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Playing with Popcorn
Playing with Popcorn
Bujanx


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Challenge: Popcorn (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Location: Coffee Table - in my apartment
Date: Nov 6, 2007
Aperture: 5.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/13
Galleries: Humorous
Date Uploaded: Nov 6, 2007

 Ended up dyeing a whole whack of popcorn to make a ground/moat . Used food colouring/sugar with popcorn painted with oil (so the sugar would stick and the popcorn would not shrivel).

ISO 100, 5.0, 1/13 sec. Taken on coffee table, lighting done by what little sunlight managed to peek through the cloud cover that day.

Had the idea right away when I read the challenge, was hoping to use lego men instead of dollar store toys, but I turns out I don't own any lego men. I wish I would have had a wide angle lens so that the two catapults shooting popcorn could have appeared in the picture.

Statistics
Place: 50 out of 74
Avg (all users): 4.9267
Avg (commenters): 5.8750
Avg (participants): 4.6667
Avg (non-participants): 4.9621
Views since voting: 814
Views during voting: 442
Votes: 300
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 01/24/2008 11:57:53 AM
One reason on this for the poor score is that it has poor lighting. A very good investment would be to get a cheap speedlight (an offbrand one would do) that you can use to bounce light off of the ceiling which will make a lot better lighting. Also some people may see the idea as too "childish", just cause lots of people are looking for crazy creative ideas.
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 11/14/2007 12:16:19 AM
I think this is a riot. You were robbed! Very cute and innovative.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/13/2007 08:47:41 AM
lol funny and weird. Where on earth do you get green popcorn? I like the bokeh used for this. I think the right side was cropped a little too close.
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 11/12/2007 10:24:31 PM
nice colors....great idea
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 11/12/2007 05:34:53 AM
can hardly tell its popcorn and could have used painted figures atlease. nice on the bohkeh
 11/12/2007 05:32:37 AM
inventive!
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 11/12/2007 01:39:07 AM
:) Unique use of the subject. Some people probably won't realize the time and effort necessary to color all that corn :) Way to think outside the box!
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 11/07/2007 04:44:45 PM
it's a very novel idea. Your white balance seems to be a little cool (might be my monitor though)
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 11/07/2007 10:40:23 AM
haha! :)
would have preferred to see their front though...
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 11/07/2007 03:41:01 AM
seems rather flat to me


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