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The Alien hatchery
The Alien hatchery
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Puzzle Macro II (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di for Nikon
Location: My living room
Date: Nov 16, 2008
Aperture: 32
ISO: 200
Shutter: 2/3
Galleries: Abstract, Macro
Date Uploaded: Nov 16, 2008

 A cheese grater, lit from the inside with a torch light (through green plastic), and with the surrounding light (from a desk lamp) reflected off a red board.

Adjusted curves, blurred foreground and background a bit, added diagonal regions of increased brightness to make it slightly more dynamic. Cropped to 3:4 aspect ratio.

Statistics
Place: 35 out of 262
Avg (all users): 5.9240
Avg (commenters): 6.8788
Avg (participants): 6.0133
Avg (non-participants): 5.8542
Views since voting: 1172
Views during voting: 320
Votes: 171
Comments: 43
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 12/10/2008 03:58:48 PM
cool i like cheese
 11/26/2008 01:08:01 AM
Your technique in photographing this common object has turned it into something wild. The red looks like enamel.
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 11/26/2008 12:42:41 AM
VERY well done. The imagination on this site just blows my mind. Congrats!
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 11/26/2008 12:28:56 AM
Real nice lighting. Grate colors! I had this in my top 10. Well done.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/25/2008 05:37:30 PM
Cheese Grater
 11/25/2008 05:27:59 PM
Cool colours. I haven't seen a grater like that before
 11/25/2008 03:07:12 PM
A stumper, so meets the challenge. Great colors, focus, dof. I like the repeating pattern. Good work.
 11/24/2008 02:56:10 PM
Grater? Nice idea.
 11/23/2008 08:26:28 PM
Can you get red graters? And push them down onto green cloth? Nice image with the brilliant contrast.
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 11/23/2008 11:23:24 AM
Cheese grater.
 11/23/2008 06:34:20 AM
Cheese grater?
 11/22/2008 10:42:36 PM
Nice :) Looks like a citrus grater lit from top and behind with contrasting colours. Well done.
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 11/22/2008 07:50:31 AM
Grate shot! the red and green go well together
 11/22/2008 06:42:13 AM
Grater :D
Really intruiging and love the colours used
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 11/22/2008 06:25:59 AM
a grater of some sort with green paper behind it?
 11/22/2008 03:21:16 AM
vegetable cutter.
 11/21/2008 08:23:11 PM
cheese grater
 11/21/2008 01:59:24 PM
I would have liked to see more diffused lighting. I am puzzled though.
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 11/21/2008 11:29:14 AM
chesse grader
 11/21/2008 01:15:43 AM
color corrected cheese grater? nice symmetry and interesting color variation (greens and blues) -9-
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 11/20/2008 10:43:50 PM
Cool colors for the grater.
 11/20/2008 08:49:03 PM
Grater with some red liquid on tom and some green liquid on bottom. Love the XMAS colors.
 11/20/2008 05:23:45 PM
shredder?
 11/20/2008 03:12:39 PM
a cheese grater refecting red paper on one side and green on the other!? Does look like a hatchery
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 11/20/2008 09:40:03 AM
Wrapping paper? Ornament?
 11/20/2008 04:29:07 AM
Hard Cheese grater.
 11/20/2008 03:35:02 AM
This looks like a simple idea that was well executed. 7
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 11/19/2008 11:27:19 PM
grater
 11/19/2008 09:01:19 PM
Cheese grater? LOVE the coloring!!
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 11/19/2008 08:15:15 PM
Cheese grater with colored paper behind it? Nice use of complimentary colors. I'm wondering if trying to play with the reflections might have changed the feel of this even more.
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 11/19/2008 06:46:59 PM
This is the best cheese grater I have seen today. If it is not a cheese grater ....this is the best XXXX I have seen all day. Great shot. Many have tried in this challenge ..but this is the best shot. Gets a good score form me
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 11/19/2008 05:16:40 PM
cheese grater
 11/19/2008 04:29:53 PM
Nice use of the Cheese Grater
 11/19/2008 11:46:51 AM
A grater
 11/19/2008 11:28:27 AM
A grater? Cool colours.
 11/19/2008 10:15:36 AM
Cheese grater?
 11/19/2008 02:35:25 AM
Great title - where's John Hurt?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/19/2008 02:17:13 AM
Grater!
 11/19/2008 02:00:16 AM
No vote, just guessing...

not sure, seen one of these already
 11/19/2008 01:55:04 AM
Cheese grater? If so, I like how you did the colors!
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 11/19/2008 01:37:18 AM
There are several photos of graters but this is the best one yet. Really love the green/blue background contrasting with the red.
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 11/19/2008 01:34:56 AM
Mmmm grated cheese on macaroni. Lovely christmasy colours.
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 11/19/2008 01:00:20 AM
cheese grater....for the third time, ahahahahahah
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