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Chicken Shooter
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Strikeslip


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Challenge: Stupid Gifts (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Dining room
Date: Dec 26, 2007
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Humorous, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Dec 26, 2007

This was a gift from my brother-in-law. He knows I like silly stuff. This is a self portrait. Light from the right side, and from upper-rear-left.

I made a print available in 16x20 size, because I know a lot of people will want to order one, probably for each room.

Here's an outtake....


Statistics
Place: 1 out of 111
Avg (all users): 7.0605
Avg (commenters): 7.9615
Avg (participants): 6.3878
Avg (non-participants): 7.2261
Views since voting: 17141
Views during voting: 494
Votes: 248
Comments: 77
Favorites: 4 (view)


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08/26/2009 06:19:18 PM
Hahha i have the same exact thing lool well done!!
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07/15/2009 07:36:35 PM
LMAO! Oh dear... now the kids are coming downstairs to see why mommy is laughing so hard!! Hope they don't want a toy like this. I can just see it now!...

Great capture!
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06/19/2009 08:34:21 PM
OMG OMG LMAO !!
this is such a funny and amazing shot .. just brilliant .. :)
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10/01/2008 10:07:31 PM
LOL, how could i missed that shot? Very funny.
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01/09/2008 12:48:00 AM
classic
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01/08/2008 11:04:08 PM
Congratulations on your 1st Blue ribbon.
It's never too late, in 2008
a ribbon of blue for Strikeslip, too.

I bet they told you, and warned you, to stop shooting yourself so much. See what happened.
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01/06/2008 07:45:34 PM
I like it...I like it aloooot!
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01/06/2008 11:37:52 AM
1st blue! Long overdue. congrats with this one
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01/06/2008 09:45:14 AM
Very good shot! Congrats on your ribbon!
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01/05/2008 06:38:03 PM
congrats on the blue well deserved
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01/04/2008 04:16:13 PM
that chicken seems to really be lodged in your eye! I hope there was no clucking permanent damage!
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01/04/2008 01:52:13 PM
2008 will be a blue year for you. Enjoy!
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01/04/2008 05:15:39 AM
LOL YEY Slippy! Congrats on your first blue dood!
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01/03/2008 03:37:39 PM
That's their well-deserved revenge for your years of KFC.
Congrats!! (and no, you can't have my earrings when you lose all your chickens :P )
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01/03/2008 03:09:27 PM
Man, I wish my family had give me one of those :(
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01/03/2008 01:46:43 PM
I would buy a print but I really wanted wallet size...

Congrats on the Blue and a fantastic, loony image!!!!!

:-D
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01/03/2008 01:44:40 PM
Nooooooooooooooooooooo. Not a Blue...............Now Slippy knows everything.

Congrats.
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01/03/2008 12:16:31 PM
I think the giftee is stupider than the gift in this case...
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01/03/2008 11:57:53 AM
LOL congrats on your first Blue! Bout time!
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01/03/2008 11:28:56 AM
Slippy finally got his blue, well deserved, hilarious shot
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01/03/2008 11:24:30 AM
great shot Slippy and well deserved blue ;-)..my only 10. good luck in 2008
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01/03/2008 10:48:06 AM
Sorry to hear about your blue ... I guess it's time for a new theme ;)
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01/03/2008 10:19:23 AM
you still got a red in my book, im color blind.
congrats ;)
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01/03/2008 10:12:38 AM
This is so cute! Yes. I'll take one for each room, please :)

CONGRATULATIONS on your blue ribbon!

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01/03/2008 09:06:24 AM
Holy mother of god you won a blue.

Let the Apocalypse begin...
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01/03/2008 09:04:16 AM
Congrats on the Blue - Very funny. I hope your eye has recovered from the chicken blast.

When I get the my tax return, I will be picking up a handful of these as prints. I think a set of 5 of them will look excellent in my formal dining room.
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01/03/2008 08:47:20 AM
this is funny as hell!
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01/03/2008 08:34:59 AM
Congrats on your first blue! Nicely done....
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01/03/2008 08:00:45 AM
Congrats on the blue, Slip! Thank God we're not going to see any more threads bragging about the king of the red :) I say to celebrate, you should bestow Dutch Ovens on everyone!
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01/03/2008 07:15:45 AM
I think it would have worked better had you used very sharp darts. But congrats anyway Slippy!
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01/03/2008 07:02:45 AM
Slippy... you goofed.... wrong color!!!

:-)

Congrats on your first blue dude!
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01/03/2008 06:57:16 AM
May the best cluck win. Congrats!! Creative and entertaining shot.
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01/03/2008 04:37:36 AM
Aw crap, do I have to stop calling you red bull now?
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01/03/2008 04:24:06 AM
Congrats Slippy, finally you got a true ribbon on your profile :)
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01/03/2008 03:22:07 AM
About blooming time too
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01/03/2008 03:00:23 AM
Congrats on the Blue Slippy! It's about damn time! But.......
a blue?????? Not a red????? Hmmmmmmm, my palm reader did
mention the end times might be this year.....

OO OO OO I almost forgot: Everything is just going dandy
until someone puts an eye out!

Message edited by author 2008-01-03 03:01:24.
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01/03/2008 02:38:30 AM
blue? oh my! maybe you can swap with sherwin to keep your reds in line? ;)

just kidding. congrats!!
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01/03/2008 02:34:34 AM
Nice one Slippy, weel done - funny too!
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01/03/2008 02:20:29 AM
Damn, he got a blue! We'll never hear the end!
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01/03/2008 01:44:25 AM
Congrats on the blue, Slippy. The expression on your face (if it is your face) is absolutely priceless ;-)))
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01/03/2008 01:31:12 AM
Oh lawdy we will never hear the end of the bragging now!!!
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01/03/2008 01:10:46 AM
WAY TO GO SLIPPY!

Great shot!
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01/03/2008 01:06:12 AM
Well done, Slippy! I'm sure we can find a bucket of red paint to fix that ;O)
Now you'll have to re-think your sigfile! Hmmmmmm... where to put the Blue?
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01/03/2008 12:59:44 AM
Well deserved...this was my top pick, congratulations
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01/03/2008 12:57:04 AM
Wait. I'm sure you can trade it in for the right color. Congrats!
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01/03/2008 12:36:18 AM
Congrats Slippy!!!
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01/03/2008 12:17:13 AM
How appropriate! :) Congrats on breaking your streak.
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01/03/2008 12:09:53 AM
Way to go Slippy! Yeah!
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01/03/2008 12:02:57 AM
LOL. Yeah recount! The dictator rigged this!
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01/03/2008 12:02:10 AM
Blue..Not Red....I want a recount...Lol...Congrats!
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01/03/2008 12:01:23 AM
Ha, I have a "Cat-a-pult" one of these. Congrats on your blue!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/02/2008 11:50:28 PM
funny shot........a 10 from me
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01/02/2008 04:37:01 PM
Funny... now if you just knew how to use it!!!
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01/02/2008 02:28:03 AM
That's gonna leave a mark! :}
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01/01/2008 03:14:54 AM
Lol, you idiot :)
(btw, I bought some of the replacement chickens to make jewellery with)
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12/31/2007 09:07:03 PM
LOL...great image...love the one in your eye! 9
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12/31/2007 06:19:06 PM
i love this shot. made me laugh. well framed and lit and all that. great! /10
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12/31/2007 01:54:52 PM
watch out for the beak!
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12/31/2007 10:27:27 AM
i'd loved to see a more vivid color for a 10
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12/31/2007 04:18:24 AM
ha ha ha, nice shot :P. I want one of these. I like the saturation on this.
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12/30/2007 10:47:51 PM
Slippy, you floor me.
Love the mid-air chicken btw.
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12/30/2007 01:39:52 PM
Very few photos actually made me laugh out loud... this one definitely did.
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12/30/2007 09:53:01 AM
OMG!! where did you get that chicken gun, seriously i want one!? excellent picture.
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12/29/2007 11:11:41 PM
lmao
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12/29/2007 02:56:11 PM
Maybe it's just me, but I don't get the chicken on the right flying "toward" the face. I'd understand if it were falling away, as if it had hit the face and bounced off. That said. I do like the muted color of the person and vivid color of the chicken and gun. Nice image.
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12/29/2007 10:09:16 AM
Yet another thing you can shoot your eye out with! You can never have too many of those. Um, do they fly on their wn? I'm a little unnerved by the one flying above the shooter ... maybe you got two and someone else is helping you test them out ;-)
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12/28/2007 06:41:46 PM
Where do people find such things!? Well done.
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12/28/2007 07:35:31 AM
I like your idea here. Good handling of the light!
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12/27/2007 08:52:56 PM
You'll shoot your eye out!
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12/27/2007 08:50:06 PM
haha! Funny.
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12/27/2007 07:23:02 PM
Very cute shot, love it! 9
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12/27/2007 06:28:48 PM
Oh man!! You'll put your eye out!! : ) I want one! Hilarious and a well executed image. 8
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12/27/2007 01:10:21 PM
hey you gotta be careful with those things! 7
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12/27/2007 08:37:11 AM
Dude I would love a chicken shooter. Love how you got them flying in action....Slippy!
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12/27/2007 07:51:47 AM
Love the image, control of contrast and colour works well, with the chickens standing out... Great
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12/27/2007 04:33:26 AM
I think you should have aimed it the other way ;-)
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12/27/2007 02:37:27 AM
Great shot! The black background pops up the little flying chicken. Also a very good idea!
Oh, and I think it's a funny game, do you like to send it to my adress?
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