1st: He Blew His Mind Out in a Car by Brent by ctfchallenge

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15-APR-2007	Brent

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Brent		18-Apr-2007 15:01
Thanks Rod, I am enjoying the car. Several friends have stories of "Eddie" sighting around town in guitar stores and restaurants and he always seems to act like a humble regular guy to his credit. I guess I'm more regular in that I took out a loan at the dealer when I bought my car- Eddie whipped out his credit card to pay for his. ;-)

Rod		18-Apr-2007 08:12
The car looks great Brent & I love all the clues that makes it reminiscent of the classic Mini. Yes Pearl Jam are really well known down here I think they come down here most years to do a multi band festival called The Big Day Out. I would have thought someone as famous as Eddie would have the car yard bring out all the cars to his mansion so he could pick one:-) Good on him for going shopping like us sort of normal people:-) The old Mini would be a fun thing to have but I would need the creature comforts of the new Mini these days. Have fun with it Brent:-)

ctfchallenge		17-Apr-2007 15:03
I love the Mini Rod- do you miss your classic Mini? It is hard to tell an '07 apart from previous recent models, but 95% of the parts are redesigned- including the engine. They now have a little more power, but get much better gas mileage and have lower emissions- among the lowest in the US. The "green" factor is what finally sold me on the car, but I really like the way it looks and handles too. As a side note on the car, do you know of a Seattle rock band called Pearl Jam? They were very big in the 90's and still tour a lot today. Well Eddie, the lead singer was there at the dealer buying a Mini when I bought mine (he signed my Mini manual and give me a guitar pick with his intials on it). The car salesmen always take one of those cheesy snapshots of you with your new car. I had my salesman hurry up and do my shot while Eddie was roaming around in the background behind me. See below :-)

Rod		17-Apr-2007 08:29
How do you like the Mini Brent?

ctfchallenge		17-Apr-2007 00:47
great theFly

ctfchallenge		17-Apr-2007 00:32
Wow Brent, no details left out. -COAmature

sue anne		16-Apr-2007 23:53
This is a GREAT artistic shot . :)

Brent		16-Apr-2007 18:44
Thanks CJ and Kiki :-) Not sure if what you mean by "trigger" is the shutter on the camera or of a gun in a literal sense Kiki, but the camera was on a tripod pointing through the rear hatch of the car (yes people looked at me weirdly) and I was surprised how easy it was to set it on a 3 second timer and get in position after activating it. Maybe you are refering to an actual gun, if so my idea was a blown mind through a "sudden realization". I did do some cloning to remove some distracting elements such as dust, etc. Kiki. I went back over some things and hopefully what you were seeing is gone or possibly not a cloned spot after all. Thanks for your comments!

ctfchallenge		16-Apr-2007 16:59
"Who pulled the trigger"... Good arrangement, well done. (I didn't notice the clonemarks till I looked at this for the third time;) -Kiki2

ctfchallenge		16-Apr-2007 14:53
Great interpretation of the title Brent! You put a lot of thought into this and it shows - Good one! CJ

Brent		16-Apr-2007 14:47
Thanks Sharon, Rod, Jano and Aam. It was a fun shot to setup. No, the shirt is actually kind of new (though vintage would have been cool) and a Ben Sherman to boot who I believe is a London based designer. I couldn't resist the apple. I wasn't able to get the music player to display the titles using the regular CD, but found loading an MP3 folder with the album on a disk worked well to get the album and song title displayed. Appreciate your comments all :-)

aam1234		16-Apr-2007 11:44
Just great!!

janewigginsphotography		16-Apr-2007 10:45
Nice work and wonderfully creative Brent. Focus is tack on, and I love your added touches! Just perfect really. jano

Rod		16-Apr-2007 07:41
Sharon how do you know that isn't Brents best shirt & you've just told him his shirt looks like a 40 year old fashion:-).................mind you his mini car does too:-) Great work Brent with the added touches mentioned by Sharon she really looks around a shot, well done Sharon:-)

elips		16-Apr-2007 05:17
Duh, I'm a little slow tonight, how about the apple for Apple Records! LOL! ~Sharon

elips		16-Apr-2007 05:16
Perfect, Brent!! This is just great! I love the shirt for the time period of the album and the apple adds a little Magritte-like touch! Even the track on the player, as I said, perfect! ~Sharon

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