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The Goblin King Contemplates
The Goblin King Contemplates
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Dolls & Puppets (Basic Editing)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S1000fd
Location: My kitchen
Date: Aug 30, 2008
Aperture: F/2.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/30 seconds
Galleries: Humorous, Macro
Date Uploaded: Aug 30, 2008

I don't expect this to do well at all but I decided that I really liked the result, so what the hey. I anticipate a fairly low average and any comments will probably tell me that there is too much of the same colour. Still, I'm happy with it :)


A summary, in the unlikely event that someone doesn't know the film Labyrinth: this is Jareth the Goblin King (played by David Bowie) who rules over the labyrinth, a maze populated by strange beings, where reality is constantly subject to change. Goblins are his minions and he uses crystals to spy on people and to twist the naive to his will. This was back when it was cool for villains to wear eyeshadow and have glitter in their hair.


I shot my Jareth doll in front of a labyrinth screenshot print-out, his crystal is a bead from a necklace of mine. I ran noise removal and sharpen over the photo, cropped, resized, then desaturated the yellow hue channel somewhat to make it cooler, as he looked kinda jaundiced under my kitchen light.



Post challenge edit

Oh my gosh, I can't believe the placing I got with this pic! I was so sure it would bomb, I only submitted it because I like it, as a big Labyrinth fan. Wow, I'm speechless, thanks so much everyone!

Statistics
Place: 23 out of 108
Avg (all users): 5.6982
Avg (commenters): 7.6667
Avg (participants): 5.4130
Avg (non-participants): 5.8049
Views since voting: 1523
Views during voting: 330
Votes: 169
Comments: 19
Favorites: 0


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02/02/2009 06:21:05 PM
lol! I love the labyrinth!
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09/26/2008 09:40:17 AM
=) I grew up on this movie too.

What kind of magic spell to use...
Slime and snails,
Puppy dog tails,
Thunder or lightning... and baby says,
Dance magic dance!

Ok, that's enough geeking out from me.
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09/17/2008 04:58:55 PM
Very nice work : regarding the too much color I really like the effect.
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09/15/2008 11:19:06 AM
Congratulations on your high finish and personal best. I think it would have done better with a more realistic looking background. Maybe actually putting the doll in front of the screen rather than printing it out.

"Unlikely event"? Of course I have heard of Labyrinth, but I haven't seen it nor even seen any excerpt that I can recall and knew nothing of the plot. As a David Bowie and Sci-Fi fan I should have and will be looking for it at my video store. It sounds good.
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09/12/2008 06:12:45 PM
I just noticed that you now have the top scoring photo for your camera. Congrats! :-)
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09/10/2008 08:30:37 AM
I thought this one would have placed much higher, the colors and quality are nice. Still a good placing, just surprising.
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09/10/2008 12:40:45 AM
I didn't remember the goblin king name, but I did think to myself this looked like david bowie's character in labyrinth. Pretty wicked looking doll.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/09/2008 01:56:30 PM
He is probably busy contemplating the hot looking Barbie over in the next entry.
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09/07/2008 09:00:20 PM
It's David Bowie! Grew up on this movie. As for the photo, I think it's well done :)
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09/07/2008 01:40:21 PM
Very, very good. Looks like a DVD cover.
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09/06/2008 09:12:30 AM
This is really well done! 8
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09/05/2008 03:22:29 PM
looked great at first, when i watched it a little bit longer it became less and less interesting. (8)
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09/04/2008 06:16:48 PM
Not a bad shot. I like the idea for the background. Really adds to the photo.
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09/03/2008 08:59:22 AM
Great image, nicely done!
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09/03/2008 08:54:48 AM
Great lighting and focus. I am unsure if I like the neutral background or not, but it did not distract from overall picture.
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09/03/2008 07:51:21 AM
Great idea -- Kudos. Wonderful lighting on the King's head and arm. Flash highights on chest detract. The DOF on the background is nice, although it bit faded -- TV screen maybe?

The Bog of Eternal Stench -- "Smellllsss Baaaaddd"
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09/03/2008 07:03:08 AM
like the backdrop.. the colours are cool, nice capture
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09/03/2008 02:24:33 AM
This works so well. The background just sets him off perfectly.
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09/03/2008 01:33:30 AM
Labyrinth- yeah!!
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