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Dark Planet Larks
Dark Planet Larks
BrianR


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: DPL Album Cover (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Hervey Bay Australia
Date: May 9, 2007
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Performance, Advertisement
Date Uploaded: May 9, 2007

Dark Planet Larks

Thanks To Ultra Music, Hervey Bay, for allowing me to photograph 2 of their electronic band organs for this challenge, the organs were displayed on the one stand that worked well with what I had in mind.
The three word name was a bit more of the thinking tank, as DPL are not the easiest letters for a Band title, the theme of the cover helped being a DARK effect, from this PLANET and LARKS meaning songsters.

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Statistics
Place: 120 out of 153
Avg (all users): 5.0952
Avg (commenters): 4.0000
Avg (participants): 4.8481
Avg (non-participants): 5.2443
Views since voting: 705
Views during voting: 330
Votes: 210
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0


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05/21/2007 11:30:52 AM
Well, I like this a lot, and I like the bold red font centered between the keyboards. I think it's an excellent album cover, and IMO it should have scored higher.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/20/2007 02:53:51 AM
Very busy image - it really would not have been so bad if the color of the font did not conflict so much with the image itself.
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05/18/2007 02:27:06 PM
like the way the text looks 3d.....
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05/16/2007 07:32:15 PM
Interesting image, and processing thereof. The text isn't very nice though. It really seems to clash with the subdued image.
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05/16/2007 12:21:30 PM
Nice eye-catching design with the keyboards and nice colors as well. A bit torn on the curvature of the upper text - maybe have that really curved and run across the upper keyboard?
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05/15/2007 09:11:29 AM
I liked the blue tones of the pianos but I wasn turned off by the solid red of the letters.
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05/14/2007 07:51:23 PM
I think the text is too bright in relation to the rest of the picture. It is hard to get past it to see the rest of the picture.
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