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3rd PlaceThe Hatchling
markwiley


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Challenge: Origins (Expert Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Date: Nov 15, 2012
Galleries: Nature, Science and Technology
Date Uploaded: Nov 15, 2012

 Me: Will you help me with a picture tonight? It'll be a little odd.
Daughter: Well, what would I have to do?
Me: Get in a swimsuit.
Daughter: Yeah.
Me: Maybe wet your hair.
Daughter: OK. I guess.
Me: Great. You're the best. You change and I'll go get the trash can. Um... Did I mention you'll have to get in the trash can?
Thank you, daughter.

[Nov. 22nd, 2012 01:26:16 PM]

I am very excited at how well this is doing. My expert editing skills are pretty weak, but this was relatively easy. Take a picture of the opened egg. Take a picture of my poor daughter in the trash can with the egg and trash can opening at the same perspective and lighting at the same angle. Then it was just a simple cut and paste of my daughter into the egg image and add a little shadow inside the egg.

Statistics
Place: 3 out of 41
Avg (all users): 6.9459
Avg (commenters): 7.8462
Avg (participants): 6.0870
Avg (non-participants): 7.1705
Views since voting: 3997
Views during voting: 296
Votes: 111
Comments: 37
Favorites: 2 (view)

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AuthorThread
 09/25/2019 05:26:37 PM
one more view !! ..
this is brilliant ..!! .. :)
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 11/28/2012 08:48:07 PM
Congratulations Mark. Really cool image, well done.
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 11/28/2012 09:37:36 AM
Excellent work, I love it!
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 11/28/2012 09:30:56 AM
A cracking image. Really good idea, and that's no eggsageration.
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 11/24/2012 10:10:37 PM
Hahahah!!! That sounds exactly like the stuff I do to my children!!

Congrats on the yellow!!
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 11/24/2012 01:56:25 PM
Congrats Mark - more good stuff from you.
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 11/23/2012 10:09:39 PM
Two on the front page at one time - you're a regular Ribbon Hog! Congrats!
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 11/23/2012 10:08:42 PM
Ribbon hog! Wow this is great. It looks like you do pretty good with expert editing. Congrats on another ribbon :D
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 11/23/2012 06:08:42 PM
I love your daughter! :D

This got my highest vote.
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 11/23/2012 06:00:35 PM
It's wonderful, Mark - conception and execution are excellent. Congratulations on the ribbon.
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 11/23/2012 04:45:30 PM
That's a great story:) Congrats on your ribbon.
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 11/23/2012 01:36:11 PM
I love that one! Congratulations on your ribbon, it is a pleasure to see your creativity rewarded as deserved. The composition is also very convincing, and quite original with that.
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 11/23/2012 01:22:34 PM
This shot looks so real! Congrats on the Yellow! Love it and thanks for the story too!
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 11/23/2012 11:35:48 AM
Congrats on the ribbon,good stuff.
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 11/23/2012 09:46:25 AM
Congratulations and thank you for taking the time to explain how you got the shot.
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 11/23/2012 09:17:59 AM
Congrats Mark. Well done.
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 11/23/2012 08:03:08 AM
LOL love the notes!!! Kudos to your daughter and good work despite your supposedly weak PhotoChop skillz. Grats on the ribbon.
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 11/23/2012 05:51:44 AM
Nice work. Congrats.
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 11/23/2012 04:24:15 AM
excellent! i really love this
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 11/23/2012 04:06:47 AM
Very cool, mark. Great image and result. And cool concept too!
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 11/23/2012 03:46:55 AM
excellent result for a fine image, well done sir. this was actually my third pick in the challenge so there you go!
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 11/23/2012 01:22:17 AM
Well done and a great yet simple concept photographically well executed. Art. Who would have thought we'd be so creative a species.
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 11/23/2012 01:12:55 AM
Look at you!!! Congrats on the ribbon in an expert challenge. I really loved this shot
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/22/2012 11:46:32 PM
Good concept and execution.
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 11/22/2012 01:17:00 PM
i like the concept and execution
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 11/22/2012 12:25:13 PM
I like this image, it is very creative and the processing is really great. Maybe a tighter crop and/or a composition outside the center might have been preferable, but still a great image.
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 11/22/2012 12:14:47 PM
Well Done
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 11/21/2012 05:51:18 PM
Nice! How did you get her in that egg? Very dramatic and on topic.
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 11/21/2012 11:58:58 AM
Good work and idea.
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 11/17/2012 11:00:53 PM
a lot of egg shots in this challenge, this is really nicely done tho
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/16/2012 03:52:52 PM
Great lighting.
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 11/16/2012 11:52:24 AM
Top 3
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 11/16/2012 11:22:53 AM
Great job!
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 11/16/2012 09:57:27 AM
So that's where babies come from!
Great light and editing.
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 11/16/2012 09:36:36 AM
Very well done. Simple yet powerful.
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 11/16/2012 05:49:07 AM
So which did come first, the chick or the egg? :-) What an amazing image!
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 11/16/2012 12:35:02 AM
PERFECT light!!! Love it. Simple concept, awesome execution. Top ten if not the podium.
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