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Fast and Furious . . . Innocent Beginnings
Fast and Furious . . . Innocent Beginnings
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Children's Toy II (Basic Editing)
Collection: 2007
Camera: Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D
Lens: Konica Minolta AF 50mm f/1.7
Location: Virginia
Date: Aug 4, 2007
Aperture: 1.7
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Black and White
Date Uploaded: Aug 4, 2007

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This should be fun. Good for a handful of comments I imagine, along with a healthy dose of 4's! :D

Started fooling around with this shot. Didn't care for the bright/bold colors (red, yellow, purple). Messed around with the desat some - still didn't feel right. Tossed in some noise and called it good.

The challenge description did call for something in "an interesting and creative way" didn't it? :P

On a more serious note I wonder about the toys our kids play with at times. We try to steer away from the violent/crude stuff out there. A racecar set designed to setup "crashes" seems fun and carefree right? Or is it? Are we instilling thoughts and habits that say it's alright to go fast and don't worry about crashing once they've grown up enough to drive for real? Just meandering. :) It's good fodder for photography discussion as an "art" form. He-he.

Title Search :P
Criss-Cross CRASH!
Glorifying early driving habits
Driving habits start early
Interstate habits are defined early
Road Rage - Glorified Early
Insurance Premiums Early Rise
The Madness is Fun . . . at first
Fast and Furious . . . The Beginning
Fast and Furious . . . Formulative Years
Fast and Furious . . . Innocent Beginnings
Fast and Furious . . . Youthful Innocence

Statistics
Place: 203 out of 213
Avg (all users): 4.3182
Avg (commenters): 3.5833
Avg (participants): 4.1084
Avg (non-participants): 4.4696
Views since voting: 1056
Views during voting: 281
Votes: 198
Comments: 17
Favorites: 0

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 08/21/2007 10:28:20 PM
This is actually a pretty frickin cool image. It was in my top 10. Too bad it's not super crisp and as noiseless as the naked eye-and doesn't have way over the top colors and contrast. Otherwise it'd be a 10 (regardless of what it was a picture of).
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 08/21/2007 02:02:29 PM
Originally posted by rugman1969:
good luck on the brown!!!

I enjoyed this comment so much I figured I better "quote" it to keep it available when I need a good laugh. :)
 08/15/2007 09:05:24 PM
This photo has style, a definite look, and it's exciting. Well done.
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 08/15/2007 11:50:35 AM
So much better than some of the crap in the top 20.
The accelerated "dumbing down" trend I see on voting results is indicative of the ever increasing popularity of this site - which is a shame.
Good work!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/13/2007 12:34:20 PM
blur and grain work very well here
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 08/11/2007 03:26:53 AM
Intersting perspective. Very grainy. No sharp focus. Maybe that's the point. I like the composition of the cars on the track but really would've like to see it with better detail.
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 08/10/2007 03:12:25 PM
Like the concept of the "smash-up" LOL The b&w works well for this shot....just that the focus and noise to it may be a bit too much???
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 08/10/2007 01:21:20 PM
Good grain and PP work. Nice to see something different.
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 08/09/2007 01:46:41 PM
not great quality, very noisy and it's hard to tell whats going on
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 08/09/2007 09:11:46 AM
I do not know how to vote on this one.
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 08/09/2007 06:56:28 AM
7
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 08/09/2007 12:59:08 AM
I like grain but not in this picture.
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 08/08/2007 10:28:53 PM
Maybe I'm not "getting" what's going on here. It's too grainy and blurry.
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 08/08/2007 11:43:53 AM
Would have liked to seen this with much more focus, and much less noise.
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 08/08/2007 08:05:45 AM
the grain is just too much...I can't even see what it is, if it weren't for the title.
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 08/08/2007 06:36:05 AM
might be good for a "posthumous"-ribbon, not for me: too grainy, out of focus, lacking of composition.
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 08/08/2007 12:28:34 AM
good luck on the brown!!!
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