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Ewww... They're Riddled with Glow Worms!
Ewww... They're Riddled with Glow Worms!
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Apple (Basic Editing III)
Collection: Good - Average
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: Easton, CT
Date: May 17, 2005
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/2
Galleries: Humorous, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: May 17, 2005

A last minute entry just for laughs. I hollowed out three apples with a grapefruit spoon and placed Christmas lights inside them. I bit into one of them and poked a Gummi worm through the apple.

Processing: Crop, slight levels adjustment and USM- that's it.

I have no idea how it'll score, but the illuminated apples were cool (I'm easily amused). ;-)

Statistics
Place: 32 out of 386
Avg (all users): 6.0581
Avg (commenters): 7.8571
Avg (participants): 5.9085
Avg (non-participants): 6.2038
Views since voting: 1876
Views during voting: 422
Votes: 310
Comments: 27
Favorites: 2 (view)


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06/01/2005 06:40:31 AM
as always, great idea. i think this would have scored higher if the hand had been posed more as 'eww' than cradling it for another bite.
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05/25/2005 02:52:27 PM
I figured this one for top 10 or 20..it was just so darn creative and amusing.
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05/25/2005 07:48:47 AM
You can just see the edge of the white power cord between the two apples on the left.
05/25/2005 03:13:38 AM
Thanks for the info on how you did this. I took a similar approach, but I was stopped by technical and compository problems. Your image turned out much better. I will try some more experiments with glowing fruit though. They are fun.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/24/2005 09:51:16 PM
I am leaving a comment for everyone so no one will feel left out so here is yours...
my kids want these now
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05/24/2005 09:06:05 PM
Very interesting lighting effect here. Is this a light painting or are the apples illuminated from the inside?
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05/24/2005 02:29:37 PM
What a creative use of light! This is a really fun image, beautiful warm light...just really nicely done.
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05/24/2005 10:30:16 AM
Nice idea i like the lighting of the image and the color of the apples
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05/23/2005 10:59:52 PM
This is a very cool shot! Great idea and image..lighting is really interesting, too..8 I like the worm coming out of the apple on the right, too- it adds a lot to the image.
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05/23/2005 05:02:52 PM
Very creative!! It reminds me of James and the Giant Peach! 10!
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05/23/2005 10:10:37 AM
i wish i was a glowworm, for a glowworm is never glum, cause how can you be grumpy when the sun shines out your bum?
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05/22/2005 09:36:37 AM
LOL!!! (7)
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05/21/2005 01:39:01 AM
Hate to sink my teeth here. A bite will light me up like a Christmas tree. The dark stone allow the apples to shine/glow. A good presentation. 8 on my first pass.
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05/20/2005 07:18:28 PM
Very cool concept.... maybe a better shot could have been achieved though....
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05/20/2005 07:06:57 PM
Great concept. Super title.
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05/20/2005 03:52:42 PM
Hey, you stole my idea ;) At least you did a better job than me. Looks good, I like the red glow, it doesn't work as well with green ones. What did you use as light source? I see no wires. 10.
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05/20/2005 03:21:17 AM
Brilliant! Truly. :)
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05/19/2005 04:20:35 PM
Awesome idea and well done!
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05/19/2005 07:43:54 AM
Interesting! I love the colours set against the dark BG Holds my attention 8
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05/19/2005 07:07:44 AM
Looks like halloween apples, i like this one...
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05/19/2005 12:08:37 AM
How cool is that??? 10
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05/18/2005 10:13:49 PM
nice effect.
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05/18/2005 08:49:00 PM
Very creative & well shot. This was the funniest shot I saw.
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05/18/2005 08:42:43 PM
Those are really pretty. Can't wait to see how you made them light. Beautiful.
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05/18/2005 02:36:41 PM
would love to know how you got the apples to glow! Please do tell. 7
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05/18/2005 01:24:32 PM
beautiful glow....reminds me of jack-o-lanterns and the smell of autumn....
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05/18/2005 11:09:55 AM
Excellent! This is very very nice, hope to see it near the tip, and I suspect I will :-)! 10
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