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Looking Back
Looking Back
mbardeen


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Challenge: Postcard (Classic Editing*)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G3
Location: Brighton Pier
Date: Apr 29, 2003
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Vintage, Black and White
Date Uploaded: May 2, 2003

With the telephoto extension on and using wide angle my camera vignettes really badly.

Taking this shot without the vignetting shows too much - off to the right there is a fairly ugly bit of stone pier, and too the left there is a building. Using the vignetting eliminated them from the frame and created a much cleaner look.

Also, it gave me an idea for this theme.

Statistics
Place: 31 out of 106
Avg (all users): 6.2500
Avg (commenters): 7.3333
Avg (participants): 6.3797
Avg (non-participants): 6.0408
Views since voting: 1405
Votes: 128
Comments: 18
Favorites: 1 (view)


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09/23/2003 03:28:25 AM
wonderful photo...definitely has the look and appeal of a postcard!
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05/15/2003 10:29:53 PM
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by karmat

The quality of this shot is awesome. The exposure seems to be just right, and the focus is right on. It has a "rich" quality to it; the sepia really gives it a vintage feeling as well. I like the vignetting, it makes it feel like I am looking through a telescope or something. I've read through your comments, and really can't think of anything else to say to improve this shot. I found it superb in technique and composition, and it is a creative take on the challenge. Nicely done.

Best to you in future challenges.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/11/2003 03:37:27 PM
Very nicely done. Beautiful job!
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05/10/2003 11:04:01 PM
Great picture.
I love the sepia tones.
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05/09/2003 04:20:06 PM
nice effect with the telescope sort of tunnel view, though I'm not sure its my favourite thing with that much black around it. I also like your choice of sepia, it goes with the captioning well. :)
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05/08/2003 02:36:03 PM
Very postcardy, and technically speaking a beautiful shot. The only thing that kept it at 9 and not 10 for me was a lack of a certain spung, that magic 'Wow!' spark. But I have to save 10s for *something*, right? :-> It really does look like a genuine vintage shot, though, and major kudos fro that.
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05/08/2003 11:56:45 AM
Ooooh, I like it! I guess you used a mask of some kind to get that circle. I love the b/w effect. It really does look old-timey.
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05/06/2003 10:23:18 PM
I really liked this photo for its composition. The tone matches the subject. Well done.
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05/06/2003 04:07:01 PM
I like the vinagrete edge.Works well here.
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05/06/2003 06:21:41 AM
Good shot, but I'm wondering what "Looking Back" means for a postcard.
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05/05/2003 11:47:17 PM
Very interesting image, I love the entire look from the slight sepia look to the filter used to obtain the appearance of looking through something. Makes me feel like I just stepped back to the about 1910.
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05/05/2003 10:49:04 PM
I like the vignette effect; a bit more sepia tone would have been beneficial, of course that's a matter of opinion!
Could you have emphasized the clouds by adjusting color channels?
Overall, very nice image.
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05/05/2003 07:18:02 PM
Lovely image with a great border. The font matches the tone and style of the architecture wonderfully. This is a superb B/W image. Raising the point of view would give us more of the fancy building and less of the pier structure and supports.
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05/05/2003 07:04:33 PM
Wow, the vignetting effect is a GREAT idea and especially for this "old style" and feel post card. You should have used some old type fonts maybe. EXCELLENT! 8.
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05/05/2003 11:09:53 AM
love the old time feel of this. sharp and crisp, too. 8.
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05/05/2003 10:13:10 AM
has that seaside binoculars thing going for it. Good use of sepia and the vignetting
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05/05/2003 08:42:00 AM
nice shot, why not have centered the hole?
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05/05/2003 03:47:52 AM
I lust love the old fashioned feeling your post card creates. The sepia toning comes through well. (You also get one extra point seeing I was born not too far from here!) But seeing I can't give you an 11 you'll just have to make do with a 10, sorry.
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