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11-APR-2010 jnconradie

7th Place - Traditional Toy

Centurion, South Africa

Many many moons ago, children who grew up on remote South African farms had to improvise to make their own toys. The "wagon" and "oxen" is a very traditional toy dating back to perhaps the 1850's. The bones are from a sheep's skeleton. The "oxen" are tied to the "wagon" by means of string.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II ,Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
1/125s f/13.0 at 100.0mm iso100 hide exif
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Date/Time11-Apr-2010 12:11:20
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ModelCanon EOS 5D Mark II
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Focal Length100 mm
Exposure Time1/125 sec
Aperturef/13
ISO Equivalent100
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Metering Modematrix (5)
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jnconradie14-Apr-2010 02:55
Thanks, jano
Canon Image Challenge14-Apr-2010 00:48
White on white and you did an excellent job. Shadow work is great and I love the story. jano
jnconradie12-Apr-2010 21:09
Thanks for the nice comments. Regards Nico
Guest 12-Apr-2010 14:24
Beautiful photo. I appreciate the background information. I really like what you've done in post processing. - CameraShy09
Canon Image Challenge12-Apr-2010 13:13
Well I suppose I was not too far off the mark.... jewelery/toy???

Very professionally photographed Nico, I really like the 'pastel or pencil sketch' texture you presented here.

~ Regards Bob
Michael Kilpatrick12-Apr-2010 09:04
Interesting story Nico, and well done with the lighting to make a piece of art from such components. Regards, Michael
jnconradie12-Apr-2010 03:32
Thanks, traveller.

Sorry, alexeig, I did not mean to offend or upset. It is just a statement of fact... the kiddies used to play with stuff like this many years ago. :-) Regards Nico
alexeig11-Apr-2010 23:22
This is a tad too menacing for a children toy ... Great picture
Canon Image Challenge11-Apr-2010 18:37
Now that is interesting...farm children, (really all children) have such imaginations. And practicality. Traveller