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Calm in L.A.
Calm in L.A.
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: The Hidden City (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon PowerShot SD1000
Location: Church in Anaheim
Date: Dec 22, 2007
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 250
Shutter: 1/8 sec
Galleries: Interior, Emotive
Date Uploaded: Dec 23, 2007

 I wanted to capture the look of peace and inner joy that I saw on the face of the woman as she held the candle. It seemed in total contrast to the hyped-up commercialism that now goes with the Christmas season. I didn't want to distract her or anyone around her so I used only the available light. I thought the stained glass of the praying hands added to the picture. I would have liked to have caught her 3/4 face, and eliminated the polka dot blouse on the left, but that would have caused distraction and spoiled the moment.

Statistics
Place: 83 out of 84
Avg (all users): 3.5205
Avg (commenters): 3.0000
Avg (participants): 3.1935
Avg (non-participants): 3.5745
Views since voting: 942
Views during voting: 328
Votes: 219
Comments: 23
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/01/2008 07:18:34 PM
You'll need to use all 640 pixels to score well in these challenges.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/30/2007 03:16:37 PM
It is easy to agree that calm spots tend to be hidden and hard to find in big cities. I wonder if this would be stronger if taken from a little higher camera position, maybe also moving over to the left a little to show more of the second woman's face and less of the bright window, which distracts from the peaceful light of the candles.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/29/2007 10:07:31 PM
This picture suffers from being too small.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/29/2007 12:55:57 PM
Kind of... eh. I don't really know what to say about it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/29/2007 04:53:40 AM
I guess you got a hundred comments like this, but "you really need to make your pics a bit bigger". This is just too small to evaluate. Sorry.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/29/2007 02:38:42 AM
This tutorial should help you resize images for best viewing during voting:
//www.dpchallenge.com/tutorial.php?TUTORIAL_ID=26
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/29/2007 01:12:59 AM
The tiny size is going to cost you points. Also the composition with a face growing out of the blonde woman's chin. If this is your first challenge don't get discouraged. A few minor improvements and it would be very good.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/28/2007 07:26:42 PM
too small
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/28/2007 12:30:00 AM
I'm afraid this just looks like a snapshot, though it is a decent one. It's also severely cropped. You should use every bit of the 640 pixels allowed, at least in one direction.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/27/2007 10:32:26 PM
not quite sure this is 'hidden' enough...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/27/2007 06:02:03 PM
A great idea - I imagine calm is not something you see everyday in L.A.! People may already be telling you this but, just in case they are not, your image is sized very small and we can't see any detail. Please let me know if you have questions - I think there is a great tutorial on this site somewhere that explains how to size for the site. Good luck with your pic.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/26/2007 09:10:43 PM
unfortunateley the image size is too small
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/26/2007 08:51:23 PM
Very small. Also, I am finding trouble in relating this picture to the theme of the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/26/2007 07:09:19 PM
Nice Photo, but it saved as a very small jpeg. I had this same problem when I started two years ago. If you simply learn about the step called "Save for Web", especially in PhotoShop, then you can save a beautiful photo with one side being at the 640 pixel mark. Tutorial About "Saving for Web" Thread About "S4W" Hope these help...I'm just sharing the same kind of help that I was given when I was a Newbie. Much Success to you...and...You're Welcome! :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/26/2007 06:58:49 PM
wish it was posted bigger
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/26/2007 05:49:43 PM
To small
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/26/2007 04:21:34 PM
OK I appreciate that I will be probably about the 400th person to tell you this, but....its just too small to fully appreciate. A real shame as it looks as if it could have been a really apposite shot in the challenge
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/26/2007 01:19:18 PM
The image is too small. The longest side can be 640 pixels.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/26/2007 12:39:21 PM
Too small to really tell much.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/26/2007 12:30:25 PM
size, sharpness, and composition is off for taste
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/26/2007 11:20:55 AM
You need to make you images larger - use the max size allowed so we can really see what you did.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/26/2007 03:27:44 AM
A good capture of an every day event. The photo is too small and is also not in good focus.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/26/2007 02:44:00 AM
uh?
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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