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Progress Toward a Brighter Tomorrow
Progress Toward a Brighter Tomorrow
nheilweil


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Challenge: Progress (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: Bellevue, WA
Date: Jul 11, 2006
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/80th sec.
Galleries: Advertisement, Transportation
Date Uploaded: Jul 10, 2006

 Parked next to this car and thought "that's progress!"

The first day I parked by this car, the sun wasn't out and it came out dull. I tried again the next day, luckily the car was still there and the sun was out.

I had to really mess around with the colors to make it look like a sunset. This ended up making the car purple, which I guess is OK but it also left some artifacts that I couldn't correct in basic editing, like the green windows and some red fringing around the metal letters.

As always...a real learning experience!


Statistics
Place: 43 out of 152
Avg (all users): 5.7660
Avg (commenters): 6.3810
Avg (participants): 5.6452
Avg (non-participants): 5.8030
Views since voting: 812
Views during voting: 406
Votes: 265
Comments: 21
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/18/2006 04:17:23 PM
Except that hybrids don't really help the environment much... Nice angle on the shot - like the way the light is reflected off the paint-job.
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 07/18/2006 04:07:02 PM
It kind of like your trying to sell me a hybrid like an add in a magazine but its a great photo
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 07/18/2006 03:54:58 PM
I like how you caputred the sun's reflection on the car but I wished you could have not blown out the sun, even though I know that can be difficult.
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 07/18/2006 08:29:24 AM
Nice touch including the reflection of the sunset there and around the hybrid logo. Only to nitpick, wish the sun wasn´t blown out like that but I like the color contrasts in it, green vs. purple vs. orange. 7 from me, I dig this image.
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 07/18/2006 04:12:29 AM
nicely done. great concept & execution... nice touch with the Sun reflection. Strong 7
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 07/17/2006 11:12:11 PM
Very nice lines, colors, and detail. The reflection of the sunset adds to the impact of this image. Well done!
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 07/17/2006 05:48:50 PM
This would make for some nice stock photography if you had paid attention to the reflection of the building and wire.
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 07/17/2006 01:53:53 PM
Lets hope together. I cant afford gas anymore, I was thinking of maybe buying a horse. LOL.
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 07/16/2006 09:31:00 AM
vivid colors
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 07/15/2006 11:39:41 PM
love the colors in this. Nice shot!
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 07/15/2006 07:04:29 PM
The colors are nice and it fits the theme well. I just wonder about the colors. Too much noise in the blue...I don't think a sunset would show such vivid colors reflecting off the body of the car and I hope that's green tinting. Cropped to close to the mirror - part of subject missing.
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 07/15/2006 04:19:54 PM
Nicely expressed response to the challenge - love the sunburst near the car's name and the colors.
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 07/13/2006 10:56:29 PM
nice image. so much better than the typical car-shoot and my favorite thing about this is the lack of the photographers reflection.
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 07/13/2006 09:52:26 AM
Great color great interpretation of progress.
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 07/13/2006 08:06:02 AM
some fantastic colours and a very good idea
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 07/13/2006 07:30:51 AM
very interesting angle ...
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 07/13/2006 04:55:29 AM
Great sun reflection next to the logo. Very well placed, but it makes me think you don't need so much of the car on the right, seeing as it doesn't add anything.
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 07/12/2006 06:56:51 PM
nicely done
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 07/12/2006 11:33:32 AM
Okay, first off I like the idea you have working for you here. This is really the state of the world we live in now hu? I like the tonal range you've captured here, the purple in the car and the yellow orange in the sunset really contrast well with each other. However the green tint in the windows seems to be stealing from the rest of the shot. I'm also distracted by the body line of the car on the top third of the shot. You might want to ease up on the saturation a little too, there seems to be some noise in and around the HYBRID logo. Compositional, I would suggest just focusing on the sunset with the HYBRID as the subject. I think this would keep the focus on your message. Good eye, and a wonderful idea!
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 07/12/2006 12:45:47 AM
The reflected object at bottom right takes away from a really nice image.
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 07/12/2006 12:45:23 AM
Nice colours and reflections
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