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Challenge: I Bought It On eBay (Advanced Editing V)
Collection: Silly Stuff
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Nikon
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Dec 15, 2007
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1.8
Galleries: Still Life
Date Uploaded: Dec 15, 2007

 Um ... I did buy a lot of these on eBay ;-) Trying to convey the idea of buying stuff you neither need nor have room for, and the "things" end up taking over the house. Hence the looming shadows above the clutter and the top elephant looking more or less at the camera.

And yes, I have even more elephants. I've been collecting them for about 30 years. Yikes! Although after the shoot I boxed most of them up and put them away. Need to decorate for Christmas, after all.

PP - converted from RAW, rotated slightly, cloned out some blobs (d'oh; should've cleaned the lens first!!), levels, white balance, increased contrast, dodged/burnt details on elephants, convert to duotone, USM, added border, resized, sharpened.

Statistics
Place: 58 out of 87
Avg (all users): 5.2679
Avg (commenters): 5.8333
Avg (participants): 5.0000
Avg (non-participants): 5.3516
Views since voting: 989
Views during voting: 296
Votes: 168
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0

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Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon
 12/24/2007 01:11:19 AM
I liked this, Mary. I esp. liked the large shadows. Nice light work. :)
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Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 12/24/2007 12:40:06 AM
Well, scoring just above my shot in this challenge may not be saying a lot, but this was a fun one!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Kodak Z650
 12/23/2007 03:35:35 PM
Elephants huh, my aunt loves them, I am actually crazy for monkeys! but anyways I love the idea, black and white, the candle in the middle, etc! Nice idea
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 12/21/2007 02:36:01 PM
this picture is so entrancing .....must buy more....must buy more....
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Olympus 45mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital
 12/20/2007 11:06:22 PM
Isn't that the truth? Ebay is fuel for addiction for sure. Love the light and shadows - very cool.
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Sony Alpha a55
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 12/20/2007 06:38:42 PM
those shadows don't do you any favours
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Sony DSLR-A100
Sony DT 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 Aspherical ED
 12/20/2007 01:34:44 PM
Shadows shadows shadows.... i look forward to reading the comments after the voting to see if anyone else had mentioned anything other than the lighting or the shadows. I think just one of these items done simply with a striking B&W would have worked much better.
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Sony DSLR-A200
Sony 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6
 12/19/2007 09:52:49 PM
Great entry. The shadows are fantastic.
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Canon EOS-20D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 12/18/2007 08:54:06 PM
The shadow really adds to this one. Without it, I would have scored lower. Nice job!
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Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 12/18/2007 03:27:24 PM
This seems a bit busy to me, without a central subject that draws my eye through the image. I'm split between the 3 large elephants and the shadows are distracting for me rather than enhancing.

Quite a nice variety of elephants, though. I have a coworker who has a rhinoceros collection at his desk.
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Nikon D5100
Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Nikon
 12/17/2007 11:46:44 AM
great shadows and contrasts
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/17/2007 09:41:06 AM
LOL! I love the way you lit this for the shadows.
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 12/17/2007 09:22:59 AM
The shadows are really distracting. I like all the collectibles.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 12/17/2007 04:43:32 AM
Very nice composition. Great shadows and super black and white conversion
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