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Something Lost in Translation
Something Lost in Translation
raish


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Bad (Basic Editing*)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 4100
Location: oslo
Date: Feb 6, 2007
Aperture: f/3.4
ISO: auto
Shutter: 1/1.6
Galleries: Fashion, Humorous
Date Uploaded: Feb 6, 2007

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Statistics
Place: 211 out of 217
Avg (all users): 3.6667
Avg (commenters): 4.1667
Avg (participants): 3.3958
Avg (non-participants): 3.7807
Views since voting: 1342
Views during voting: 342
Votes: 162
Comments: 17
Favorites: 0


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02/19/2007 01:28:34 PM
Having moved to Germany, I do get it. And I think irisheyes has a crush on you. :-) (Just kidding!) Weird thing, though - we get the same Ikea ads here, but they're in German. You'd think they'd all be in Swedish...
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02/15/2007 06:51:45 PM
I apologize I got lost in translation.. I think you have tons of personality and I look foward to seeing more of your work.
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02/15/2007 11:13:05 AM
Interesting. I actually wondered if anyone would pick up on the alternate meanings of the word 'bad' in other languages when I first saw this challenge.
I like the idea, but feel you needed to add something to give it the feeling of being your own, versus a photo of an Ikea ad. Still, there is something captivating about it. I didn't vote but probably would have given you a 6, as it is refreshingly different.
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02/15/2007 09:45:36 AM
There is an obscure Norwegian homomorph 'mad' which denotes fry, as in very small fish. In Danish 'mad' would be 'food', I think.
outtake:

Brushing your teeth is good. Being a little girl and brushing your teeth is even gooder. Being a cute little girl, a blonde-haired cute little girl and so on just gets gooder and gooder, until a blonde-haired, cute, white-robed little girl in a white-tiled bathroom, backlit by rays of morning sunshine and brushing her teeth, is in danger of inviting trade union representatives for heavenly hordes to complain about transgression of demarcation agreements. I thought it contrasted neatly with the Norwegian homomorph.

German too, huh? All in the linguistic family.

No added text allowed in basic editing, so it had to be xerox-like. Like the Warhol idea, though I don't aspire anywhere near it. This is largely a sort of reaction to the given theme as much as it is an interpretation of it. I'm completely happy with it.

Thanks for all the comments.
02/14/2007 08:56:45 PM
Raish, I like the message here. Yes it works for the challenge. However, I think this is the other extreme. This image is more about the challenge than photography. It's just a picture of an Ad, as such it is the same as a Xerox.

Unless you did do some "post" or "setup" here. I just don't see it, there aren't any details so I am just left with my initial opinion.

Now if this is a work in photography, then it is truly a work of art, reminiscent of Warhol. Put little tid bits that look like pop art, but still make it a photo.

Thing is I gave you a "5" for the concept alone. It would be interesting to see if you could stage this in real life with an added border, then you would have gotten a 10 from me.
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02/14/2007 08:51:03 PM
Originally posted by raish:

It's just a page of a catalogue. 'Bad' being a word for 'bath'/'bathroom'/'bathe' and so on in Scandinavian languages.


as in German.
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02/14/2007 08:01:54 PM
Don't get it.. brushing your teeth is bad? Please explain.
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02/14/2007 05:14:33 PM
and what does 'Mad' mean in Scandinavian? :D
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02/14/2007 08:12:46 AM
It's just a page of a catalogue. 'Bad' being a word for 'bath'/'bathroom'/'bathe' and so on in Scandinavian languages.
02/14/2007 05:39:41 AM
Hey Raish, once again I'm having a hard time with this. I guess I just don't get it. I would love to see the explanation of it.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/13/2007 06:01:09 PM
not working for m e, sorry, too confusing
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02/11/2007 11:24:05 AM
This could go to Jay Leno's "Highlights"!
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02/09/2007 06:57:39 PM
EH, can you say disqualification...
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02/08/2007 04:28:03 AM
you must be kidding (or going for the brown)
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02/07/2007 12:45:56 PM
hmmm, you are into rule about photographing artwork. I think you'll get a DQ on this one.
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02/07/2007 03:41:49 AM
Haha! Funny but most likely bending some rules about copyright! :)
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02/07/2007 12:38:23 AM
I don't think words and letters are allowed in basic editing.....
Shame as I like the image.
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