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08-DEC-2009 (c) Doug Cruden

11th - "Hanging on the Telephone"

Cheltenham, Glos

(from Blondie's 1978 album Parallel Lines)

For all the obvious reasons, I thought Debbie Harry was (ahem) reasonably pretty :o)...and the music was quite good too!! This and 'Rapture' are my favourite of theirs

The macro lens has been stretching of its legs recently and showing off its skills - this one is quirkily angled, close up and wide open, just how I like it!! Not much fettling with this - a straight forward conversion to B&W and a bit of a Curve to bring out the shadows and highlights...easy-peesy-cheesy!

Another globally-communicative entry to the Challenge; click here for other geometrically-challenged Pbasers this month

Nikon D300 ,Nikkor 60mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Micro
1/15s f/3.5 at 60.0mm iso200 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time08-Dec-2009 19:00:43
MakeNikon
ModelNIKON D300
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length60 mm
Exposure Time1/15 sec
Aperturef/3.5
ISO Equivalent200
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programmanual (1)
Focus Distance

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Carl and Racine Erland14-Dec-2009 21:19
Superb shot...great pov and dof.
Kathryn11-Dec-2009 07:27
Clever one.
Don't work too hard.
Mieke WA Minkjan11-Dec-2009 06:27
great piece of photography and processing
Nancy Good11-Dec-2009 04:05
Cooler than cool, Doug!!!
wernere0111-Dec-2009 02:04
What a cool abstract. Excellent!
Cindi Smith11-Dec-2009 01:17
She still looks good. Great idea for the challenge and great song to go with it! I have always liked her music!
Jola Dziubinska11-Dec-2009 00:58
Cool macro shot.
Guest 10-Dec-2009 23:43
O hhhh! My god, I have being hanging on the phone for half an hour trying to get service from hp. I can stand this.... :)
Phillip Normanton10-Dec-2009 22:28
Finally!!! A song I know - and remember :o)
Walter Otto Koenig10-Dec-2009 21:19
Great result, and wide open is the way it should be. "V"
I thought Debbie was (ahem) reasonably pretty too. :)
lisamidi10-Dec-2009 20:34
Excellent!!! Great macro and clever thinking, thanks for the music! v
Johnny JAG10-Dec-2009 20:22
Great choice but I'd say very reasonably .....
Chris10-Dec-2009 20:08
Another clever unfettled image - very nice.
J. Scott Coile10-Dec-2009 19:12
She had many of us dazed in the eighties...
Kevin Chester10-Dec-2009 15:38
Super shot and song
Ann...10-Dec-2009 13:17
Hehe! - Master of understatement ;)) Very neat bit of focusing here.
Barbara Heide10-Dec-2009 13:00
lol! well done!
marita toftgard10-Dec-2009 12:51
great music!
oh yes...
superb photo too;)

v
LynnH10-Dec-2009 12:45
Love BLONDIE!!! I love your macro shot too. Very nice depth and shadows!
Maaike Huizer10-Dec-2009 10:00
Well chosen angle and DOF. They make this picture interesting.
laine10-Dec-2009 09:41
Great focus, Doug...I like how the light & shadow defines the rest...well done !!
Stephanie10-Dec-2009 08:27
Terrific use of your macro Doug! I need to dust off my new macro and learn how to use it!
I've always loved Blondie! Thanks for taking me down memory lane. :-)
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