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Challenge: Your Occupation III (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Dentistry
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Location: The Office
Date: Aug 10, 2008
Galleries: Macro, Science and Technology
Date Uploaded: Aug 10, 2008

I have been a Dentist for almost 30 years. During this time I have seen many changes in technology. The fiber optic handpiece is one of those advances. More recently advances in lasers show promise as one day replacing the air turbine and electric handpieces. Everyday brings new and exciting challenges which benefit the patient both esthetically and functionally.
This picture is a variation of a previous image I created of a dental handpiece.

In this image I was attempting a tooth's eye view. Don't worry, the tooth was anesthetized!


Statistics
Place: 33 out of 98
Avg (all users): 6.1514
Avg (commenters): 6.9474
Avg (participants): 6.0652
Avg (non-participants): 6.1799
Views since voting: 1175
Views during voting: 366
Votes: 185
Comments: 21
Favorites: 0


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09/28/2008 12:31:51 PM
Can I just offer a "Yikes!!"? :-)
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08/18/2008 04:17:47 PM
Following up on my comment:

I expected this to do way better. One of two 8s I gave in the challenge.
Congrats on finishing over 6 though. This would look fantastic as an 11x14 behind your receptionist!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/17/2008 10:24:08 PM
Hurts just looking at that thing! Grat pic though. I like how you caught the fine spray.
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08/16/2008 07:15:45 PM
Nice detail and lighting - fits challenge well.
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08/15/2008 11:08:36 PM
grrr
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08/15/2008 09:16:15 PM
Hands down the best photo of a dentist's tool I've ever seen. The color play with the gold/brass and the silver/pewter metal is gorgeous. The only dock I have is the fact that the background has been rendered a bit blocky because of whatever smoothing/blurring you've done, I would guess to combat noise? It looks like similar things I've done with neat-image like programs...

Still, that's a minor quibble really, as the main subject jumps out too much to really dock too much for the background. (although I'd be more inclined to give a 9 if it was smoother)
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08/15/2008 08:14:02 PM
i hate dentists so i think i may need to give this a 1...but it is a nice macro type effort...so maybe i will cut you a break
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08/15/2008 04:27:56 PM
Just the right amount of detail, the water spraying from the tip really adds to the image. Not sure about the background though, the colour is nice but it seems kind of mottled?
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08/13/2008 06:54:12 PM
ouch... Nice shot!
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08/12/2008 09:59:25 AM
Makes me cringe... great image.
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08/12/2008 09:47:16 AM
brrrr 7
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08/12/2008 01:53:27 AM
looks painful to me
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08/12/2008 12:50:07 AM
This just made me cringe! I can hear that drill loud and clear!
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08/11/2008 10:23:45 PM
:D If this doesn't do so well, it would be because of the shuddering painful memories that it creates for a lot of people. I think it is a very good image, (painful memories aside), and I wish you luck!
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08/11/2008 09:38:45 PM
A better background would make this one a lot better
maybe a white one to give the glean feeling more ???
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08/11/2008 09:25:20 PM
Simple, yet dynamic and well lit. Nice job.
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08/11/2008 11:12:39 AM
Good shot. Very clean image
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08/11/2008 09:32:03 AM
aahhhhh! Noooooooo! :-) great ominous shot of a widely disliked object.7
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08/11/2008 07:44:54 AM
BZZZZ I still hate that sound. LOL Terrific macro.
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08/11/2008 12:38:14 AM
Yep, that's about the angle at which I see that instrument of torture. Nicely lit and composed.
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08/11/2008 12:24:19 AM
this makes me cringe!
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