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Memorial for the Six Million
Memorial for the Six Million
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Photojournalism II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S7000
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Apr 30, 2006
Aperture: f/ 5.7
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/64 sec.
Galleries: Still Life, Photojournalism
Date Uploaded: Apr 30, 2006

 A memorial ceremony for the six million Jewish martyrs of the holocaust was held earlier to day in Philadelphia. The statute dedicated to the holocaust martydom is located at 16th Street and Bejamin Franklin Parkway where the cermony took place. Particpants included Mayor John Street, Councilman John B. Kelly, Jr., The Honorable Uriel Palti, Consul General of Israel and keynote speaker Hadassah Lieberman as well as representative choirs and cantors from area synagogues and Philadelphia Orchestra violinist, Philip Kates.

Post: Power Retouche Dynamic Range Compressor, Layer adjustments for Levels, Brightness/Contrast and Hue/Saturation. Crop. Sharpen. Cloned a bright light in the window in the background out. Resize. Save for web.

Statistics
Place: 146 out of 183
Avg (all users): 5.1778
Avg (commenters): 5.4000
Avg (participants): 4.9014
Avg (non-participants): 5.3578
Views since voting: 779
Views during voting: 235
Votes: 180
Comments: 7
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AuthorThread
 05/11/2006 03:14:47 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club Robert!

Looking through your portfolio and challenge entries I am impressed by your work as your usual use of color really appeals to the DPC crowd. The lack of anything popping out here is one of the things that hindered this image from receiving a higher score.

Exposure, color, sharpness, etc. - all the technicals are there so I can't really critique that. Nice job.

I think if someone takes the time they will find the depth to this shot. However, we know that this isn't always the case here and you really have to find that one thing that will grab someone and hold them for a few seconds. This one just happens to be a bit busy. So many things here are fighting for my attention and I can't settle on one thing in particular. I think cropping out the front flowers and just showing us the statue with the Israeli flag in the back would've achieved a better result. Demand me to focus on the poor child then make my eye to drift to the flag. Would've forced a more emotive feeling therefore translating into a better score.

Thanks for the opportunity to critique this image Robert.

Cheers - Phil

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/07/2006 07:38:26 PM
Great shot for the challenge
 05/05/2006 09:58:36 AM
Powerfull image.....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/02/2006 08:40:49 AM
clear message, photo could be better if taken from different/exiting angle
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 05/01/2006 11:02:37 AM
The only thing in the photo that is showing me which six million you are talking about is the Israeli flag in the background. Then I have to make an informed leap to equate it to the Holocaust. Regionally, I suppose it'd work, but need to clarify your title some.
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 05/01/2006 08:28:03 AM
You clipped the top of the statue off. Maybe next time a different view and a few steps back would have made a better shot
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 05/01/2006 06:23:31 AM
great photo. the flag in the back is that something extra for me. love it.
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