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Iced Sculpture
Iced Sculpture
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Challenge: Clichés (Classic Editing)
Camera: Olympus C-700UZ
Location: Local high school
Date: Jan 27, 2003
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Urban, Water
Date Uploaded: Jan 27, 2003

There's a fountain in front of the high school admin building in town that completely froze over the other night, and stayed frozen even as the fountain started running again the next day. I thought it might make a good subject for a photograph, and the ice, silhouetted kid, and stopped-motion water made it fit the challenge nicely.

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Place: 162 out of 246
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Views since voting: 777
Votes: 196
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02/16/2003 08:08:58 PM
HELLO! I don't exactly see this as a really cliche shot. One of the things it has going for it is that it isn't something you see every day - which, IMO, keeps it from being an overdone photo subject. I like it tho. I like the colors mostly.
It would be better to move somehow so that there isn't that building behind the statue. Having a big dark area right next to the dark subject is distracting. You need to isolate the statue more. Maybe a close up of the head and arm or just a different angle. It also seems like tough lighting. You have those very white areas of sky, but the bottom of the shot looks underexposed. I think that I'd like to see it more as a true silhouette w/ no detail in the statue OR with more exposure so that the statue isn't as dark. There's also a little too much ice tho I'm not sure what other composition choices there were. Focus is hard to see, but looks good. Try catching this statue as a completely black silhouette against a nice colorful sky sometime. Good Luck!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/06/2003 02:26:38 PM
I like the light in this photo. The light and dark contrast is nice.
02/06/2003 10:23:05 AM
Its a very nice picture good job.
02/06/2003 09:47:37 AM
interesting shot - nice sillouhette
02/05/2003 06:25:51 PM
This is a very cool picture. I like how the ice adds texture and a unique lighting to the photo. The figure infront of the ice sculpture also adds a nice image. Nice job.
02/04/2003 08:47:18 PM
Somehow this looks a little contrived to me. Strange that the ice is infront of the statue rather than all over it. OR is this a boy standing in front of a sheet of ice. Yes you got me with this one. And it has to be good to confuse me. Wish the building in the background on the right was not there. Would make it a lot better. Then the only dark thing would be the boy, or statue, which ever it is. Nice one.
02/04/2003 07:17:21 PM
good try
02/04/2003 02:40:39 PM
i like how the person is in shadow but the ice is in light. good image
02/04/2003 04:42:16 AM
The colour of the blue jean gave the "scupture" away.
02/03/2003 07:59:12 PM
This photo is pretty confusing, but looks kind of cool.


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