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Challenge: Half (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: The 'G' - Melbourne, Australia
Date: Sep 29, 2007
Galleries: Cityscape, Candid
Date Uploaded: Sep 29, 2007

 AFL Grandfinal Day - 2007 (Australian Rules Football)

The MCG - home of football 8am.

The members gather, hoards of them to get their seats, however the most stringent condition is the 'dress code'.

So we see many older men dressing up to attend a football game.

Came across this man, who looks to have travelled into town with his finery in his bag - he was tucked behind pylons of concrete preparing himself for that 'one day in September'.

Statistics
Place: 69 out of 184
Avg (all users): 5.6316
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.5417
Avg (non-participants): 5.6970
Views since voting: 1683
Views during voting: 201
Votes: 114
Comments: 31
Favorites: 13 (view)

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 09/28/2008 08:12:15 PM
Awesome shot, love the simplicity, i absolutely love your style, this is really nice, great job here. way underrated btw.
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 04/02/2008 10:30:04 PM
This was one of my favorite in the challenge, excellent shot on every single level.
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 02/05/2008 01:40:18 AM
great shot lisa ...
i can just imagine you with your camera taking his pic .. secretive like !!...:)
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 10/18/2007 10:52:55 PM
Congrats on the OOBie! Quite deserved. :)
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 10/18/2007 05:15:05 PM
such a striking photo from such drab colors.
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 10/18/2007 04:46:38 PM
awesome!!!!
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 10/18/2007 10:39:00 AM
Congratulations on an original and delightful image.
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 10/18/2007 10:35:43 AM
Lisa, you are so creative! And your photography so rocks! Congratulations on this getting an Ooobie award! I agree 100%, it is ridiculously underrated . . .but at least it isn't unrecognized anymore :)

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 10/17/2007 10:14:46 PM
Really a great shot. The processing is outstanding, too. I love the blue/grey/white color palette. Vastly underrated at 5.6xxx.
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 10/16/2007 09:46:28 PM
Lisa - this is a beautiful and provocative photograph. It makes me want to know this man's story.
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 10/14/2007 10:57:30 AM
didn't vote in that challenge and just saw this. brilliant composition and processing, lisa. i LOVE this.
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 10/14/2007 10:11:02 AM
I love the starkness of this image. The composition and contrast are fabulous. It takes my imagination on a journey. Lovely piece of art.
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 10/11/2007 12:09:40 AM
fantastic
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 10/10/2007 08:33:01 AM
I LOVE this photo.
And I think you have been doing exceptionally good work.
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 10/08/2007 09:39:30 AM
I really love this shot, one of my favorites of the challnege

Jack
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 10/08/2007 08:49:51 AM
I am amazed at how low this scored. DURRRR - shows how literal and un-artful the average voter is. Never change your prospective though. This is really fantastic.
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 10/08/2007 08:46:53 AM
Awesome, Lisa! I like it, I like it alot! : )
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 10/08/2007 02:31:50 AM
Sad to see this not do better. I love how different it is, and the PP is very cool!
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 10/08/2007 12:36:47 AM
bah so underated, so sorry to see it this low.....
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/05/2007 11:13:02 AM
Love this.
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 10/04/2007 07:44:02 AM
i like
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 10/03/2007 09:10:43 PM
I love this photograph but really don't think it was appropriate for the challenge. The colors and lighting are great. the textures are beautiful too. I would have liked to see the left wall cropped ouot a little more because it dominates a bit too much and it would be good to crop out about half of what is there to bring back the focus to the person in the center. Either way I love this photo
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 10/02/2007 02:10:36 PM
Odd shot but interesting. psart 8
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 10/02/2007 09:52:13 AM
Great comp, wonderfully toned, very interesting to me - bravo.
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 10/01/2007 07:48:46 PM
wow, just wow
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 10/01/2007 07:18:17 PM
I love the cool feel of this shot. Sort of quirky and unique - not sure what he is doing but I have a strange feeling that I don't want to know! :) "Back" to bump you up to 8.
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 10/01/2007 05:48:45 PM
the image is good, I don't know if the backside of a people could be "half people".... It's my idea that the photo is dnmc and I rate 6
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 10/01/2007 10:42:40 AM
This has a Mapplethorpe sense to it. Love the hint of blur from him digging in the pocket. Wonderfully composed. Artsy. I wonder how the literal DPC voters will perceive it. Hopefully well - it deserves it.
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 10/01/2007 07:07:41 AM
I find the border distracting.
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 10/01/2007 01:12:50 AM
wonderful.
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 10/01/2007 12:44:55 AM
Nice composition. It looks like he's about to teleport himself and he didn't think anyone was watching. Or else rip off his jacket and turn into superman or something.
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