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Night of the Living Elmos
Night of the Living Elmos
krnodil


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Red III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Custom Made Pinhole
Location: Herndon, VA
Date: Nov 9, 2008
Aperture: pinhole
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1min24s
Galleries: Humorous, Pinhole/Zone Plate
Date Uploaded: Nov 9, 2008

 lensless shot, used a pinhole

A fortuitous set of Elmo zipper pulls in the bargain bin of a party supply store serves as catalyst for this rather bizarre entry. Had to use a utility knife to saw off the little plastic loops on the sides of their heads to make them presentable. They stand about 3" tall.

Many, many test shots, first to establish composition (because sighting through the viewfinder when you are using a pinhole is practically impossible), then after that to get exposure just right. Then I played with levels in Photoshop to leave you all with the impression that I didn't get the exposure right. ;)

Got the front-most Elmo in position first, then played with position and leveling of the other ones. Elmos 2 and 3 are raised about an inch above Elmo 1; Elmo 4 at the back is yet another inch higher than the others. Elmo 1 is about 1" from the lens cap/pinhole; the distance between Elmo 1 and Elmo 4 is 12".





[Nov. 14th, 2008 12:42:01 PM]

Pinhole images are softer – less sharp – than pictures made with a lens. The images have nearly infinite depth of field.

Statistics
Place: 131 out of 205
Avg (all users): 5.0741
Avg (commenters): 7.1111
Avg (participants): 5.2778
Avg (non-participants): 4.9722
Views since voting: 1226
Views during voting: 273
Votes: 162
Comments: 17
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AuthorThread
 11/24/2008 11:50:59 PM
Sorry about my comment about focus. If I had known you were doing something as tricky as you were I wouldn't have made it. It is a very clever achievement.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/19/2008 03:23:03 PM
Holy cow - how did you "focus" your pinhole so well? I'm well and truly impressed!! And I really like the whole red Elmo thing to begin with. Nice work!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/19/2008 12:43:51 PM
Way to go Karen!

I thought I'd collected a few strange props over the years but these beat all of them. Nice to read the setup - lots of work involved and well worth it!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/19/2008 10:07:47 AM
What we won't do for a shot! Neat idea well executed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/19/2008 09:40:01 AM
How many Elmos were tickled in the making of this shot? I'm calling the ASPCM
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 11/19/2008 08:01:15 AM
what's the point of shooting with a pinhole when your picutres turn out almost dead sharp?! lol
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/19/2008 01:46:52 AM
Congratulations on breaking through the 5.0 barrier and capturing the highest pinhole shot ever entered on DPC. Great use of the infinite DOF.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/18/2008 10:36:56 PM
Well my three year old was excited to see this photo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/18/2008 10:36:40 PM
AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!

You get my yellow ribbon shoehorn for a humorous entry. Good stuff here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/18/2008 02:14:56 PM
Playful
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/16/2008 05:33:27 PM
very nice
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/16/2008 04:36:00 AM
Very good!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/15/2008 09:14:09 PM
what a fun shot...lol
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/13/2008 06:14:02 PM
If one of them had been absolutely sharply focused this would have been better.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/13/2008 12:22:36 AM
Meets Challenge 2
Technicalities 2
Interestingness 1
Out of the Box
Personal Bias
Total = 5
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/12/2008 07:16:51 PM
Hahaha, I like this, nice composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/12/2008 04:48:53 AM
Great1 Though I would have preferred to see deeper depth of field.
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