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The One Less Traveled
The One Less Traveled
martincj


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Challenge: Centered Composition II (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC for Canon
Location: Marietta, GA
Date: Jan 2, 2007
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 800
Galleries: Landscape, Rural
Date Uploaded: Jan 2, 2007

 My first submission.. man, I thought taking the picture would be the hard part, but it's not. It's deciding which one...

Posting this because I want comments -- so do your worst.

A junction in rusty, rarely-used tracks behind a Coke bottling facility. They use them once a month or so - to transport three cars of corn syrup, bearing 18,000 gallons apiece.

This is a re-take of a picture took a while ago on a cloudy day. Used a polarizer this time, and the nice clear day yielded bright colors - bluer than blue sky, rustier than rust tracks. Nice, but I liked the moody feel (and more diffuse light) of the previous shot. Nonetheless, I still think this is a cool shot.

Looking forward to more challenges.

Statistics
Place: 340 out of 415
Avg (all users): 4.7839
Avg (commenters): 4.9130
Avg (participants): 4.8171
Avg (non-participants): 4.7607
Views since voting: 754
Views during voting: 324
Votes: 199
Comments: 23
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/09/2007 10:01:29 PM
love the DOF. the abstract-ness of it makes it interesting :)
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 01/09/2007 08:33:08 PM
Awesome idea, I think maby a bit more DOF would help though!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/09/2007 02:27:23 PM
a little to blury for me
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 01/09/2007 11:45:24 AM
I like the idea, but I am a little lost on what it is. A train? I think a little more focus would still have driven the point home, maybe more interesting too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/09/2007 11:40:28 AM
It took me awhile to figure out what this was.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/08/2007 02:17:42 PM
I assume those are train tracks? I'm not really sure I get what you're trying to do here with the DOF or the subject matter. What is in focus just doesn't seem interesting to me. On the positive, I do like the way you composed the elements into the frame. I think it works well centered.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/08/2007 11:34:40 AM
A greater deep of field would have been better IMO.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/07/2007 10:59:13 PM
I'm staring and staring. I keep waiting to vote on this one because I can't decide what I think of it. I think I've figured it out, but I'm still pondering the excess blur on the train as well as the tracks up close. I guess I like it. The colors and balance are superlative and the subject is well centered although I wasn't sure what the subject was for a while. Gotta move on so I'll vote now. Nice job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/07/2007 08:41:48 PM
Interesting perspective. I like this one.
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 01/07/2007 04:36:43 PM
The center object is fading away since it's so dark. Anotherwise it's a cool wide photo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/07/2007 02:44:39 PM
nice attempt but blur is distraction
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/06/2007 02:02:23 PM
This is very confusing and almost totally out of focus. I am not sure what I'm looking at. I think a greater depth of field would really help this.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/04/2007 11:38:20 PM
I can see where this is centered, but the out of focus of the rest of the picture just kind of detracts my vision of the focal point which.....to be honest, really doesn't seem like much to be focused on. I do "get" where you were trying to go with this, but it just doesn't work for me, personally.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/04/2007 10:26:03 PM
great shot! amazing use of depth of field!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/04/2007 07:56:48 PM
5
 01/04/2007 07:24:38 AM
DOF is very shallow, center is too dark to catch attention
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/04/2007 12:17:38 AM
m not realy sure wat im looking at...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/03/2007 08:56:36 PM
I'd like to see more of your subject in focus.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/03/2007 05:32:28 PM
Way too much blur.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/03/2007 03:14:16 PM
DOF is way to shallow
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/03/2007 01:21:41 PM
Nice concept, very blurry
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/03/2007 12:17:05 PM
mostly OOF ...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/03/2007 09:41:55 AM
first glance seems too abstract... takes long enough to realise what it is... then suddenly it makes sense :) Hope that train wasn't moving - could be a dangerous place to leave your camera!
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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