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Praying on a Sunny Afternoon
Praying on a Sunny Afternoon
islandchild1988


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Metal (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Olympus D-550Z
Location: Stella Maris Church, Sullivan's Island, SC
Date: Jun 15, 2005
Aperture: 2.93
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/4 sec
Galleries: Interior
Date Uploaded: Jun 15, 2005

 Picture of a votive stand, taken late in the afternoon at my church (Stella Maris). I had the camera set on macro so that the rest of the background would be blurry, drawing the viewer's attention to the stand itself. I wanted to evoke the calm, peaceful, prayerful attitude that's evoked by the church itself.

After I put it on the computer, I did the following edits:
-Adjusted the hue/saturation (pushed it more to the red spectrum and desaturated most colors a good deal)
-Cropped it a little
-Increased the brightness through the "Levels" command
-Ran "Unsharp Mask"

Statistics
Place: 497 out of 508
Avg (all users): 3.5316
Avg (commenters): 3.1765
Avg (participants): 3.5644
Avg (non-participants): 3.4811
Views since voting: 655
Views during voting: 382
Votes: 269
Comments: 17
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/28/2005 08:06:04 PM
I really wish this shot was in focus and had more subtle lighting. Like a long exposed glow from lit candles. I think it would have scored much higher.
 06/28/2005 02:54:53 PM
Interesting take on the challenge. The focus is soft - thinking it is hand shake from not enough light. The window makes the background too light (blown highlights). Maybe a lower point of view would make for a more interesting composition and cut some of the glare from the window.
 06/28/2005 09:56:25 AM
Looks out of focus to me. Also the windows causes blown out highlights. 3
 06/27/2005 06:41:56 PM
the focus is way too off for me
 06/26/2005 01:58:09 PM
Poor focus and the backlighting very distracting.
 06/26/2005 04:12:37 AM
The lack of good clarity really lets this photo down
 06/24/2005 04:36:48 PM
slightly out of focus. the bright pillar at the back distracts the eye from the interesting geometric composition. color might have been more saturated
 06/24/2005 11:33:07 AM
I like the idea. A bit too blurry.
 06/23/2005 06:46:01 PM
Out of focus and not all that interesting with the lighting as it is.
 06/23/2005 04:16:29 PM
The focus on this doesn't appear to be very good. To much of the background is blown out.
 06/23/2005 01:53:53 PM
Fits challenge= 5
Color/lighting= 0
DOF/focus= -1
Wow factor/uniqueness= 0
Attractiveness= 0

Very blurry and questionable as to what metal is your main subject. Lighting from back is very bright.

Good luck
 06/23/2005 12:31:04 PM
Maybe it's just my screen but this is really blurry
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/22/2005 06:44:16 PM
I cannot find the focus point, too blurry. Subject(s) too centered in photo. Poor lighting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/22/2005 05:38:19 PM
Photo appears to be slightly out of focus?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/22/2005 04:29:14 PM
Interesting idea. Your focus is off and parts of the picture are over exposed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/22/2005 10:49:46 AM
slightly out of focus.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/22/2005 10:02:40 AM
sure wish this was in focus
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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