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Untitled #3
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Challenge: Body Parts II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Olympus E-1
Lens: Olympus 14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 Zuiko Digital Zoom
Location: Brooklyn, New York 11201
Date: Apr 6, 2008
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1 second
Galleries: Humorous, Nude
Date Uploaded: Apr 6, 2008

 I found a dozen of these funky"Magic" baby dolls in Rite Aid and tossed them on an IKEA cutting board in front of a window. I used a sheet of laser paper for the background and some aluminum foil for fill. A nice, slow shutter for a high f/stop. After a few hundred captures, I found this one with the "coy" baby doll in the back right. It felt a little like an old Twilight Zone.

Photoshop - Tons of layers of cloning and healing fixes to remove all the stray hair, a couple of curves changes, a tweak of unsharp mask.

I took a beating for thinking way outside of the box here, but thanks to those of you who thought this did meet the challenge. They are human baby dolls after all...

Statistics
Place: 146 out of 156
Avg (all users): 4.4974
Avg (commenters): 4.5833
Avg (participants): 4.3621
Avg (non-participants): 4.5573
Views since voting: 5636
Views during voting: 311
Votes: 189
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/11/2008 01:35:05 PM
I'd love to see this on the front page.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/11/2008 03:57:12 AM
not really in the spirit of the challenge, funny and technically good picture though
 04/10/2008 08:56:34 PM
It is every Ken Dolls dream. That is kind of creepy.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/09/2008 11:10:04 PM
Nice image - Like the composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/08/2008 03:03:01 PM
Going for brown?
 04/08/2008 09:01:07 AM
Terrifying dolls! I think you've managed to capture a surprising amount of emotion in a static, literally 'plastic' subject - they look like they're up to something...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/08/2008 08:54:08 AM
good lighting and composition
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/07/2008 07:48:42 PM
Aww you forgot to include the body parts. ;\
 04/07/2008 04:04:15 PM
Can't find any human body parts. Unless I'm just missing a person hidden among the dolls, DNMC.
 04/07/2008 01:04:56 PM
Congratulations! Your photo was 1 of only 3 DNMC's I gave for this challenge
 04/07/2008 11:42:22 AM
Your collection of blow-up dolls is frightening. I think the voters are looking for real people body parts, and i wouldn't expect this to do well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/07/2008 12:25:47 AM
creepy. I'm assuming you will get a lot of DNMCs since you are not focusing on a body part. Other than that I think it was a success in that it caught my attention and is creepy but I think more dramatic lighting would have helped a lot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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