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Challenge: Puzzle Macro IV (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: Studio bedroom
Date: Feb 16, 2011
Aperture: f11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1 seconds
Galleries: Abstract, Macro
Date Uploaded: Feb 16, 2011

 Good old drinking straws can work great! You know the kind with the red stripe. I ended up cutting a hole, in a small coffee cup. Then Jammed the straws in the hole. I put enough in to have a tight fit. I then put a piece of large glass, on two chairs. This made a sort of bridge. The cup and straws were placed on the glass. Camera was on a tripod, with the room lights off. LED finger lights were used, to light the scene. These were held under the glass, shooting through the straws. It is amazing the variations I produced, of this image. This being my favourite of course. Either way, It was fun playing in the dark!

Statistics
Place: 12 out of 158
Avg (all users): 6.0743
Avg (commenters): 6.3684
Avg (participants): 5.8800
Avg (non-participants): 6.2740
Views since voting: 1800
Views during voting: 343
Votes: 148
Comments: 45
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 03/14/2011 05:12:32 PM
Very nice work with straws. I would like to try this one myself.
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 03/02/2011 06:00:19 PM
I knew it was straws but still thought it was really cool. Got an 8 from me. :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/27/2011 06:31:02 PM
The final thought of a bulimic.
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 02/27/2011 04:14:23 PM
A bunch of straws with light shining down through them?
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 02/27/2011 04:04:14 PM
Straws
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 02/27/2011 01:50:42 PM
drinking straws?
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 02/27/2011 01:38:03 PM
drinking straws?
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 02/27/2011 12:04:16 PM
straws...
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 02/26/2011 07:01:25 PM
A bunch of staws a on a lightbox?
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 02/26/2011 04:14:21 PM
Straws?
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 02/26/2011 08:27:37 AM
Straws? The light is awesome
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 02/26/2011 06:18:51 AM
Drinking straws...some slightly deformed. Nice colors and focus.
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 02/26/2011 02:05:14 AM
Straws, or something like that? Actually now I look at it better I don't think so anymore. Anyway I like the shot, I like the different shades and shapes.
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 02/26/2011 01:42:00 AM
straws
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 02/25/2011 05:55:48 PM
Straws???
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 02/24/2011 09:26:09 PM
Plastic straws
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 02/24/2011 05:51:15 PM
Cool.... No guess
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 02/24/2011 12:17:38 PM
Shot thru a collendar
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 02/24/2011 07:16:43 AM
straws!...nice shot
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 02/23/2011 04:57:38 PM
straws with light coming from the bottom of them
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 02/23/2011 03:53:38 PM
No idea what this is, but I really like the pattern and color. Nice shot.
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 02/23/2011 02:46:59 PM
Straws?
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 02/23/2011 10:17:35 AM
sunglasses for a fly
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 02/23/2011 08:59:53 AM
Stove head filament?
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 02/23/2011 08:14:31 AM
Drinking straws
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 02/23/2011 06:56:38 AM
Them's gotta be straws
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 02/22/2011 04:32:28 PM
drinking straws
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 02/22/2011 03:53:53 PM
Lots and lots of tubes?
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 02/22/2011 03:47:28 PM
interesting the one missing piece near the middle intrigues me looks like they might be straws but wait...is it possibly macaroni?
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 02/22/2011 03:25:19 PM
Straws!
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 02/22/2011 11:35:26 AM
looks like a collection of paper towel tubes with a purple light shinning thru them
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 02/22/2011 09:19:47 AM
Bubble wrap
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 02/22/2011 08:49:58 AM
bottom view of bubble wrap?
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 02/21/2011 02:26:18 PM
Don't know what this could be, but is there some kind of gas flame involved? This could pass for pop art!
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 02/21/2011 12:47:13 PM
Straws.
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 02/21/2011 12:26:36 PM
Bunch of straws
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 02/21/2011 12:04:34 PM
Straws? Nicely done I like the light and the blue gradients.
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 02/21/2011 11:12:03 AM
Long drinking devices.
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 02/21/2011 11:11:15 AM
Straws? Like the lighting and colour around the centre, but the hair in the top right is out of place.
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 02/21/2011 08:08:29 AM
Egg clutch of teh Bugblatter Beast?
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 02/21/2011 07:34:56 AM
Guess: A bunch of drinking straws
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 02/21/2011 04:58:02 AM
Backlit straws, I like the colours.
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 02/21/2011 04:51:18 AM
Cigarette butts
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 02/20/2011 10:18:22 PM
Straws.
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 02/20/2011 08:44:32 PM
Another hair brush
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