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in for a dry spell
in for a dry spell
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Challenge: Desolation II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S400
Location: pittsburgh
Date: Jun 13, 2006
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/4
Date Uploaded: Jun 13, 2006

 went out shooting for the open challenges, found nothing. my camera was low on batteries, and with my last shot i kneeled in cigarette butts and discarded papers and took this photo. this is desolation, being stranded at the waterfront when bus after bus rolls by and none of them are going to the right place, when the sun is setting and ants are crawling over your feet, when strangers stare at you, sitting alone on the curb and waiting for something. this is what i saw.

if you truly feel something it will come through. look around. look at how things make you feel. then capture that.

this photograph means a lot to me right now, for reasons i can't even explain. i don't care how well it does. i just want people to see it, and maybe afterwards read this and think and look around and see things.

Statistics
Place: 165 out of 197
Avg (all users): 4.9581
Avg (commenters): 5.9000
Avg (participants): 4.8824
Avg (non-participants): 5.0189
Views since voting: 639
Views during voting: 294
Votes: 191
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 06/28/2006 11:46:02 PM
---Greetings from the Critique Club!----

First impression - Interesting use of contrast and negative space.

I kinda like this shot, but I can see how the voters missed it. The lack of any real focal point makes it difficult to see the desolation that the photographer was seeing, feeling at the moment.

The over processing along with the bright daylight conveys a sense of heat. Don't know if that is what you were going for, but that is what I get out of it.

I like the low angle. I wish there was just a bit more in the negative space area to convey more desolation. I'm not second guessing the artistic vision here, I'm just looking for something to improve the over all impact.

You are obvioulsy more of an artist with a camera than a photographer shooting art. I applaud that but it probably won't get you any high scores. I doubt that that matters much to you.

Keep shooting what you feel.

I hope this was helpful. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

David

Message edited by author 2006-06-28 23:46:30.
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 06/26/2006 04:01:17 PM
Pictures like this had a tough time in the challenge simply because people don't take long to vote. The desolation feel of this shot only seeps in after 30 seconds of viewing. But seep it does. Unfortunately people only take 3-5 seconds per picture to vote and so the picture doesn't get the chance.

The picture looks a little off on PP. You can tell the most by the sign right in the middle. It's such a weird shade of uniform gray, usually stuff like that comes around from too drastic curves or selective color altering. The colors do have a saturated, grainy feel which works in this challenge but wouldn't in nearly any other.

Ah, I just noticed it was in Pittsburgh. I miss the 'burgh...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/26/2006 09:53:58 AM
Being the conservative stick-in-the-mud that I can be, I was one of your 4's. Glad I got back by to read your comments; I think your photo succeeds at accomplishing your intentions for it. Wishing you well; will make an extra effort to look around and see things.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/26/2006 12:58:26 AM
i hope people take the time to see things too. nice processing.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/23/2006 06:43:56 AM
Good scene but the processing is a little heavy.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/23/2006 04:59:37 AM
Love the post processing;)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/22/2006 03:26:50 AM
this fits the topic well but the editing looks to me like you overdid the draganize effect, it's way too obvious and doesn't look at all natural
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/21/2006 10:38:37 PM
Cant say I like the high contrast feel to this sorry
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 06/20/2006 08:04:33 PM
I like the colors and PP, but something looks off with the sign in the center
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 06/20/2006 03:42:54 PM
a little too much contrast
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/20/2006 03:24:51 PM
i LOVE the PP in this. great!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/20/2006 08:30:06 AM
a bit over saturated
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 06/19/2006 01:41:13 PM
Ow, colors a bit too harsh. The black parts on the left could use a bit more detail.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/19/2006 09:50:23 AM
I know the scene. I think you would have been better desaturating or blurring some of the sky, sign post area so as to get the viewer to focus on the siamese pipes and the cigarette mess.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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