
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 02/16/2009 04:45:56 AM
Pretty composition, but I think the blue background might be too intense.
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 02/16/2009 12:47:10 AM
Wow! That must have taken ages. Very pretty. I'm not a fan of the blue background though.
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 02/16/2009 12:24:37 AM
WOW!!! Great job!! It's beautiful!!!
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 02/15/2009 10:50:20 PM
OMG how long did it take you to make this, 10
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 02/15/2009 10:44:09 PM
OMG this is amazing. Just the right colour background too, perfect to match your ribbon!
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 02/15/2009 07:16:09 PM
this is a VERY creative image. i can't imagine the work and time it must have taken to make those! composition is wonderful, best of luck to you!!
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