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Challenge: Headwear (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM
Location: Vancouver, BC
Date: Nov 13, 2006
Aperture: F16
ISO: 100
Shutter: 143 seconds
Galleries: Urban
Date Uploaded: Nov 12, 2006

 Shot in Raw: Adjusted color temperature, tint. Applied curves and brightness levels, cropped and added a border.

After three visits to this site (a park near my place) I finally got a picture that matched my vision. I had noticed the bench a while back when on a run one night and I was on my way to shoot it when I figured that maybe I could use it in this challenge. So, along came the hat and umbrella. I played around with the angle of the shot a lot the first night but the only shot I liked had some garbage in the foreground that I failed to remove. The second time I went I was sure to clean up the garbage but the clouds didn't look cool (it was solid overcast and started raining as I was leaving). So, Monday night was my last chance to make it work (btw, I've never spent this long trying to take a picture before - I hope it does well). Luckily for me, the clouds looked awesome. Having the experience of doing this shoot twice already, I was quick to set up the scene, fixed my point of view to exactly where I wanted it, and then started playing around with exposures to see what kind of cloud motion I could get. I think this was the best one.

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 08/02/2007 11:05:44 PM
Clouds are awsome, the long exposure worked very well. Nice one.

Message edited by author 2007-08-02 23:06:04.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/20/2006 03:35:40 PM
The sky and the bench are the main focus more then the hat. The lighting is good.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/19/2006 06:45:49 PM
I like the lighting.
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 11/17/2006 04:15:25 PM
Excellent, but the the background nearly upstages the subject! :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/16/2006 10:53:18 AM
great picture


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