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Pet Cemetery
Pet Cemetery
Jason


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Challenge: Darkness (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Outside of Las Vegas, NV.
Date: Jun 10, 2005
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 50
Shutter: 30 seconds
Galleries: Emotive, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 11, 2005

 Taken at location between Laughlin and Las Vegas, NV. Hundreds to thousands of people drive by this location every day and very few know of it existance that is just a few hundred yards off of the roadway. There are markers here dating back to the very early 1960's with this particuluar grave marker dated at 1962.

Cropped
Applied curves
unsharp Mask
Brightness/Contrast
Channel Mixer to bring out colors and add some punch
Curves again
slight touch on levels to bring down hot spots

Used the "Painting with light" technique to lights the grave markers. Used a 1.5 million candlelight spotlight to quickly light markers and surroundnug area, held light under my red shirt for a bit to get the red color.

Statistics
Place: 59 out of 373
Avg (all users): 5.7394
Avg (commenters): 7.2143
Avg (participants): 5.6172
Avg (non-participants): 5.8268
Views since voting: 1079
Views during voting: 447
Votes: 307
Comments: 17
Favorites: 0

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 06/28/2005 10:13:57 AM
I love this picture, it was the only one I gave a 10 to. The colors, the darkness of the background and the subject matter are all superb choices. Nice, sharp focus. Great job, I wish it had scored much higher.
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 06/23/2005 12:54:45 AM
Shoulda scored higher.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/21/2005 07:43:41 PM
Very nice .. Great Dark Side picture
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 06/21/2005 01:48:36 PM
Like the colours
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 06/21/2005 01:02:57 AM
nicely lit.
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 06/19/2005 12:44:24 AM
One of the few that actually met the challenge...
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 06/18/2005 07:19:52 AM
Very spooky.. I love it. The blue might be a little too blue for some, but I love the rich colors.
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 06/18/2005 12:20:40 AM
nice job! Color compliment , comp, and lighting are the high features here for me.
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 06/17/2005 12:41:08 PM
really great job!!!!!
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 06/17/2005 07:56:06 AM
Really neat idea for theme! I really like what you have done, the lighting is good! I like it alot.
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 06/17/2005 01:58:50 AM
I would have preferred the subject off-center (but that is only my personal opinion - feel free to take it with a grain of salt). Otherwise the photo is nicely in focus with great colours. Great shot!
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 06/16/2005 08:52:46 PM
creepy, but I like the colors
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 06/16/2005 07:10:08 PM
Good capture of the cross - some odd blurring happening on the left when it's not on the the right... The imagery is of death, meeting the challenge adequately. I think I would have preffered to see the arm of the cross bisected by the horizon, though, it would have given more impact to the picture. 4
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 06/16/2005 12:54:28 PM
COOL
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 06/15/2005 05:42:27 PM
Like it - A cool idea. Good Luck 10
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 06/15/2005 11:23:48 AM
nice colors and fitting of the theme. IMO I would have changed position and moved the subject more to the right off center.
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 06/15/2005 08:27:49 AM
I really like this one the colors and the subject ..very fitting for this challenge.
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