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Challenge: The Great Pumpkin Carving Challenge (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
Location: Front Porch
Date: Oct 31, 2005
Aperture: 1.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Humorous, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Oct 31, 2005

 NO flash, handheld taken by natural candlelight. 1/30 Sec. My first attempt at an elaborate carving.
I did not remove background which is why you will see another pumpkin slightly behind it. We had just got home from trick or treating, and I had only one hour to take the photo, edit, and submit. Only cropped, adjusted levels and resized. Next year I will do better I promis! :-)

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Apple iPhone 12 Pro
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM
 11/07/2005 08:44:57 PM
Awesome carving & exposure, I wish it were a bit more sharp
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 11/07/2005 08:38:28 PM
Intricately carved! I love all the faces in the castle image! Some distracting elements (table, pumpkin behind, plate)...If it were just a bit more crisp in focus and a little less noisy it would be a more satisfying image.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 11/07/2005 12:59:55 PM
Great skills in carving.
The photograph is not perfect but this still gets a big ten from me for the quality of the artwork
Good luck
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Nikon D4s
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 11/06/2005 08:59:22 PM
nice carving
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Canon EOS-5D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 11/04/2005 07:19:55 PM
Awesome....looked really hard to do....10
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Nikon D50
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 11/02/2005 02:26:09 PM
Intricate carving but needs sharper focus to appreciate the work.
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Nikon D70s
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6G ED
 11/01/2005 11:34:29 AM
Nice carving. Love the detail. I really like the way you caught the light through the window.
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 11/01/2005 10:49:44 AM
Excellent carving! Could have used a better composition though.
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 11/01/2005 10:25:16 AM
So hard to keep the blurr out isn't it? I had a challenge with mine as well
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Canon PowerShot Pro1
 11/01/2005 12:32:00 AM
This is unfortunate, you did a great job of carving this design, which I know includes a cool backdrop (that some how got left out), but the photo barely shows this. This was hard and little time. great effort :)
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