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Maaaaan, enforcing the rules on this one might really suck. I don’t know what to say. Megain’s is low-key but has two points of illumination.

My $0.02 is to let pics like his squeak through the rules. It may piss off some who followed the rules more closely – but I have a feeling there will be alot like megain’s.

But, on the other hand, the description is right there to read….

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Duh. I just went back and read orionid’s comment 0106 which said it’s fine.

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That’s waaaaaaaay better than “the cold weather caused a water main to break under my house.”

/happened to me this summer.
//would totally suck for all concerned at these temps

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God: “I like eight to ten inches better….”

That’s what she said.

/bu-dum tssshhhh. Tip your waitress.

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On second thought, I might want to use the little cowgirl pic. Does it meet criteria for this theme?

This one – http://www.ullepics.com/d/364-4/Ally_7415-bw-a.jpg

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As I’ll sometimes do, I was trying to squeeze a pic into a theme. I took some last night and found a single light source pic in my files so I have 3 or 4 that meet criteria. Unless this discussion opens up the theme today, I probably won’t use either of those two. (maybe the first one…)

But thanks for the input from y’all.

Actually, I had an inspiration for a pic last night around 1 am but nobody to model for me. Maybe I can pull it off this evening.

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I have a working definition of low key. For this theme, are we using super strict rules? I mean, If a shot embraces the concept of low key, but also has an element of the pic that is backlit – would that be allowed?

Here is one that I’d love to use, but I don’t know if it meets the criteria. Maybe with the new description, it does. What do you think?

http://www.ullepics.com/d/364-4/Ally_7415-bw-a.jpg

Or how about this one? It has more obvious single-point lighting of the subject. But it also has the backlit element.

http://www.ullepics.com/d/265-4/Lily_6988-bw.jpg

If they don’t work, I have some I did with a single off-camera flash in a dark room with black background for that poke-you-in-the-eye garish low-key lighting. (does ‘garish’ work there?)

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My interpretation matches Elsinore’s. Photograph something that says ‘white’. That could be the primary color in the pic (snow) or just the subject (white shoes with dark dress pants 🙂 ).

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Thanks. I give the falling-in-toilet fail pic credit to my wife. It was her idea. So was the make-up. The hamster was mine.

See you all next week for low-key.

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I feel bad for Mopsy now, having to read this thread… 😆

I was going to start out with ‘I don’t want to speak for Mopsy”, but since I am about to I couldn’t.

I think she’ll shake her head at us and then feel good to be included. I hope I can be as cool as she is when I’m blank-blank years old and have grand-kids. 🙂

*Love you Mom.*

/Although I kinda wanted to, I found that I just couldn’t curse in this message.
//my subconscious tastes soap.

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Naw, really, I liked seeing the set-up. I really enjoy it when you show us how you pulled off a wild or impossible looking shot. 😀

You’re welcome and thank you at the same time.

Elsinore, that totally bites. Although I admire your honesty as well as your profanity.

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I’m getting the feeling that this contest could turn into a mess when it goes green and we get a lot of the people who aren’t regulars and don’t come here to read the forums.

You are almost certainly correct.

Maybe someone *ahem* Elsinore *ahem* should put an ALL CAPS BOLD statement at the beginning and at the end of the TFer posts about the rules.

Oh, and I totally recognize that it was my bad. I mean the words were there the whole time. Just didn’t read them. 😳

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Oh yeah. For the toilet one, I drained the bowl, put in some dry towels and then promised her candy.

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For what it’s worth, here is how I got the hamster in her exercise ball rolling off the first step.

This theme is already good. I think it just might be great. If so, I’m already looking forward to part II.

Thanks for the comment linguine. 🙂

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Okely Dokely. Re-posting.

Thanks for calling, Mopsy.

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