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Challenge: Broken II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Quantaray AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 High-Speed for Nikon
Location: studio
Date: Feb 5, 2006
Aperture: f 13
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Still Life
Date Uploaded: Feb 5, 2006

 Tried a variety of locations for this but the images that seemed would have the most impact were the ones shot in the studio.

Post processing was just some color adjustments in Nikon Capture followed by a resize and sharpen in Photoshop.

Statistics
Place: 8 out of 285
Avg (all users): 6.4170
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 6.2647
Avg (non-participants): 6.5089
Views since voting: 2553
Views during voting: 370
Votes: 271
Comments: 21
Favorites: 7 (view)

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Canon EOS R7
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
 05/21/2006 12:13:43 AM
Nicely executed. Love the dark creepy feel of this shot. Well done.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 02/15/2006 12:47:17 AM
Glad to see this in the top ten! Congratulations!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 02/14/2006 10:54:35 PM
I heart creepy doll heads with scary eyeballs. 9
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 02/13/2006 11:27:31 PM
For me, the title is a bit of a stretch and doesn't really work to demonstrate broken... having said that however, this photo is an excellent demonstration of broken.. as soon as I saw the dolls face I thought, it's broken..... and this is a very interesting photo (ok maybe a bit disturbing) - the colors are wonderful.. the light in the dolls eyes contrast so well with her broken face, making the eyes alive.... I like the color framing her head too... this shot has a haunting quality imo
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 02/13/2006 09:20:11 PM
Doll images are always eerie and when broken totally spooky. Very strong visual. Bumping up.
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Canon
 02/13/2006 12:38:36 AM
I've seen a stack of broken toys in this challenge but this won takes the cake...Great look, well done.
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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 02/12/2006 06:39:21 PM
A little creepy, but I really love the colors and textures! Good work.
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Fujifilm FinePix F10
 02/11/2006 01:46:39 PM
just another old doll, but those eyes...freaky!
great composition and lighting
the red bkgrd compliments the eyes
good job
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 02/11/2006 12:51:28 PM
Nice composition and background colour, one of the best!
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Olympus SP-570 UZ
 02/11/2006 05:16:06 AM
wow. that is some scary sh*t. lol. Nice shot, but still haunting...
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 02/11/2006 01:52:07 AM
oooohhhh, spooky! nice capture
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 02/10/2006 01:04:19 PM
Chucky??
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Canon EOS-10D
Canon EF 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
 02/10/2006 10:01:47 AM
Hi. A lot of creepy doll photos. The lighting here is great, and the red background emphasizes the mood!
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Panasonic DMC-FZ20
Panasonic DMW-LTZ10 1.5x Teleconverter
 02/09/2006 07:40:06 PM
Without the title this works well for the challenge ... I love the look of this doll ...good choice.
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Nikon D3s
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G
02/09/2006 11:55:59 AM
Kind of scary...I like the lighting.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 02/08/2006 03:38:11 PM
effective, suites challenge....7
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM
 02/08/2006 01:58:10 PM
sppoky but cool
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Nikon D80
Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Nikon
 02/08/2006 01:41:54 PM
spooky! compelling and gross at one and the same time
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon
 02/08/2006 12:29:14 PM
What a scary image! Nice use of light and shadow to enhance what is already there in the subject and the red background colour helps too. Dark, frightening, clever image.
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 02/08/2006 08:49:17 AM
Not a fan of old dolls, but this is perfectly creepy and suits the challenge (I too have an old one in my entry too - hee hee) I think the composition, use of negative space, DOF and light are all spot on. The cracks add great texture. 9
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 02/08/2006 02:32:21 AM
good use of color, creepy image. good use of lighting to emphasize mood.
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