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Stopped Motion IV
Stopped Motion IV
talmy


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Challenge: Stupid, Stupid! (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Location: At home in dining room.
Date: Aug 13, 2006
Aperture: F/9
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/2
Galleries: Humorous, Action
Date Uploaded: Aug 13, 2006

 A proposed entry for the next Stopped Motion contest, but also suitable for Stupid, Stupid! A parody the cliche light bulb (or similar) smashing pictures.

No lenses were harmed in the making of this picture. I wish I had a $2000 Nikkor to smash rather than the Bigma.

Camera was set for repeating flash, 1/8 strength with 5 flashes over 1/2 second.

Post processing consisted of a crop off of the top, then curves to help hide the background (which was actually darker than the lens), reduction green and red levels, also to hide background. USM for edge contrast, resize, USM for sharpness, and save for Web.

Statistics
Place: 20 out of 99
Avg (all users): 5.7822
Avg (commenters): 6.0588
Avg (participants): 5.4419
Avg (non-participants): 5.8339
Views since voting: 1627
Views during voting: 704
Votes: 326
Comments: 18
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/22/2006 10:32:37 PM
Excellent, but I hope you really didn't smash the lens.....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/22/2006 06:05:14 PM
Very stupid . . . good picture though. 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/20/2006 04:14:31 PM
Ha ha ha - that isn't stupid if it's for a Canon!! (Just kidding.)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/20/2006 08:44:18 AM
Don't do it!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/19/2006 08:45:05 PM
I hope you stopped in time!! Great image, but I wished you named it something else though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/19/2006 03:38:05 PM
no0o0o0o0o0o dont do it! lol (six)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/19/2006 06:22:45 AM
funny....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/18/2006 10:37:11 PM
I confess, I winced.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/18/2006 05:49:42 PM
Noooooo! The poor lens :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/17/2006 12:06:25 PM
Clever, kinda grainy though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/17/2006 11:40:47 AM
you are a brave soul to do this for a photo challenge!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/17/2006 12:16:38 AM
Nooooooo! Send it to me instead! :-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/16/2006 11:07:32 PM
Ineresting idea. This would have been a great stop motion or action shot. It meets the stupid challenge. It would be interesting to see what this would look like with a lighter or white background. Because you seem to loose the lens in the dark background. Also, there is some white specks to the left of the lens that is a bit distracting. I love the movement of the hammer.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/16/2006 02:33:20 PM
give it to me, if you dont want that lens :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/16/2006 02:20:03 PM
6 for making me cringe
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/16/2006 11:55:04 AM
Very dark photo with an annoying shadow in the background.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/16/2006 08:59:13 AM
AAAAAAHhhhhhhh No NO no just give it to me if you don't want it!
nice shot, sure to ring true to this crowd. The yellow stuff on the left is a bit distracting though
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/16/2006 06:28:20 AM
this shot makes me nervous!!! get that hammer away from the bigma! good, fun idea
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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