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Your Window on Wildlife - The Rio Grande Nature Center
Your Window on Wildlife - The Rio Grande Nature Center
jemison


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Billboard (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Date: Feb 27, 2005
Aperture: f20
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/250th
Galleries: Nature, Travel
Date Uploaded: Feb 27, 2005

I shot this through one of the viewing windows at the Rio Grande Nature Center, Albuquerque, NM.

levels, crop, H&S, USM, contrast

Statistics
Place: 90 out of 148
Avg (all users): 5.3062
Avg (commenters): 5.8750
Avg (participants): 4.9778
Avg (non-participants): 5.5546
Views since voting: 933
Views during voting: 364
Votes: 209
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/01/2005 07:47:39 PM
Beautiful shot, I love the colors of the willows, I would like to have seen this as a larger image. Nice work.
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03/01/2005 12:18:01 PM
The ducks and plantlife are too small. They need to be big and simple for a passing driver to notice them.
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02/28/2005 07:45:02 PM
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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02/28/2005 04:33:07 PM
nice framing
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02/28/2005 01:36:52 PM
Good framing
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02/28/2005 12:39:39 PM
The window frame is too large, takes away from image.
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02/28/2005 05:30:51 AM
It looks blurry to me - all of it.
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02/28/2005 12:13:33 AM
Cool way to make a natural frame out of the shot, assuming it's legal :) In totally unrelated news, this shot marks the 50,000th vote I've cast since joining DPC!
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