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04/01/2005 08:18:20 AM · #1 |
Do you see what's happening? Are you really looking?
We've discussed ad-nauseum how DPC is an addictive activity. Now our benevolent administrators are asking us to find and photograph ...a RUBBER DUCKY!!?? and a bunch of green grapes to boot!
How many will do their bidding?
I want desparately to be a good photographer. I want to find the subject matter that appeals to me; images of which will permit me to finally declare "I've found my niche". But, noooo. I'm instead reduced, willy-nilly, to searching for objects that "meet the challenge", and the challenge is whatever these "administrators" dictate. (Do D&L really exist? Has anyone ever ACTUALLY seen them - in the flesh??)
So here I am. I, a seemingly mature man well into his 50s, am asked to find (buy, steal, ..whatever) a rubber ducky (...the grapes are already sitting in my fruit salad).
Know what I'm going to do? I'm going to resist, ..refuse to be D&L's monkey, their silly puppet on a string. STAND UP DPCers!! JOIN ME IN SQUELCHING THIS FOOLISH (NAY, EVIL) ATTEMPT TO MANIPULATE AND CONTROL OUR VAST CREATIVE ENERGIES!!!
.......at least until 11:50 tonite. ...Now where is that little yellow devil?
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04/01/2005 08:21:54 AM · #2 |
Originally posted by lenkphotos:
Do you see what's happening? Are you really looking?
We've discussed ad-nauseum how DPC is an addictive activity. Now our benevolent administrators are asking us to find and photograph ...a RUBBER DUCKY!!?? and a bunch of green grapes to boot!
How many will do their bidding?
I want desparately to be a good photographer. I want to find the subject matter that appeals to me; images of which will permit me to finally declare "I've found my niche". But, noooo. I'm instead reduced, willy-nilly, to searching for objects that "meet the challenge", and the challenge is whatever these "administrators" dictate. (Do D&L really exist? Has anyone ever ACTUALLY seen them - in the flesh??)
So here I am. I, a seemingly mature man well into his 50s, am asked to find (buy, steal, ..whatever) a rubber ducky (...the grapes are already sitting in my fruit salad).
Know what I'm going to do? I'm going to resist, ..refuse to be D&L's monkey, their silly puppet on a string. STAND UP DPCers!! JOIN ME IN SQUELCHING THIS FOOLISH (NAY, EVIL) ATTEMPT TO MANIPULATE AND CONTROL OUR VAST CREATIVE ENERGIES!!!
.......at least until 11:50 tonite. ...Now where is that little yellow devil? |
I'm with you all the way Len.....just let me get these contest entries in first ;)
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04/01/2005 08:37:43 AM · #3 |
I didn't realize they had put in that many rules. I am skipping this one.
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04/01/2005 08:40:31 AM · #4 |
Hmm. What's today's date? What shall I do today to have some fun?
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04/01/2005 08:42:21 AM · #5 |
You don't have to submit, you know...
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04/01/2005 08:47:52 AM · #6 |
Not a GREEN grape in sight here in Chiba.. search high and low for Green grapes and was told "its not the season here for green grapes" I got red ones maybe i should paint them or peal the skin off...errrrm submit a B&W picture swearing to fact the grapes are GREEN HONESTLYYYYY!!!! its nearly midnight here I been driving, walking, talking, got the duck, the water, the blue background and camera set to f9 all ready and no F##*+ing GREEN grapes... I might sit it out too...
YAWN! bedtime. |
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04/01/2005 09:18:59 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by lenkphotos:
Do you see what's happening? Are you really looking?
We've discussed ad-nauseum how DPC is an addictive activity. Now our benevolent administrators are asking us to find and photograph ...a RUBBER DUCKY!!?? and a bunch of green grapes to boot!
How many will do their bidding?
I want desparately to be a good photographer. I want to find the subject matter that appeals to me; images of which will permit me to finally declare "I've found my niche". But, noooo. I'm instead reduced, willy-nilly, to searching for objects that "meet the challenge", and the challenge is whatever these "administrators" dictate. (Do D&L really exist? Has anyone ever ACTUALLY seen them - in the flesh??)
So here I am. I, a seemingly mature man well into his 50s, am asked to find (buy, steal, ..whatever) a rubber ducky (...the grapes are already sitting in my fruit salad).
Know what I'm going to do? I'm going to resist, ..refuse to be D&L's monkey, their silly puppet on a string. STAND UP DPCers!! JOIN ME IN SQUELCHING THIS FOOLISH (NAY, EVIL) ATTEMPT TO MANIPULATE AND CONTROL OUR VAST CREATIVE ENERGIES!!!
.......at least until 11:50 tonite. ...Now where is that little yellow devil? |
A good photographer can make a good photograph from any subjec. As a working commercial photographer I am called upon to shoot a lot fo things. One of my clients is OLFA //www.olfa.com if you look at the web site and all the lettle yellow knifes I have shoot and some of the art shots. When you shoot for a client it is often the clients vision you need to captuer not yourowne.
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04/01/2005 09:36:47 AM · #8 |
Use plastic ones....
just dont forget and eat them...
Originally posted by alionic:
Not a GREEN grape in sight here in Chiba.. search high and low for Green grapes and was told "its not the season here for green grapes" I got red ones maybe i should paint them or peal the skin off...errrrm submit a B&W picture swearing to fact the grapes are GREEN HONESTLYYYYY!!!! its nearly midnight here I been driving, walking, talking, got the duck, the water, the blue background and camera set to f9 all ready and no F##*+ing GREEN grapes... I might sit it out too...
YAWN! bedtime. |
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04/01/2005 01:12:53 PM · #9 |
Shoot the purple grapes, color shift 'em in photoshop, select them and copy them, open a new document with a blue background, pste the grapes on that, show the image full screen, and use it as your background, shooting the ducky in a glass of water in front of the screen. Count the screen as one of the 3 light sources. Yer home free.
Robt.
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04/01/2005 01:25:23 PM · #10 |
| Did anyone else think that this might be an April Fools joke? That maybe there wanting to see haw many of us fall for it. I don't know if I am to sure about this one |
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04/01/2005 01:28:50 PM · #11 |
| I think the challenge is kind of funny, and if it was longer than 24 hours, I'd participate, included rules and all. However, its Friday and when I'm done work, I'm going out. |
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04/01/2005 01:31:05 PM · #12 |
just tell them that the duck ate them allOriginally posted by alionic:
Not a GREEN grape in sight here in Chiba.. search high and low for Green grapes and was told "its not the season here for green grapes" I got red ones maybe i should paint them or peal the skin off...errrrm submit a B&W picture swearing to fact the grapes are GREEN HONESTLYYYYY!!!! its nearly midnight here I been driving, walking, talking, got the duck, the water, the blue background and camera set to f9 all ready and no F##*+ing GREEN grapes... I might sit it out too...
YAWN! bedtime. |
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04/01/2005 01:35:00 PM · #13 |
I think the joke will be to vote all entries very high (i.e. vote between 7 and 10). Then everybody that entered will have a “5 Grape Duck” as their highest rated photo on their profile for years to come. ;-)
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04/01/2005 01:36:30 PM · #14 |
April fools or not, five grapes (green)3 lights, blue background, a rubber ducky, and water. Not very complicated.
Two hours to assemble the items (I had to buy the grapes) |
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04/01/2005 02:10:51 PM · #15 |
| Question about water... I know it is required to be in the photograph, does colored water count? I know water is normally portrayed as either clear or blue, but what if I add yellow or red coloring to it, does that still count? |
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