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Challenge: Wind (Basic Editing II)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Ashburn, VA
Date: Dec 12, 2004
Date Uploaded: Dec 14, 2004

Photo of my dog, doing what he loves best - sticking his head out the car window.

Wish I could have caught a blue sky day for this shot, but the weather has been awful for the past week!

Statistics
Place: 13 out of 199
Avg (all users): 6.2876
Avg (commenters): 8.1200
Avg (participants): 6.0111
Avg (non-participants): 6.4028
Views since voting: 973
Views during voting: 443
Votes: 306
Comments: 29
Favorites: 2 (view)


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12/22/2004 12:48:01 AM
Thanks for the comments everyone, and the top 20 finish. This is a shot I've been waiting to do for quite a while - and then finally the "Wind" challenge blew (pun intended) into town! To answer a few of the questions that had been posted --

1) This is my dog Chazz, a buff male Cocker Spaniel ... age approximately 6 years old (he is adopted and exact birth records are unknown).

2) No, I wasn't driving. Much thanks to my girlfriend for driving so that I could hang my body out the window to get this shot.

3) The sky. Yes, this was my biggest disappointment in this shot. It had been raining for days prior to this shot, and I finally got one say with mostly cloudy skies but no rain. I was hoping to get a good expression *and* a touch of blue sky in the background - but it just wasn't meant to be. Of course, after the challenge window ended, nothing but blue skies.....

Again, thanks for all the votes and comments!

12/22/2004 12:22:14 AM
What a well compose and cool doggie. Congratulations on your top 20th finish.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/21/2004 09:11:55 PM
Having the wind in your ears!! I love it.
12/21/2004 04:32:50 PM
sticking a camera out of a wind always seemed too risky for me.
extra points on the risk factor. i like the shot itself too
12/21/2004 12:41:14 PM
I had that exact idea, but did not shoot it since I don't let my German Shepherd in my car. Nice shot, and spaniel. 7
12/21/2004 11:11:49 AM
What a great model. The idea is lovely as is the completed image.
12/21/2004 08:33:46 AM
Cute :)
very nice - the little feller is focused very nicely.
12/20/2004 02:20:24 PM
I keep coming back to this picture. I really like it because it conveys a specific motion. I wish the sky wasn't so washed out though.
12/20/2004 10:50:50 AM
this is just dangerous and irresponsible. You should be shot. :-)
12/19/2004 11:12:10 PM
Cool picture!
12/19/2004 01:26:50 PM
my favorite
<10>
12/18/2004 06:47:30 PM
Well done, and cute pooch. I think a blue sky would have really enhanced it, but I guess most of us have that challenge this time of year.
12/17/2004 12:10:25 PM
Very cute
12/16/2004 11:11:17 PM
Cute dog and very appropriate for this challenge.
12/16/2004 06:02:55 PM
Great picture. Love that this is something you see almost every day but no one ever photographs it - and never from this angle. Excellent composition. Really well done. 10
12/16/2004 05:21:16 PM
...wonderfully captured in this warm photograph.

I like the poise and the serenity displayed by your faithful companion. Well done!

Revisiting. Sure the sky is overexposed (may have been overcast). But this is still my favorite of the bunch. 10
12/16/2004 03:08:26 PM
Nice Picture and composition. Cool Dog. 8)
12/16/2004 10:26:13 AM
Great pup portrait, looks like (s)he was enjoying it, too! Wondering if you adjusted the sky to make the dog stand out.
12/16/2004 07:33:47 AM
Nothing like the expression of a dog with wind blowing in the face -- a 9.
12/15/2004 05:13:44 PM
good doggie... look out the window... stay... say cheese...
12/15/2004 03:44:40 PM
I normally think dogs look dumb, but this one looks genuinely happy, and the expression has a profundity rare in the canine world!
12/15/2004 01:28:14 PM
could never figure out why dogs love doing that.
12/15/2004 09:53:38 AM
Cute title....
12/15/2004 08:30:54 AM
I love this photo, my dog does this all the time. It could have been a little lighter.
12/15/2004 08:26:48 AM
LOL. I had this idea also. Except I don't have a dog or a car! Great shot
12/15/2004 12:54:47 AM
Haha, this one is great! Love it. 9
12/15/2004 12:31:21 AM
Composition: 7, Technical: 6, Appeal: 4, Challenge: 7, Overall Calculated Average Score: 6
12/15/2004 12:30:08 AM
This is great. I hope you weren't driving!
12/15/2004 12:24:09 AM
yes I can relate to this, this is a well captured image with not onlly the windy feel but also the feeling of total enjoyment of mutly Is he/she a king charles, we have one of them.


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