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>>> Winner of Challenge 82: Cheese <<<

DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
edited January 30, 2007 in The Dgrin Challenges
Wow folks, that's as close as they get! The winner, by one vote (see how important it is to vote!):

cheesy horror
by LiquidAir

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 Congratulations!


Voting Thread:
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=52340

Entry Thread:
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=51038

You can see all the Dgrin Challenge Winners, here:
http://dgrin.smugmug.com/gallery/167709
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    DeeDee Registered Users Posts: 2,981 Major grins
    edited January 27, 2007
    Congratulations
    Cheese was a hard one, especially for me as my family has cut way down on cheese for various reasons, mainly for aging arteries :-)

    I had a couple of ideas, but not enough to go out and buy cheese I wouldn't wind up using or eating.

    So I congratulate everyone who entered -- and the 10 finalists.

    I was watching the voting and it was indeed close!

    Congratulations LiquidAir!
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    FlyingginaFlyinggina Registered Users Posts: 2,639 Major grins
    edited January 27, 2007
    I was impressed by how amusing and entertaining the entries were for this challenge. Congratulations to everyone who was clever enough to come up with a picture to enter (most of us didn't get that far!), to the ten finalists, and especially to LiquidAir for his win.

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    gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited January 27, 2007
    thumb.gif my choice. Well done.
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    saurorasaurora Registered Users Posts: 4,320 Major grins
    edited January 27, 2007
    This wasn't an easy theme to come up with an original idea on. I think LiquidAir's entry was really clever and unique. Congratulations!!! clap.gif
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    justMEjustME Registered Users Posts: 209 Major grins
    edited January 27, 2007
    clap.gifWell done! My pick. Love the lighting.
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    harjttharjtt Registered Users Posts: 223 Major grins
    edited January 27, 2007
    That is just such a cool shot :Dthumb.gif !!! Talent I say .. Talent!

    Cheers

    HarjTT

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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited January 27, 2007
    Congrats. L.A.!
    Second time, eh :-)mwink.gif
    Very nice shot! thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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    HiSPLHiSPL Registered Users Posts: 251 Major grins
    edited January 28, 2007
    Good job! That's the one I voted for.

    It was nice to make the final cut though.... It means I'm improving!thumb.gif
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    David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,199 moderator
    edited January 28, 2007
    Congrats, LA
    That pic is one cut above. thumb.gif
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    ElaineElaine Registered Users Posts: 3,532 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2007
    Congratulations, LiquidAir! Love the lighting here! clap.gif

    Elaine
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    LiquidAirLiquidAir Registered Users Posts: 1,751 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2007
    Wow, thanks all. That was a close one and there were a lot of excellent entries.

    I had a lot of fun taking cheese pictures. Most of my photography leans more in the direction of found images, i.e. capturing what I see. This was a major stretch for me into the world of constructed images. The thinking is very different; instead of "look at that great light, I'll take a picture" it is "where do I put the light to get the look I want?" Over the last several months I have been trying to take more control over all of my photography. This challenge was great opportunity for me to push my skills and I learned a great deal from the process.

    While I am on my little soap box, some credits:

    I am an avid reader of the Strobist blog. The spotlight I used for the main light for Cheesy Horror was a home made spot grid on my 580EX based on a design documented in one of the Strobist posts. On a side note, David Hobby has some snide comments about modeling lights on the Strobist blog, but they sure would have come in handy trying to get that shadow in the right place. If I was doing a lot of shots like this one, I'd look long and hard at a real set of studio strobes.

    One of my current online photo heroes is Wylie Maercklein. Following his Flicker photo stream (check out The Long Goodbye) is changing the way I think about light and framing and his cinematic style was one of the inspirations for my Noir approach to the subject Cheese.

    Finally, to my wife who tolerated me taking over the kitchen table for two successive evenings and who looked in the LCD on my camera at one point and told me to "simplify."
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    Antonio CorreiaAntonio Correia Registered Users Posts: 6,241 Major grins
    edited January 30, 2007
    Congratulations.
    It's a nice photo !
    :Dthumb.gif
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