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Challenge: Road Signs IV (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Sony DSC-V1
Location: San Jose, CA
Date: Feb 1, 2005
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200 sec.
Galleries: Humorous
Date Uploaded: Feb 1, 2005
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Hoping to do better than my nine-challenge average of 5.22...
This is a road sign in my back yard. It's lived there for as long as I've been alive, planted by my father after salvaging it from City Hall when he worked there. I guess they were replacing all the road signs, and this was one of the outgoing. Who knew that it'd ever actually serve some purpose...
I didn't have a chance to take this picture in the morning, when the light is much softer. If this were advanced editing, I might have toned down the bright white a bit.
Compositionally, it doesn't particularly stand out; it's not so bad nor so good, mostly just mediocre. The shacky thing in the upper left provides a bit of distracting brown- I would have cloned that out if allowed. If I get any points on this one it'll probably be for the unusual angle (I don't think that this is one that most people can get on a road sign) and for the weird setting (most road signs are actually on, well, roads.)
I think what would have been idea is getting a mostly overhead shot so that it's clear that the road sign is not actually in a road, but so that it's also somewhat readable. We'll see how it goes, i suppose! |
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02/09/2005 12:44:17 AM |
| I voted this a 6. I loved the rich color and. Although average in composition, I did like the high veiw of it, and sometimes I am biased because you own a DSC-V1 |
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02/08/2005 02:54:37 AM |
| Love the perspective and the vivid colors. Should place high. |
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02/08/2005 12:23:49 AM |
| I love the unasual perspective. Looking down at instead of looking up at street names. The green grass gives it a nice quiet feel to it. |
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02/07/2005 08:06:01 AM |
| A unique perspective. First shot from above the street sign I have seen. The intensity of the green is great too.. Well done. |
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02/06/2005 11:40:16 PM |
| I am not even going to ask how you managed this position :) Great shot! |
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02/06/2005 02:48:46 AM |
| Interesting perspective; well composed; interesting lighting |
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02/05/2005 09:10:15 AM |
| Wonderful angle. Great lighting. |
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02/03/2005 09:33:37 PM |
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02/03/2005 10:50:34 AM |
| I like the angle of this shot a lot. I think it might look better if some of the top was cropped out. |
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02/02/2005 07:53:24 PM |
wheres the road?
another one, someone please give me something to vote on |
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02/02/2005 02:10:40 PM |
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02/02/2005 11:34:01 AM |
| Nice angle, though I don't really like the fact that this on grass, in your garden perhaps. |
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02/02/2005 09:43:55 AM |
| I really like this shot. It is different from all the others I've seen. I like the fact that we can look down on the sign for once. Its a neat way of looking at it. I love the coloring how the green pops out at you because it is so bright. I also really like the detail and lines seen right below the sign. The objects surrounding the pole of the sign are very crisp and sharp looking. Nice shot. |
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02/02/2005 07:22:20 AM |
| I really like your viewpoint. |
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