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Small Town Emergency
Small Town Emergency
bryantbus


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Challenge: Photojournalism II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 LD for Nikon
Location: Buffalo Mo
Date: Apr 28, 2006
Aperture: F9
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Photojournalism, Rural
Date Uploaded: Apr 28, 2006

I thought I wouldn't be able to get in this challenge, as nothing happens in my town. But our Volunteer Fire Department had a small fire to put out. Thanks to Buffalo Volunteer Fire Department for all they do for us.

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Place: 70 out of 183
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Avg (commenters): 6.0000
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Views since voting: 808
Views during voting: 232
Votes: 175
Comments: 9
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05/10/2006 09:39:15 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club -

First let me say that photojournalism in not my expertise so please bare with me.

My first thought is that you got a good pic of a fireman. It would have been nice to see some aspect of the emergency so to tell more of a story (that must be the rubber necker in me).

The colors are nice and crisp. The focus could have been a bit sharper in my opinion. I see that your ISO settng was at 1600 which probably didnt help - might be the cause for the slight noise in the background/house area. Cropping that area out may have been a slight improvement.

Not sure what else to add here. Overall the pic doesnt really tell a story by itself. It may have worked as one piece of a larger work of pictures. It's not a bad shot but not a strong one either IMO. But please take my opinion for what its worth - an opinion. Good luck on your future entries and I look forward to seeing more of your work.

Tim
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/07/2006 09:33:50 PM
ok, you chased a fire truck. if you're an amateur, hat's off to ya. if you're a pro, why didn't you capture something of the emergency that would give the image context? other than the mask, we don't have anything here that tells us any of the story.
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05/07/2006 07:15:01 PM
Great candid
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05/05/2006 09:08:01 PM
Good choice for the challenge. I'd have cropped it a bit more on the right, perhaps to the edge of the "keep back" yellow thing.
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05/03/2006 07:53:35 AM
eye contact ! nice capture ...
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05/01/2006 12:30:00 PM
This is one of the better shots i've seen so far in this challenge. You caught both eyes, background supports the foreground. The image is a little too centered though. The rule of 3rds could have been applied to make this a better image. 5 from me
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05/01/2006 10:31:09 AM
You lost me on the title. Where's the emergency? In photojournalism you have to word titles and cutlines carefully.
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05/01/2006 10:28:38 AM
Best example of theme that I've seen so far. Crisp with a nice DOF
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05/01/2006 01:59:04 AM
:-) Hope they have something more useful than waterbottles to put those fires out. They are funny there behind him, but show that she/he is not in a hurry.

Or it could be a picture with an article on water-shortage.......
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