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Under the Overpass: The Presidential Suite
Under the Overpass: The Presidential Suite
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Challenge: Under- (Minimal Editing I*)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Location: Oakland, California, USA
Date: Aug 4, 2010
Aperture: 3.51
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/10
Galleries: Urban, Photojournalism
Date Uploaded: Aug 4, 2010

One of the common places homeless folks have set up camp.

Except for the restrictions on the title made by the challenge description, this might be called The Law, In Its Majestic Equality ... from the famous quotation:

Originally posted by Anatole France (1844 - 1924):


The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.

I was dealing with lousy lighting conditions, with bright concrete and sky outside, and dark underneath. I used my mini-tripod strapped to a signpost and the timer to get a slow enough shutter to see the stuff underneath without completely blowing out the foreground.

Edited with IrfanView:
-Tripod, timer, manual mode, Auto WB, FL = 199.2mm (35mmEQ)
-Rotate 180° (camera was mounted upside-down)
-Resize
-Sharpen (applied twice)
-SaveAs JPEG at 97% quality = 284KB

File: Under_IMG_3587-DPCb.jpg

Statistics
Place: 76 out of 91
Avg (all users): 4.6481
Avg (commenters): 4.5000
Avg (participants): 4.3333
Avg (non-participants): 4.7583
Views since voting: 802
Views during voting: 273
Votes: 162
Comments: 4
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08/18/2010 08:56:02 PM
Highly under-rated.
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08/18/2010 12:48:17 AM
People are so unkind.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/16/2010 08:06:40 AM
Personally I don't find this a very interesting image...perhaps a different angle?
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08/15/2010 08:12:46 PM
Sad state of affairs, isn't it?
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