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Challenge: Puzzle Macro III (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 2009 - Challenges
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Vivitar MF Macro 55mm 1:2:8 f/2.8 for Nikon
Location: Apopka, FL
Date: Dec 19, 2009
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/30 sec
Galleries: Black and White, Macro
Date Uploaded: Dec 19, 2009

 This is a meat tenderizer.

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Added note:

I took this outside on my back porch (covered) and as some of you know I am a hair dresser...well in the first few images there were all kinds of reflections going on so I put on one of my hair cutting caps (black) and I set my camera up on the tripod (of course) used the remote and wrapped my arms around the little stool that I had the meat tenderizer on (like I was hugging the air) and shot this...that's why its so black and chrome-ie IMO. It was really hard to get three of those little spikes in sharp focus with my lens so I gave up with the 2 very sharp one instead... this was my outtake...but the orientation was sooooo dull...I must have flip flopped back and forth between these two pictures 50 times...

Statistics
Place: 9 out of 137
Avg (all users): 6.5400
Avg (commenters): 7.2353
Avg (participants): 6.3611
Avg (non-participants): 6.7051
Views since voting: 2504
Views during voting: 325
Votes: 150
Comments: 28
Favorites: 0

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 12/28/2009 03:03:03 PM
Fantastic contrast and detail...I love this Janine
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 12/28/2009 12:18:28 PM
Nice, congrats on your top 10!!
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 12/28/2009 10:22:03 AM
I would never have guessed this one. Great shot Janine :)
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 12/28/2009 08:50:42 AM
awesome!! You made your front page!! Way to go, girl! (and top 10 is pretty cool, too!)

Message edited by author 2009-12-28 13:51:06.
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 12/28/2009 03:58:36 AM
A meat tenderizer??? WHoa.
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 12/28/2009 02:02:38 AM
SUCH a nice job!! Congrats on the top ten!!
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 12/27/2009 08:37:14 PM
Well Done! I suspect that you may get a ribbon for the new year!
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 12/27/2009 07:16:47 PM
Good one! I was clueless and didn't have a funny answer either. That's an awful glossy meat tenderizer.
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 12/27/2009 07:06:20 PM
Poor meat! That is a serious tool!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/27/2009 02:55:02 PM
I like how this looks slick and shiny. These look like some kind of supports for a plate.
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 12/27/2009 04:45:44 AM
Meat tenderizer? Looks too smooth though.
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 12/26/2009 07:49:56 PM
I know that they're NOT Hershey Kisses. I really like this abstract. The b/w conversion is terrific as are the lines and the dof.
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 12/26/2009 07:15:16 PM
Tips of pens?
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 12/26/2009 02:07:31 AM
meat tenderizer
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 12/24/2009 10:13:47 PM
Very sleek, is this metal points on a belt or something of that sort?
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 12/23/2009 07:04:42 PM
Smooth dark shine lends a high tech feel to the image, enhanced by the diagonal composition. Should score well.
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 12/22/2009 09:17:11 AM
Nice light, seems like ceramic.
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 12/22/2009 09:01:24 AM
i have no idea what this is, but i like it! the b&w conversion enriches the 'mystery'
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 12/22/2009 06:37:21 AM
All the entries should be untitled - or at least not name themselves as something they are/aren't, so well done :)
Otherwise I'm stumped (couldn't you give us a clue in the title? Oh.)
Something to stick the turkey on so it doesn't move around while you're carving it?
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 12/21/2009 09:02:40 PM
Jewellery for a Hard Metal fanboy...
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 12/21/2009 05:40:11 PM
meat mallet
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 12/21/2009 03:47:03 PM
Totally stumped.
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 12/21/2009 03:10:19 PM
the tops of crayons? if so how did you get the cool metallic look?
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 12/21/2009 08:57:49 AM
No clue but a nice image 7
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 12/21/2009 08:36:40 AM
It looks new, but what it is I have to say: I don't know
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 12/21/2009 07:36:40 AM
Don't know, but very pointy. And gorgeously lit.
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 12/21/2009 07:30:55 AM
A metal studded bracelet? Nice tones and smoothness.
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 12/20/2009 10:16:51 PM
I like the contrast
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