I ran out of time for proper editing. This image even lacks USM, an attempt to resubmit with better levels and USM missed the deadline. For the editing that should have been done, see Historical and Classical II.
If you've been to Washington, D.C., you'll notice that the position of the White House and the Washington Monument are about right, although the actual image of the Washington Monument is from the west, not from the north. The image of the Washington Monument is displayed on an LCD monitor, the image of the White House is a print carefully positioned and taped to the LCD monitor. The same White House negative image is inverted, desaturated to monochrome, and printed to fit into the film holder.
It was a challenge to find focus and exposure compromises for the White House in the lens, the Washington Monument background, and the Speed Graphic camera. Composition is boxy like the camera, but that was dictated by overall layout and the image through the lens.
I still think that it was a good idea, other priorities and Murphy's Law prempted the time I needed for a proper submission. I probably shouldn't have sumbitted it, but it still won the dpchallenge at work for the week by default.
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PS levels, crop, saturation, resize, (no USM), save for web.
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Well done! I really appreciate the placement of the subjects, and using the camera to lead the viewer through them. All three aspects fit the challenge so well.
I'm afraid the blown highlights really take away the meaning of this image or me. It's hard to see the face of the camera aperatus thingie because it is in deep shadow. Shame, because it looks like it is probably an interesting machine. Also, it looks like the building in the background is also historical and classical, so I'm not really sure what the subject is. Please take my comments for what they are worth; that is, an amateur photographer's input.
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