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A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born
jmsetzler


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Challenge: Off-Centered Subject II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Location: Hickory, North Carolina
Date: Jan 25, 2006
Date Uploaded: Jan 26, 2006

 This photograph is something I have been considering for several months. The subject is a 'folk art' weathervane that is on the lawn of our local art museum. It is fabricated from materials found along roadsides. It's quite colorful and everything on it moves when the wind blows. I had been looking for ideas and compositions to photograph this 'thing' but never really came up with anything good. I could also never get to it when there was enough wind to make it move. On Wednesday when I got off work it was very windy and had been for most of the day. I decided to ride by the museum and take a look on my way home. As usual, my composition became a 'portion' of the whole. I wasn't really thinking about the challenge when I shot this, but I really like the image and it does fit, in my opinion. It's a bit outside my norm as well. I love the color and motion in this image :)

EXIF:

File: IMG_2825.CR2
File size: 7,004KB
Image Serial Number: 528-2825
Camera Model: Canon EOS 20D
Camera serial number: 0420100366
Firmware: Firmware 2.0.0
Owner: John M. Setzler, Jr.
Date/Time: 2006:01:25 15:53:04
Shutter speed: 1/100 sec
Aperture: 16
Exposure mode: Av
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: Continuous: frame 1
ISO: 100
Lens: 70 to 200mm
Focal length: 110mm
AF mode: One-shot AF
Image size: 3504 x 2336
Image quality: Raw
White balance: Auto
Color space: sRGB
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Contrast: Normal
Sharpness level: 0
Tone: Normal
Custom Functions:
CFn 2: Long exposure noise reduction: On
CFn 8: ISO expansion: On

Post Processing:

Levels, Unsharp Mask, and resized for the challenge entry.

Statistics
Place: 105 out of 357
Avg (all users): 5.7700
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 5.6250
Avg (non-participants): 6.0278
Views since voting: 830
Views during voting: 260
Votes: 200
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 03/26/2006 10:53:56 AM
Wow! What a nice composition. How can a technically superior image like this that obviously meets the challenge in such a unique way get only a 5.77? I will never cease to be amazed by DPC voters.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/04/2006 09:06:00 PM
Very colorful.....
 02/04/2006 12:52:30 PM
Dazzling displace of color, glad it held my attention long enough to explore the entire image, 7
 02/03/2006 11:54:00 AM
Very creative and colorful!
 01/31/2006 02:52:09 PM
Wildly eccentric image, LOL. Nice how the star, which is LESS colorful, becomes the "subject" by virtue of its stillness. Very interesting take on the challenge.
 01/30/2006 03:16:54 PM
A vibrant riot of color and movement! Nicely done.
 01/30/2006 12:32:23 PM
Wow, nice color and love the almost abstract appeal of this. Good job.
 01/30/2006 12:20:55 PM
A nice capture, the picture has a good festive taste to it, lots of colours, a very nicely captured motion. Compositionally it doesn't work too well for me: if not for the title, I would not have guessed that the emphasis was on the star.
 01/30/2006 02:41:49 AM
stunning colour...a wonderful shot that should finish top 5...9


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