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A Not So Subliminal Message
KarenNfld


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Language (Basic Editing)
Collection: 5's
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC for Canon
Location: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Date: Mar 20, 2009
Aperture: 11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160s
Galleries: Humorous, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Mar 20, 2009

 This is not my original idea, I saw a similar photo on the web.

It took me 1/2 an hour to cut out the words from the onions. Another 10 minutes trying to get the lighting right. 5 minutes editing.

-resize
-clarify
-desaturate
-noise reduction
-sharpen
-contrast
-curves

Statistics
Place: 11 out of 116
Avg (all users): 5.9755
Avg (commenters): 6.6250
Avg (participants): 5.6053
Avg (non-participants): 6.0602
Views since voting: 1553
Views during voting: 346
Votes: 204
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 04/01/2009 08:29:44 PM
Well executed, Karen. Congrats on an excellent finish.
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 04/01/2009 04:47:09 PM
Man that would of took me hours to set up !! I like your idea, and the lighting is excellent, love the tones.
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 04/01/2009 09:59:45 AM
An how much time till your eyes healed from the tears? :) I think this is a very cool interpretation of the challenge, photographed in an interesting way!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/31/2009 10:51:07 PM
Then why do it.........
Interesting idea, but not really sure of the outcome here. A lot of effort though.
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 03/28/2009 09:47:09 AM
Looks like a lot of work to produce such nice lettering. Wish the image could be a bit brighter.
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 03/28/2009 08:20:26 AM
Nice Work!
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 03/27/2009 05:07:38 PM
After all that work you must have been weeping :D Nice job! Creative.
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 03/26/2009 05:19:41 PM
Not voting, just commenting on the ones that make me stop. This is one of them. Great work, very careful set up.
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 03/26/2009 01:02:37 PM
Hahaha nice shot! One of my favorites so far.
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 03/25/2009 03:07:29 PM
love the layout. made me laugh. great shoot
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 03/25/2009 05:03:03 AM
i love the tones here, well done for going to all that effort.
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 03/25/2009 12:24:20 AM
Wow, how long did that take you? I like the wood grain.
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 03/25/2009 12:11:57 AM
make sure they are cold first lol
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