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April 4
April 4
nathanrye


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Challenge: Time Capsule (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: Memphis, TN
Date: Aug 9, 2005
Aperture: 7
ISO: 200
Shutter: 200
Date Uploaded: Aug 9, 2005

 This is a photograph of the Lorraine Motel in my home town. It is preserved as it was on April 4, 1968 - the day Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated while standing on the balcony.

Statistics
Place: 161 out of 298
Avg (all users): 5.0444
Avg (commenters): 6.0870
Avg (participants): 4.9256
Avg (non-participants): 5.1279
Views since voting: 612
Views during voting: 399
Votes: 293
Comments: 25
Favorites: 0

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 08/28/2005 04:32:21 AM
Good job Nate Dog, this is T. You got a lot to teach me and my D50.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/16/2005 08:34:38 PM
This is really great...so vernacular...ya don't even need the year to get the era this image conjures...the cars, the motel...this really hits the mark...super entry.
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 08/16/2005 05:52:15 PM
nice historic shot also....like the cars
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 08/16/2005 03:36:45 PM
How can I evaluate your shot to the year you are trying to capture if you don't put it in the title as outlined in the challenge description?
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 08/16/2005 04:12:53 AM
you should change and enlarge your zoom to take more the cars complete and not all the bulding perspective.
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 08/16/2005 12:29:17 AM
Now this is a "Time Capsule" photograph. What a moment in time! Anyone who knows what this picture is of, knows that we lost a great man that day. I've always wanted to visit this place. My only suggestion to make this picture timeless would be to make it black and white. I know plenty of people that would love to purchase a print of this picture.
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 08/15/2005 03:09:07 PM
April 4th when? 1970? 1980? It has the right elements, but there's no way to ground it to a certain date (at least for those of us who were born well after the era!)
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 08/14/2005 07:55:42 PM
That's so 60's! I wonder why you didn't include a year in your title...

OK. I understaind now...
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 08/13/2005 11:33:58 AM
i was going to flame you for your title not being a year, but i'll make an exception for this one! 6.
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 08/13/2005 07:58:40 AM
Nice tribute to MLK. Nice set up, everything looks in place. 7
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 08/12/2005 08:18:42 PM
I recognized the motel and the date that Martin Luther King was shot. I wonder how many DPCers can identify the date with the picture. This picture meets the challenge. As a side note, my brother was also killed on April 4, 1944 in World War ll.
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 08/12/2005 12:31:28 AM
I wish the 70's model Cadillac weren't in the shot. cause the architecture and the other car are VERY 50's. Nicely shot thought. Good perspective and use of angles.
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 08/11/2005 06:40:43 PM
good find, well captured looks like the 50's
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 08/11/2005 11:59:09 AM
...and what would be the year? Not a bad snapshot photo depicting an era in time.
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 08/11/2005 12:26:23 AM
It took a half second for me to "get" what I was seeing here. Then I saw the wreath and shape of the balcony, and then the title. It was like a light bulb went on over my head! Great Image! The title is not needed to imply the subject of the image, but yet is confirmation of it. Again, a great, and moving, image; one of very few in this challenge. 10
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 08/10/2005 11:35:52 PM
Sorry for being thick, but I don't know what April 4 is? The shot is nice and makes me think of the 60s.
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 08/10/2005 10:00:59 PM
oooo- rusty
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 08/10/2005 05:59:01 PM
1967? Giving it an 8.
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 08/10/2005 02:53:31 PM
...a shot rings out, in the Memphis sky...

Great job.
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 08/10/2005 01:09:26 PM
B&W would have helped it more.
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 08/10/2005 02:08:16 AM
1968?
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 08/10/2005 02:03:54 AM
looks like old photo
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 08/10/2005 01:17:42 AM
april 4 of what year?
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 08/10/2005 12:43:34 AM
The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. May He rest in peace. Excellent twist on giving this a date. (Bonus point) Great natural coloring without blowing out the whites. 8
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 08/10/2005 12:27:05 AM
1980, 1990,1950?
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