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James A. Garfield Memorial Detail
James A. Garfield Memorial Detail
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Challenge: Free Study 2014-09 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i
Lens: Tamron AF 18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD with Piezo
Location: Cleveland, OH
Date: Sep 28, 2014
Aperture: 5.7
ISO: 400
Shutter: Various
Date Uploaded: Sep 30, 2014

 Three exposure HDR image of a portion of the statue of President James A Garfield in the Garfied Memorial in Lakeview Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio. The images were taken in artificial light inside the Memorial, which gave the statue a beautiful glow. I was very impressed with the craftsmanship and attention to detail with this statue, especially the hands.

Statistics
Place: 138 out of 154
Avg (all users): 5.1596
Avg (commenters): 6.6000
Avg (participants): 5.0270
Avg (non-participants): 5.6500
Views since voting: 322
Views during voting: 145
Votes: 94
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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 10/14/2014 10:36:54 AM
Critique Club:

Ah, once again I get to expand on a comment I left during the challenge. For the record, I was one of your 7's.

I really love the detail in the statue. The "artificial light" you mention definitely gives the statue a wonderful, mild sepia glow. I know there are a lot of people here who repeat the "sick to death of HDR" mantra, and while I too am tired of overstructured skies and landscapes I do believe it has its place and it works here - though I'd need to see the originals to understand why you chose to use it and then leave the very distinct shadows. I suspect the HDR structuring kept folks from giving you higher marks and perhaps even just throwing a 1, 2 or 3 at it.

As I said originally, if I find one real fault with this it's the lit area to the left of the statue. The coupling of more saturated color and brightness just distracts from the real subject of the photo. It's like a flashing neon sign outside a hotel window beckoning you to pay attention to it instead of falling asleep. Had you desaturated and darkened that area I believe you would have seen 9's and possibly a 10 or two instead of capping out at 8.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/07/2014 03:29:40 PM
Love the detail. I might have burned in the edge more and perhaps desaturated it somewhat as it's distracting as all get out. The rest is great.
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 10/04/2014 11:48:10 PM
I wish you hadn't told me this was a statue... I gave it a 7 (earlier), but.. I'd loved to have imagined that it was real... *sigh*
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 10/04/2014 03:51:03 PM
Wonder what he's pointing at.
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 10/04/2014 02:40:22 PM
Like this lots.
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 10/02/2014 10:42:38 AM
I recognize this!
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