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Challenge: Image Grain II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye
Location: Big Lake, Alaska
Date: Mar 12, 2007
Aperture: f11
ISO: 320
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Black and White, History
Date Uploaded: Mar 12, 2007

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Statistics
Place: 281 out of 399
Avg (all users): 4.9767
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 4.7423
Avg (non-participants): 5.2800
Views since voting: 801
Views during voting: 258
Votes: 172
Comments: 4
Favorites: 0


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05/08/2007 05:11:00 AM
hi Linda,
i liked the photo (cause i like armored vehicles), and thanks for this photo. i think it might look better fully desaturated, because the grains with colours appears weird and spoils the "feel" of this retired armor.

cheers!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/04/2007 01:23:52 AM
Positives:
Choice of B&W with grain works well with this image. Technicals generally good.

Technicals:
Grainy appearance comes across well. No seriously overexposed or underexposed areas. Perspective is OK, but not exceptionally strong. Lighting is hard to evaluate. Near side is in shadow but that seems to work well for this particular image. The bright 'thing' in the lower right corner is unidentifiable and acts as a distraction. The distant signage acts as a minor distraction drawing attention from the main subject.

The Challenge:
Meets the challenge well. BW is always a good choice for grain images. Even the subject, a military vehicle, fits a gain theme. DPCer need for a big "wow" factor played a roll in the score. You really didn't give the viewer a lot to attract attention to this image. Voters might have thought it boring. Since you can only do global changes the composition has to be stronger in basic challenges to carry the image.

Suggestions:
I'm curious how you got ISO 320, that seems like a very strange value. Perhaps using the fisheye lens to exaggerate the features on the vehicle might be tried to add more viewer interest to the composition. Definitely crop out that bright object in the lower right corner.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/19/2007 05:54:00 PM
the noise in the image appears to have color to it. Monochromatic noise would likely have worked better here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
03/19/2007 11:17:24 AM
This photo is sort of dull, but i like how you photographed it off center!
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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