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Challenge: Poverty (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Date: Oct 22, 2004
Aperture: f4
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Cityscape, Emotive
Date Uploaded: Oct 26, 2004

A homeless "colony" in the park across my office building on S. Michigan Ave. and Balbo in Chicago. This gathering in this location is a relatively new phenomenon. Taken from the window of my office on the 14th floor.

Just tweaked saturation, contrast and levels then USM before saving to web.

Statistics
Place: 61 out of 171
Avg (all users): 5.3354
Avg (commenters): 5.2222
Avg (participants): 5.2299
Avg (non-participants): 5.3745
Views since voting: 1117
Views during voting: 442
Votes: 322
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/31/2004 04:13:44 PM
would have been nice to get some faces in here..the guy in the green by the statue detracts from the focus on the bench. But I like the concept.
10/29/2004 07:48:02 PM
Great concept, however, the "looking down" point of view on these people is slightly disturbing, not sure if it was intentional or not. I would have liked to see either a closeup of these people or a closer group shot on a better angle, still a good concept. 5, mike
10/29/2004 04:55:09 PM
The evidence of poverty is sketchy, and the great distance feels too.... safe. Getting closer to your subjects would increase the emotional involvement.
10/29/2004 12:07:02 PM
i wonder if you caught the irony of your shot, that you are looking down...
10/29/2004 09:16:10 AM
Good angle. I like the standing man in relation to the statue as well.
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10/28/2004 04:30:44 AM
NIce photo, just the angle and distance work against your goal.
10/28/2004 04:11:54 AM
I think this imsge scores with me because it is not in your face hobo shot and one can see the irony in it
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10/27/2004 08:27:00 PM
this is right across from my school in chicago nice shot
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10/27/2004 01:20:15 PM
Nice point of view.
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10/27/2004 01:16:59 AM
huge tree was kinda distracting, nice angle tho..


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