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Urban Windmill
Urban Windmill
Isaac


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Your Corner of the World (Classic Editing)
Camera: Olympus D-490Z
Location: Concord, California, USA
Date: Sep 16, 2002
Aperture: 8.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Date Uploaded: Sep 17, 2002

This cool old windmill is right in the middle of Concord, California, just outside the front entrance to my new kindergarten.

I told my dad how to crop it. He also applied a tone curve, and we lightly applied the Unsharp Mask filter twice.

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Place: 241 out of 245
Avg (all users): 3.6770
Avg (commenters): 4.4167
Avg (participants): 3.8282
Avg (non-participants): 3.4844
Views since voting: 918
Votes: 291
Comments: 12
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/27/2002 09:19:00 AM
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background7,
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing6,
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc.? 7,
Total Averaged Rating7. Autool
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/26/2002 10:09:00 AM
In my personal opinion, the main subject (windmill) is far removed from the central point of atention. The tree is the main character, which is fine, but both of them are totaly out of focus. I would have cropped out the house's roof, and the wire fence which is quite unatractive. Perhaps a better angle for the composition is required. I would try this picture again in order to improve rapidly for the following challenges.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/25/2002 01:07:00 PM
Seems to me that the windmill should have been more prominant in a photo titled after it? The big, dark bush in front dominates the photo and the fence and hand rail are big attension getters. 6 Swash
09/24/2002 10:39:00 PM
Seems a bit blurred. Sorry, but this is not a very interesting picture.
09/24/2002 05:10:00 AM
Not nearly clear enough. Looks like a worthy negative space photo too. Good luck!
09/24/2002 03:08:00 AM
would have been nice to see more of the windmill and more of the houses or urbanness
09/23/2002 10:08:00 PM
focus seems to be a bit soft.
09/23/2002 05:46:00 PM
Interesting shot! DPz
09/23/2002 11:17:00 AM
I would have liked to see it a bit sharper. I know you can't sharpen a moving item like the windmill itself but the surrounding area is also blurring a bit.
09/23/2002 11:03:00 AM
Love the subject but the shot is a bit OOF. Score 6 Justine
09/23/2002 07:31:00 AM
Too much sky. Also seems a little out of focus.
09/23/2002 01:41:00 AM
Not crazy about the composition here... what's the subject?


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