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Statue of Mary In Church Garden
Statue of Mary In Church Garden
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Challenge: Sacred Places (Classic Editing)
Camera: Sony DSC-F707
Location: Catholic Church
Date: Nov 9, 2003
Aperture: f 8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Architecture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Nov 9, 2003

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Statistics
Place: 61 out of 109
Avg (all users): 5.4388
Avg (commenters): 6.1250
Avg (participants): 5.2192
Avg (non-participants): 5.6818
Views since voting: 918
Votes: 139
Comments: 9
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11/19/2003 01:04:08 PM
Critic Club review:

First the meets challenge well. Mary is a significant sacred lady of Christian faith and this site maybe used for pray/meditation.

The use of B&W works well on this subject. The light on white marble and shading is very good, and modified by the dark back ground and flowers in the foregraound are nice. The dof is right on.

The main downfall is where she is located on the shot. If you would have moved to the right, you could have removed the vertical wall and she wouldn't be looking off the photo but to the center.

Otherwise this is a great shot and I hope this helps a bit.

Van
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/16/2003 07:46:38 AM
Image has some hot spots at bottom. Good cropping and I like this photo with the subject off-center. Overall good tonal range but perhaps about 1/2 or 1/3 less Stop would have yielded less hot tones. Even stopping down and using a flash might have given good tones without the hot spots on the pedestal and flower blossoms. I do like the image in the window in the BG
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11/14/2003 08:53:07 PM
This is a very nice shot and the off centering of the statue works well in this shot but I would really like to have seen it in color, the black and white version leaves me wanting a bit. Also, maybe just a slightly different angle so the piller on the right wasn't in the shot? A 5
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11/13/2003 10:52:12 AM
Nice B/W shot. The detail in the shadows is a little distracting though.
TC
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11/12/2003 02:02:20 AM
I like this.
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11/10/2003 09:12:35 PM
the black against white and the white against black works well. wish there was a bit more grays inbetween - perhps a little too contrasty, but that is what you get in bright sun.
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11/10/2003 06:49:25 PM
Beautiful clarity! Lovely focus!

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11/10/2003 02:06:31 PM
Nice shot, but the "place" part of "sacred places" isn't really obvious.
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11/10/2003 01:14:02 PM
I like the B&W aspect of this. Very sharp.
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