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Don't Panic Love
JoshuaRaineyPhotography


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Challenge: DPL Album Cover (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: Portland, Oregon
Date: May 13, 2007
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 200
Shutter: 4 seconds
Galleries: Abstract, Digital Art
Date Uploaded: May 13, 2007

Photo converted to b&w and edited for tones in Camera Raw. Sepia tone and contrast boost in Photoshop CS2. Text color chosen from tones in the scene to complement the overall look. Then image was flattened and converted to JPEG.

joshuarainey.com

Statistics
Place: 15 out of 153
Avg (all users): 6.5220
Avg (commenters): 8.3043
Avg (participants): 6.2763
Avg (non-participants): 6.6667
Views since voting: 1402
Views during voting: 454
Votes: 205
Comments: 36
Favorites: 5 (view)


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08/07/2007 02:55:34 AM
the motion blur works really well!
very neat effects. great shot
05/31/2007 09:10:19 AM
Originally posted by JoshuaRaineyPhotography:

I just want to say that I know the photo isn't technically perfect but that isn't what I was going for. In all honesty, I was wanting a messy, "panicing" sort of photo to help the band name ....


If you achieved what you started out to achieve, wouldn't that make this technically perfect?
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05/22/2007 08:18:33 PM
Great harmony between title and image with a wonderful bonding compositional layout. Congratulations on your top 20.
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05/22/2007 01:59:17 AM
Thanks to everyone for the great comments and for all of the votes. I just want to say that I know the photo isn't technically perfect but that isn't what I was going for. In all honesty, I was wanting a messy, "panicing" sort of photo to help the band name and album title. Another thing: the spots on the windshield are actually from rain (but I do agree with heater vent comments and the light trail comments). Thanks everyone.
05/21/2007 12:29:43 PM
This is fantastic. Very nice work. Not sure if I agree with the CC (with no disrespect) but I think this very well may be technically perfect. JMHO...

Message edited by author 2007-05-31 09:06:13.
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05/21/2007 01:15:20 AM
Hey there from the Critique Club

First of all, congrats on a new personal best, as well as cracking your way into the 6's with only your third entry. A well-deserved score and top 15 finish!

Camera Work/Technical: While the photograph is technically poor, it was the perfect creation for this challenge. Nicely seen and very, very well-executed.

Lighting: Also excellent for this capture. You created a very somber mood with the lighting and toning that you offer us.

Composition/Content: I'd like to see those two short light trails on the left of the image longer, but that's about all I'd change.

My Opinion: This is one of my favorites in the challenge. I think that increasing your exposure by 3 or 4 more seconds, thus making those two short light trails on the left longer, this one would have cracked the top 10.

Thank you for the opportunity to provide a critique on your entry,
Eric
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05/21/2007 01:14:23 AM
15th in the challenge - outstanding!!!!!!
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05/21/2007 12:10:34 AM
It did better than I expected. Congrats on your top 20! This was my favorite in the challenge.

Message edited by author 2007-05-21 00:10:58.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/20/2007 05:44:49 PM
Fantastic work. Now this really looks like an album cover! Perfect name for a band as well. Certainly not a typically popular kind of DPC photo, but screw those guys! One of my 2 10s in the challenge.
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05/20/2007 11:52:14 AM
nice......7
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05/20/2007 09:50:03 AM
Good choice of font and great composition. COuld work really well as an album cover I think.
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05/20/2007 02:56:23 AM
Fantastic composition of photo and placement of text! I love it! The colors are great, and the sense of motion makes me want to put this CD in my car as I go on a road trip. My fourth favorite in this challenge. 10!
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05/20/2007 01:13:19 AM
great picture!
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05/19/2007 11:52:03 PM
Well this is perfect! When is it being released? :P

ETA: Making some late bumps and came back to this one. Unfortunately the voting scale won't allow me to bump this any higher so I'll just say this is the best in the challenge. There aren't too many in this challenge that were perfect in both title and image. This I can easily see as being a real cover something I don't expect to see from the ribbon winners but maybe I'll be wrong and this is right up there. Good luck!
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05/18/2007 06:42:56 AM
OK, guilty of cherry picking the first one i'm voting on; from all the thumbnails it was this I was first drawn to. Might be purely coincidental, but you also appear to be much of a coldplay fan (font, the Don't Panic bit from their blue room ep). Gives an air of autheticity about it. The image itself is very nice; technically flawed but in a good stylish way, soulful, quite moody, very fitting. says a lot too; journeys, music on the radio... makes one thoughtful. this photo could only ever be on a record sleeve.

My First Weighted Scoring System ™; composition + technical 2/3, challenge 1/1, post processing results 1.5/2, ooooh factor 3/3, originality 0.75/1 = 8.25 (rounded to 8)
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05/18/2007 05:31:54 AM
Great presentation - very appropriate for album cover art. And for some reason I keep coming back to this one. It's quite compelling.
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05/17/2007 10:42:25 PM
Love the band name and intertwining title, and the image is, well I don't know what it "is", I just like it very much. :) This could pass for a real album cover. 10
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05/17/2007 07:40:36 PM
This is DPL's first and what many consider to be their best album. They would always name their albums with a phrase that seemed to naturally follow "Don't Panic, Love..." such as "Light Has Entered You" and "Time Never Waited", but soon their titles seemed more and more ironic. "The Wheat is in the Thresher" was followed by "I Already Left," which not so coincidentally was released after the band had broken up, at which point they slowly faded from memory, with the exception of a couple of road movies co-starring the lead guitarist and the drummer, "Panic Attack at 70MPH" and "Panic Attack 2: Pile Up!" The failure of these movies was largely due to creative differences between the musicians cum actors and the director, known primarily for his action movies. It seems the actors wanted the movies to be sullen, calypso dreams, in the mood of their first album cover.

10
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05/17/2007 06:44:14 PM
Simple and effective, although image could be clearer - looks like water on the windscreen.
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05/17/2007 05:30:09 PM
This works! It's absolutely something I'd expect to see on a real album cover. I like your band name, doesn't sound half as contrived and unlikely as most in the challenge (though I know most are tongue in cheek). I like the image too, oddly enough.
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05/17/2007 09:33:19 AM
This definitely looks like cover art and is a very interesting photo on it own. Nicely done!
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05/17/2007 03:07:12 AM
I'm sure what to make of this. Its works really well as an album cover. I like the roughness about it yet its smooth at the same time. I think I'd like it better if it didn't have that top white light trail.
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05/16/2007 04:00:26 PM
Reminds me of Nickelback's cover
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05/16/2007 07:26:14 AM
This could be an album cover. I could see it in music stores. Fantastic work. Great processing. 10
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05/15/2007 12:51:39 PM
love it
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05/15/2007 11:37:05 AM
i like this a lot. very nice motion blur and tones and good title.
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05/15/2007 08:44:36 AM
This really works for me. Somehow familiar but not sure why. Very 'live and on the road' feel suggesting that rock n roll also involves hours of tedium on tour.
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05/14/2007 06:00:36 PM
great picture - dont get the title =(
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05/14/2007 12:49:17 PM
Looks like an album cover to me. I can't give a 10 because of the dirty windshield and the reflections of the air verts, but still a 9.
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05/14/2007 07:17:02 AM
1 Clean your windshield and 2 zoom in a bit to avoid the defrost vent reflection from showing.... or a slight crop which might not go well for you personally. Anyways I like it.
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05/14/2007 07:10:42 AM
I love the colors here.
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05/14/2007 05:03:41 AM
at least this could actually pass for a cd cover, unlike the majority in this challenge
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05/14/2007 01:15:55 AM
Cool shot!
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05/14/2007 01:12:50 AM
really love the shot. the tones are great.
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05/14/2007 12:38:35 AM
wow, this really does look like an album cover. the technicals really aren't great, but it looks very authentic!
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05/14/2007 12:38:34 AM
I'd buy this one;)
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