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It doesn't get more creative than this!! Right brain definitely in gear....LOVE it! Bravo!

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This was great! Very Cute!

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not sure how or why I never picked this as a fav. but I'm fixing that now. :)

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Absoluely brilliant! Great colour, complimenting BG colour and 100% pin sharp.

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Hello, and greetings from the Critique Club.



As this photo finished with the blue ribbon, I am going to leave this temporary note on your photo so that I can go on to more entries that may need my help a little more.



Congratulations on your blue, and if the powers that be decide that I should leave a little more of a critique anyway, I shall do so and contact you when it is done. If not, then know that you've done the job you needed to do and that's as much a critique as anyone can give.



Enjoy your ribbon.

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Congrats on your 1st ribbon!! Excellent capture!!!

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great idea, super creattivvveeee

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Beautiful photo. Congratulations-a well deserved blue ribbon.

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A wonderful sharp image,shows you don't need "L" glass to take great pics, Congrats Aimee on your 1st of many I hope.

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It's all about the idea and you hit it right on the head. Congrats on the win, the work involved and the lighting set up.

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Congratulations! Great idea and a very good outcome.

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A really nice idea and realization! a question , what you used as light source?

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Brilliant shot but it sent my wife frantic as she has an aversion to very "holey" things: she keeps imagining what the pear looked like after you removed the pins. The aversion was so bad that she felt the need to pummel me! Who said fruit was good for you! :-)



Well deserved blue.

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Sooo glad this came first - I didn't have time to properly view entries, let alone comment or vote but this one I did stop and look at and made a mental note to come back and comment before the challenge was out. Didn't have time but looks like most people agreed with me that it's a truly amazing shot!

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Congrats, reminds me of shots by Palmi Einarsson where he stitched up fruits and stuff like that. www.pedesign.is and look under "fine art color" and then "patching up nature". Nice work!

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Congrats on your ribbon!

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very cool idea, nicely done. congrats

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Congrats on the Blue!!!! It is a great shot and a great idea. Not sure where those wierd ideas come from, but thankfully they do come from time to time...

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Nice photo and idea. Congrats for the blue!

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Congratulations with your first ribbon, great shot!



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Excellent and extremely creative. Congratulations on you "Blue". Van

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Congratulations, Aimee!!! What a well-executed, delightful idea! And you beat Tim's blue ribbon score to boot. :-)

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Congratulations on your ribbon! Great shot!

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Extremely clever and well deserved ribbon...welcome to the ribbon club!

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At least there were no animals harmed in the making of this one... ;) Great shot, great composition. Cool idea too. This is definitely one of the more original entries for the challenge!

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Just now read your photographer comments. You sure you didn't watch the movie Hellraiser the night before? :P



Message edited by author 2006-05-24 02:41:36.

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Congratulations with your first blue! Great job, way to go!

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awesome shot! very creative also!!

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Ha! great idea and image!

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Huge congrats from me on your well deserved blue. You must be over the moon (your husband was probably more nervous than you this past week ;-)

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I didn't vote in this challenge, but I'm awed at the brilliance of this idea. Brilliant. And congratulations!

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Hoorah. Now that I like. I didn't vote in this challenge so I didn't see it, but I would've voted you really high for such a great concept.



Wow that's cool. Get's better each time you look at it. Congrats!

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Awesome job!! Congratulations!!

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Nice. Congrats!

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Congrats.



You know you now have a higher avg score than your husband.



bazz.

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A huge congrats Aimee....well deserved...!

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Way to go woman!!! I knew you had it in you.

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Comments Made During the Challenge

Someone has a lot of patience...I like the background color.

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Returning for comments. I scored this an 8 however I'm curious how this does given the theme of the challenge. I don't know much about still life but from a pure standpoint this seems arranged and manipulated to how you wanted to present it so it fits the challenge, IMO.



I can't imagine how long it took you getting those pins in there and so evenly distributed. In addition to the uniqueness of this I like the color scheme and the lighting is perfect. I like the composition but I'm wondering why you just didn't crop this tighter to eliminate that sensor dust. Hopefully that doesn't hurt you.

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how long did this take you!!?!? nice job

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Great idea and outcome.

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Great!

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i would suggest you don't eat that! 10

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Good imagination. But for me the lighting is a bit flat.

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A lot of work invested, well done!

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This will either place or make top ten...easy...so great...wonderful color and lighting...10

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how long did it take to set up this one?

great shot.

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This is a great depiction of a play on words... and truly does add to the image. A wonderful image worthy or a 7 at first pass. I will be back to review my score on this one. Great job.

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Awesome take on the word play :)

Splendidly executed image with a very nice choice of bk color. Makes my top3 list from the challenge.

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That is too cool, great shot.

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great concept and execution Lighting is great. Splotch on right detracts a bit, but comp draws the attention away from it.

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Creative idea -- must have involved a lot of preparation time. Eyecatching shot.

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I would not have it quite so much left of center and there are two spots in the upper right that could have been edited out. Great concept. How many pins?

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Seems like excessive treatment of a defenseless pear... lol. Unique and nicely done, eventhough it doesn't really appeal to me.

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anyone who spends that much time putting pins in to a pear deserves an 8 at least!

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Interesting subject. There is a spot in the upper right hand corner that I find a bit distracting but I love the clarity of the pins so my eye tends to stay with the subject. Nice lighting. Well done.

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very cool, I bet that took some time. The green works well with the pink -9

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Love it!!

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You must have the patience of a saint to put all thos pins in. Bonus point for set up.

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love it-

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i love this!!!! great job.

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Awesome! Very random, but very creative! :)

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LOL. VERY clever! Nicely done too - a winner!

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Love the idea and the off centered shot

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Yikes, danger!! lovely sweet color, nice idea, nice workout. Not sure it fits the challenge. But 9 ;)

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This meets the challenge - inanimate and arranged. Looks like a lot of work and the title, if anything, spoils it.

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This had to of taken forever to do. 10 for the Prickly Pear even thou I'm not crazy about the pink background.

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Not sure about the pink ... hmmmm Really interesting though. I like the abstractness of it. Good imagination. 7

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Great idea, I am ambivalent though about the pink background. (7)

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Wonderfully innovative idea and tack sharp with good composition. I just wish the background was a different colour - the pink really doesn't work for me personally.

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tack sharp, -9-

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Simply great, love the lighting, love the composition. Very inspiring. Must have heard the line it is not the camera but the person behind camera that matters. You prove it right, subject is very simple yet picture is amazing,15,( i know i cannot give more than 10 but its' worth 15)

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great!

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I really like the contrast between the green and pink. I dig the pins. Very inventive!

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Wow. Lot of work to get all those in I imagine. And they look pretty well spaced apart.

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very good

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Love it. Perfect lighting, pleasing composition, and even like the contrasting background. Great work.

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Extra points for the preparation. How many pins?

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How long did that take you to do? A for effort. Nice image also. 7

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wow lot of time went into this, and it worked. very nice, something else!

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This one is the winner! Great colors, very creative concept, well composed. A little work in post and it will be a WOW!

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wow that must've taken awhile

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Wow! How long did that take! Very creative, nice coloring, & a plus for humor. 10

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I think it took for you a lot of time to do this :) ... nice idea

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clever idea, I like the pink background

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Clever idea

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How patient are you??? Good work!

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Clever, but not really still life in the true sense.....

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Awww awesome love the concept!

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What impact.

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Creepy ... but interesting :) But the pink background doesn't seem to suit the subject.

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Great concept. Time to clean your sensor.

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I love it! The green looks great against the pink. :)