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Challenge: Billboard (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Sony DSC-V1
Location: San Jose, CA
Date: Feb 27, 2005
Aperture: 3.2
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/320 sec.
Galleries: Action, Persuasive
Date Uploaded: Feb 27, 2005

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Couldn't quite get the angle I wanted, but I didn't have the resources to do as much as I might have liked.

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post-challenge:
wow, I guess people had more trouble identifying this than I thought. Boy, this one sure bombed...

Statistics
Place: 123 out of 148
Avg (all users): 4.7794
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 4.5862
Avg (non-participants): 4.9231
Views since voting: 787
Views during voting: 360
Votes: 204
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/04/2005 08:33:04 PM
cough cough. interesting shot
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03/02/2005 02:30:01 PM
good picture. it looks like you put fireworks in the tail pipe.
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03/01/2005 07:32:58 AM
ok, i am voting this challenge in 2 passes. in this pass, you will get a partial comment and a score. then i will come back to comment again. if you have any problem whatsoever with this comment, pm me and let me know. otherwise, take it with a grain of salt...i'm not trying to be a know-it-all, i'm just explaining where i'm coming from in voting this challenge. and, if this comment is NOT helpful (of if you think i'm full of $#!+), don't mark it helpful.

billboards are a science unto themselves. a lot of research has gone into determining just how much information a person can digest and retain in specific time spans. they use this information to develop formulas for determining the number of words and letters to use on billboards, as well as their sizes. they also determine the size and number of visual elements to include.

the graphics/photograph on a billboard are designed to get the point across in a moment. on the road, a driver will have less time with a billboard than a voter will give your image. this is a key element in the challenge: composing a shot that will get its point across quickly and succintly. along those lines, a strong composition will probably have few details and make strong use of negative space.
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while i whole-heartedly support the sentiments expressed here, i think the image is a bit too hard to grasp without having time to really look at it--which you don't have much of, at 60 mph. as a photograph, you must have had fun. i've never thought of trying to photograph a backfire.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/28/2005 06:11:29 PM
huh?
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02/28/2005 12:32:49 AM
Nice photo, hard to tell it was a tailpipe at first. Like the smoke, clarity, and underlying message. Perhaps not so tight of a crop.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/28/2005 12:23:07 AM
Took me a while to figure this one out! Nice job. Love the vividness of the smoke and the sparks! Hope your camera survivored the shoot :)))

Chris
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