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Polythene Pam
Polythene Pam
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Challenge: Beatles Song/Lyrics (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: At home
Date: May 27, 2006
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 1000
Shutter: 1/20
Galleries: Studio
Date Uploaded: May 30, 2006

Well you should see Polythene Pam
She’s so goodlooking but she looks like a man.
Well you should see her in drag.
Dressed in her polythene bag.
Yes you should see Polythene Pam – Yeh.
Get a dose of her in jackboots and kilt
She’s killer diller when she’s dressed to the hilt.
She’s the kind of a girl that makes the
News of the World.
Yes you could say she was attractively built – Yeh.

Had a blast shooting this. Could not find one of my male friends to dress up for this shot, but one of my female friends thought it was a neat idea. She even let me post it online :)
The idea was to have a drag queen like model sitting like a queen between plastic bags, but this was eventually the end result.

Statistics
Place: 84 out of 273
Avg (all users): 5.7920
Avg (commenters): 6.7000
Avg (participants): 5.5960
Avg (non-participants): 5.9029
Views since voting: 1126
Views during voting: 445
Votes: 274
Comments: 24
Favorites: 1 (view)


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06/16/2006 07:34:59 AM
Hilarious! She's really made up--look at those lashes! I like all the bright colors.
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06/08/2006 01:45:48 AM
::: Greetings from Critique Club :::

Hi, as requested, here is an indepth critique of your submission.

First Impression - the most important one:
Neat shot and I like the plastic look you seem to have been trying to achieve. She doesn't look much like a man though ;-)

Composition:
I like the square crop, but I think I want to see it a little less tight. It's sorta feeling crowded the way it is.

Subject:
Clear, in your face and works well.

Technical (Color, focus, and light):
Color: A bit warm for my tastes, but not overly distracting.
Focus: Focus looks sharp, but perhaps could stand a little more USM in post.
Light: I like it, it works well for you, other than beinga bit warm.

To grow its vote?:
I'm sure you got voted down a bit for the Neat Image, overprocessing. Not really anyway around that with what you were trying to do. That's more the fault of the voters. Colling the WB might have helped some as would a bit less crowded composition.

Summary:
Cool shot, shows creativity.

Hope to see more from you soon,
Leroy
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06/07/2006 10:21:04 PM
Love the overly "plastic" appearance of the model and her expression is a kick! Nicely done, and a great interpretation of the challenge.
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06/07/2006 02:45:07 PM
This is perfect! I love the overprocessing's tie in to your title.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/06/2006 07:20:37 AM
Clever use of the parasol
06/05/2006 11:37:49 AM
it looks like you've caught her eyes at a bad moment.
maybe you meant to do it?
I don't know!!!
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06/05/2006 07:59:23 AM
WAY WAY WAY too much neat image
i understand you want a plastic look, but woah, this was a bit much especially around her eyes. the skin i could see, but you've lost all definition around the eyes and the lips
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06/05/2006 03:53:34 AM
well done...looks plastic and so it should
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06/04/2006 08:16:02 PM
Expression and color are tops here. Bump.
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06/04/2006 03:17:30 PM
Probably the exact style that the Beatles meant when they wrote the song. Just a really awesome photo.
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06/04/2006 05:47:24 AM
This is a lovely picture. Unfortunately the eyes don't work for me.
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06/04/2006 12:29:26 AM
i wish she wasnat looking so far up
but the photo is beautiful otherwise
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06/01/2006 10:23:29 PM
Love the colors and expression. There is an overprocessed look about this as if too much Neat Image was used. The skin looks plastic - maybe that's what you where looking for based on the title. 7
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05/31/2006 09:01:17 PM
The eyes are a little disconcerting - but you did a great job with the smooth texture of her skin.
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05/31/2006 07:55:30 PM
very quirky, I love it.
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05/31/2006 05:33:00 PM
seems to have a bit too much Neat Image
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05/31/2006 04:59:47 PM
Well you should see Polythene Pam
She's so good looking
But she looks like a man
Well, you should see her in drag
dressed in a polythene bag
Yes you should see Polythene Pam
Yeh, yeh, yeh

The lyrics say it all...top shelf...10
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05/31/2006 04:33:44 PM
conceptually I like the photo...a little forced but definitely in the right arena
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05/31/2006 03:16:49 PM
Is she high?
05/31/2006 08:59:28 AM
Nice, this captures the Beatles spirit and also nods to the hermaphroditic leanings of this song in particular.
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05/31/2006 07:34:21 AM
You got it completely.
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05/31/2006 07:02:03 AM
She's so good-looking she looks like a man.
05/31/2006 05:22:09 AM
NOTE.... I'm looking at the image first and tyrying to guess the title. If I can't guess, I can't give high marks :-(

yeah - got this one, have lots of points!
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05/31/2006 12:38:11 AM
Gee, I've always wondered what she looked like...(watch what you wish for)
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