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My past is fading, my present is clear, but my future is obscured
My past is fading, my present is clear, but my future is obscured
AmiYuy


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Point of View (Classic Editing)
Camera: Olympus D-550Z
Location: Little Tokyo shopping center, Los Angeles, CA
Date: Jan 10, 2004
Aperture: F3.2
ISO: 60
Shutter: 1/125 sec
Galleries: Still Life
Date Uploaded: Jan 11, 2004

Cropped from horizontal original, resized and sharpened a tiny bit.

While resting as we were shopping in Little Tokyo, I put my camera down on the ground to take some shots. If I had a non-autmatic camera, I'm sure I would have gotten better scores for being able to focus differently, but we'll see. I hope that the title fits as well I as I think it does. Personally it fits to my going off to college next year and how I have no idea what is going to happen. ^_^

Thanks for the comments and votes!

Statistics
Place: 171 out of 286
Avg (all users): 4.9960
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 4.7143
Avg (non-participants): 5.2538
Views since voting: 1124
Votes: 249
Comments: 24
Favorites: 0


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01/21/2004 06:57:20 AM
Man, this should have placed much higher. And looking at it again now, I wonder if it would help it out by cropping down from the top of the shopper's heads, cuting out the bright spots. But as I've learned myself, don't let your score dictate to you the worth of your shot, as its been said in the forums, its simply because it doesn't have mass appeal.
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01/21/2004 01:44:08 AM
My original comment (though maybe a little harsh) still stands. I like the shot in general. I DID make an assumption that the photographer (You, Ami) had more controll over the shot! Anytime that anyone with our camera has a shot that they think is worth entering is IMHO an accomplishment! Good job Ami!
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01/21/2004 01:04:32 AM
Hmmm this didn't do as well as I thought it would, probably because 9 ppl out of 10 can't comprehend what you are talking about? Not sure... Don't worry about it keep the great shots coming!
01/21/2004 12:41:01 AM
Oh man, missed a 5 by .004 points. :(

Yes, I realized that "obscured" didn't work until just after the voting began, it should have been "undefined" like Pepette said. And the picture was rather boring, hence why I chose the one with the extreme DOF. The title did factor a lot into making it interesting, that's what I was going for.

Yay, JamieWillmott noticed the tiled horizon! The leading lines in that were just too cool to pass up.

Hahaha! ChrisW123- I was going to enter one taken at the same time with the title: "Through the Eyes of My Dog"

I should have probably put something into the foreground to pull some interest, but I was on a limited schedule and it didn't occur to me. Not to mention I felt a bit silly for putting my camera down on the ground in the middle of a shopping center. ^_^

Thanks everyone for taking the time to comment and vote! And you too, bruchen!!

Message edited by author 2004-01-21 00:42:28.
01/21/2004 12:29:06 AM
This is a beautiful shot. Should have placed higher. Great work!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/20/2004 11:53:14 PM
I like everything about this shot except the extremely shallow DOF and the title....
TC
01/20/2004 03:26:34 PM
Is this someone having a heart attack on a pavement?
01/20/2004 08:57:48 AM
Background 'horizon' is titled. Nice idea.
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01/20/2004 03:28:04 AM
dunno if this was shot that way or altered with photoshop to create this DOF?
01/19/2004 02:38:11 AM
hmmm... at fist I said out of focus then read title very nice. It would have been a bad picture with out the title.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/18/2004 07:30:20 PM
It's blurry! Just kidding. :-) Interesting take on the challenge. Good use of DOF.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/18/2004 10:17:09 AM
i love this pic. what makes it is the name. great job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/18/2004 04:16:21 AM
Interesting idea, pity on the long title leaving nothing to imagination.
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01/17/2004 11:45:32 PM
Great shot. I love the three points of view illustrated in the photo. Nice work.
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01/16/2004 12:30:51 PM
The cobblestone here is not really holding my interest
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01/15/2004 04:53:30 PM
I find this photo interesting......without the title I doubt it would have the same impact......
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/15/2004 06:53:02 AM
Very interesting depiction of concept.
01/15/2004 12:39:36 AM
That is how animals live generally... they live in the moment (the present), and don't (or can't) comprehend the past or the future. Pretty good protrayal of "point of view"! 7.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/14/2004 10:41:03 PM
haha niiice we were juss doin a project on depth of field foreground-midground-background stuff in photo class so ya good job ;)
01/14/2004 09:56:03 PM
Great title! Really enhances the photo! It really gets the viewer involved in your concept.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/14/2004 09:27:26 PM
For getting past the "will I look like a dork if I pull my camera out here (and put it on the sidewalk of all places)" you get a 10, but for this shot, which has unarticulateable appeal, I give you a 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/14/2004 03:35:06 PM
I like the metaphore... but if we consider your future in front of you... it does'nt look obscurat all... Just undefinite! I like the use of technic to represent the idea of time!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/14/2004 12:52:28 PM
I understand the reasoning for the out of focus background in the light of your title. I'm not sure it works, and without the title the picture would be dismissed as one more out-of-focus shot.
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01/14/2004 08:52:24 AM
its a quite nice shot from a nice point of view and the title is nice as well but I think that you could have been chosen a better Location with a nice background because even if its fading, clear and blur.... I miss the thrill. I wonder if you were lying on the street for this shot?! its nice anyway, I like it.
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