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A New Shine
A New Shine
Cyndane


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Challenge: Free Study XI (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Location: Hampton, VA
Date: Apr 29, 2006
Galleries: History
Date Uploaded: Apr 30, 2006

I couldn't decide whether or not to do this in B&W... but here's my color version... we'll see how it goes. :)

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Place: 152 out of 211
Avg (all users): 5.1913
Avg (commenters): 5.5714
Avg (participants): 4.9703
Avg (non-participants): 5.4634
Views since voting: 713
Views during voting: 253
Votes: 183
Comments: 9
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05/10/2006 11:48:43 PM
:: Critique Club ::

Like I said before nice shot. There are a few ways I can see how you could have made it work better. First off the placement of the canonâ€Â¦don’t know if you have any control over that or not, this is just what I see. It seems to be odd that it is facing the opposite direction than the people in the background. What I gather is this is a re-enactment of the civil war or something along those lines. I would also assume that it looks like they are lined up, for battle is what I’m thinking. Why would the canon not be facing toward your enemy, or why would you have your back to your enemy. But in reality they are probably all just standing around doing nothing but watching something else that is taking place during the show. So for that reason I find the people in the background distracting, from what I see as just a shot of a cannon, which I also have to say is a technically good shot of the canon. As far as if this shot is technically good I would say it isâ€Â¦just has a few hang ups in the composition. That is one of the most important parts to a photo especially one put into a photo contest. If this were taken at a different angle to remove the people or, if you are capable of doing so, move the canon to make it look like it is a part of the battle. I also think by it self it would look great in B&Wâ€Â¦but color works as well with the bright greens in the background. To sum up good shot as far as exposure and contrast, but you have to look and see what else is in the shot and if it adds or takes away from your main subjectâ€Â¦which is pretty cool in this case.
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05/07/2006 04:48:39 PM
great colour and shine - too bad about the backside...
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05/05/2006 02:05:34 AM
IMO a very strange crop here, would have loved to see more of what is in the foreground and less of that butt there. If it was your intention to be funny and in that case I would have chosen a different angle, made it clearer that this was a humorous shot.
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05/04/2006 08:54:36 PM
Like the cannon the people in the back are a little distracting, they are to well focused.
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05/03/2006 10:51:05 PM
Nice shot
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05/03/2006 10:29:28 AM
very interesting picture! I don't really have any constructive critisim for you because I think you have just enough people in there to get the point...just enough of all of your subjects to understand and have a powerful impact! 8
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05/02/2006 02:54:11 AM
This is good.....
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05/01/2006 12:16:06 PM
Fredericksburg? ;^) A new replica was just obtained in our area. Was in the paper a couple weeks back. Good luck in the challenge.
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05/01/2006 08:08:05 AM
a different angle might have cut all those butts out of the photo...
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