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Challenge: Minimalism II (Minimal Editing I*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM
Location: Düsseldorf, Germany
Date: Jan 20, 2007
Aperture: f/9.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 20 sec
Galleries: Humorous, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Jan 19, 2007

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damn, fell below the 7.0 mark on the last day of voting!

This was the best out of 70 shots (the first 40 were shot in RAW - stupid me!). Our closet is so small, it was hard to get a decent lighting. Camera stood two meters away, outside of the room, I stood in the door, holding a flash umbrella, the shutter was set to 20 sec.

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 231
Avg (all users): 6.9643
Avg (commenters): 8.3750
Avg (participants): 6.9405
Avg (non-participants): 6.9881
Views since voting: 11411
Views during voting: 326
Votes: 168
Comments: 60
Favorites: 21 (view)


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02/08/2007 10:38:22 AM
I love this photo. Very creative and well executed shot. The only thing worse than this situation at home is when this happens at a public toilet!!
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02/04/2007 02:23:22 PM
Very fitting for the challenge. Great creativity. Congratulations! Oh and I do hope you have a couple of rolls in store. :-)
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02/04/2007 09:45:44 AM
Congratulations on your blue, perfect shot for this challenge!
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02/04/2007 06:39:25 AM
I knew this was the winner even before finishing up my votes. Sorry I didnt come back and comment in challenge but I faved it real early on. Well done Oliver! Excellent work my friend.
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02/03/2007 08:47:43 PM
Hi Oliver. Congrats on your blue for this very simple yet entertaining and perfectly captured image. Well done!
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02/03/2007 06:49:47 AM
Congrats Oliver! Very fitting shot for the challenge :)
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02/02/2007 01:40:57 PM
Originally posted by Cutter:

Man....I am SO glad we picked you up. But on a non-selfish note, I am pissed you are beating me in ribbons in 2007! hahaa...

Oh wait, that is selfish...


2007 has just begun, don't think i can keep an average of 3 ribbons every five weeks.

WTG, Beau!
02/02/2007 01:01:07 PM
Man....I am SO glad we picked you up. But on a non-selfish note, I am pissed you are beating me in ribbons in 2007! hahaa...

Oh wait, that is selfish...
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02/02/2007 12:15:18 PM
Congrats on the blue ... this one definitely stood out and was in my top 10% (greater than 7+).
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02/02/2007 11:35:18 AM
Where's the Sears when you need it?
02/02/2007 09:39:31 AM
Man! now I have to go. :^)
I can't do anything with just one sheet left anyway.
Congratulations on the win! I really can't add anything that hasn't been said already.
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02/02/2007 08:16:54 AM
Hi, congrats for the blue ribbon.
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02/02/2007 07:51:10 AM
Congrats! Great idea!!
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02/02/2007 07:21:58 AM
What a clever, well-executed idea. Talk about turning the ordinary into something extraordinary! Congratulations!!! A very deserving blue ribbon!
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02/02/2007 06:42:04 AM
So happy you won this. I gave you my only 10 of the voting, and for some reaason the ones I vote high, never wim! Congrats. Well done!

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02/02/2007 06:26:35 AM

it makes me laughing harder!
it's sooooo funny! :D

that's real minimalism
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02/02/2007 06:05:43 AM
congrats on the ribbon, and the wonderul composition
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02/02/2007 05:29:41 AM
Lol from the thumbnail i thought it was a white gun!
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02/02/2007 04:57:02 AM
Congrats on the blue! Too bad WPL didn't start yet.
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02/02/2007 02:34:44 AM
Congratulations
This one was one of my top 3

Funy and technicaly perfect
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02/02/2007 01:37:56 AM
Congrats. Btw, great job managing the limitations on sharpening. I think I see halos but the background makes them tolerable.
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02/02/2007 01:30:24 AM
OK, now that is just too funny, very well shot ... congrats!
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02/02/2007 12:34:34 AM
Congrats!!!!!!!
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02/02/2007 12:32:29 AM
Congratulations!!
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02/02/2007 12:30:40 AM
Super idea and well carried out. Congratulation on the blue, Oliver.
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02/02/2007 12:21:15 AM
Minimalism in many ways - congrats on the ribbon!
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02/02/2007 12:08:37 AM
Great shot - Was in my top 3 - Great exposure.
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02/02/2007 12:06:42 AM
Congrat on Ribbon
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02/02/2007 12:05:51 AM
great job!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/01/2007 10:04:18 PM
this is like a metaphor for Minimalism, and it's just how some people feel when they look at Minimalist art! Very funny. 9
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02/01/2007 11:48:57 AM
Very funny...love it!
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02/01/2007 03:07:43 AM
OH this one is my favorite this far
It should ribon :-)
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01/31/2007 08:26:02 PM
Great idea, well done
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01/31/2007 02:50:15 PM
One of my favorites.
01/31/2007 06:44:40 AM
Brilliant!
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01/31/2007 04:16:54 AM
....I also with the rolls were switched.
01/31/2007 03:22:38 AM
love it, well done
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01/30/2007 02:58:57 PM
LOL ... well done.
01/30/2007 10:16:18 AM
Ha,ha,ha...
01/30/2007 04:33:38 AM
Someone could be in for maximal doo-doo with this oversight :-). Good shot and humor.
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01/29/2007 01:08:42 PM
Good shot! A composition that is well thought of. Creative, clean and not marred by any goofy post processing. I love minimalism.
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01/28/2007 04:52:09 PM
My second 10 at 135 votes. really nice. minimalistic no doubt, clean and sharp, good composition, B/W fit well here.
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01/28/2007 04:26:38 PM
Bumped to a 10 - very funny and definitely minimal!
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01/28/2007 08:08:46 AM
I love the tongue in cheek title - goes perfectly with image. Any other title would not be as effective. Like the starkness - works with subject. Focus perfect, tones and composition excellent.
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01/28/2007 05:06:31 AM
Too bad about the tilt, otherwise like it lots!
01/27/2007 05:15:50 PM
Minimalistic in all ways - great shot :-)
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01/27/2007 03:54:09 PM
I usually don't like bathroom topics but this I like very much. I think it is the element of design that does it for me. Well done.
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01/27/2007 06:54:45 AM
Cute.
01/27/2007 05:31:40 AM
Pity the perspective of the lens distorts the tiles a bit so that the ones on the left don't look as vertical as the ones on the right (or maybe that's just because of faulty building contractors :-) ). Anyway, that's minor, because this is a great shot. Minimalist indeed. And the subject is interesting (unlike many of the 'small object on a white background' shots). Very well done. Focus, sharpness and DOF are good, composition is good. And lighting is very nicely controlled. One of my favourites of this challenge.
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01/26/2007 06:54:28 PM
kind of jagged edges - but i think this might be top ten. good luck
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01/26/2007 05:37:13 PM
Funny Haha!
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01/26/2007 05:30:37 PM
Nice lighting and great idea.
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01/26/2007 04:44:55 PM
I find the slight visual rotation distracting (you were probably just slightly to an angle with the wall), but nothing to lose points over. Nice concept.
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01/26/2007 01:32:32 PM
Very creative and well executed! 10
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01/26/2007 10:59:27 AM
super and nice tones for straight from camera
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01/26/2007 08:12:10 AM
Brilliant! Love everythign abou tit. Adding to my faves and bumpin gup one to 9 for now.
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01/26/2007 06:26:24 AM
a great clinical look...excellent for the challenge
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01/26/2007 05:29:19 AM
One of the better photos in this challenge.
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01/26/2007 01:35:38 AM
brilliant!
Love it
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01/26/2007 01:01:20 AM
nice!


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