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Challenge: Pollution (Basic Editing)
Collection: Black and White
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 80-200mm f/4.5-5.6 II
Location: canton, nc
Date: Mar 11, 2008
Aperture: unk
ISO: 100
Shutter: unk
Galleries: Black and White, Rural
Date Uploaded: Mar 11, 2008

 The papermill in Canton.
Champion International -->Blue Ridge Paper-->International Paper -->Evergreen (ironic, eh?)

Actually a lot cleaner than it used to be, not as clean as some would like to see it.

(actually shot with the husband's 70 - 300 I'm too lazy to add to my) profile
In Raw -- brightness, contrast, sharpening
In PSP -- crop convert to bw, clarify on full power (5) like 6 times (causes a lot of noise and blocky patches when you do that), noise reduction, resized, border

Statistics
Place: 21 out of 127
Avg (all users): 6.3563
Avg (commenters): 6.8462
Avg (participants): 6.1765
Avg (non-participants): 6.4031
Views since voting: 1481
Views during voting: 395
Votes: 247
Comments: 18
Favorites: 0

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 04/08/2008 06:53:37 AM
This is a great shot - not just for the challenge, but on it's own. Very nice use of grain.
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 03/19/2008 10:55:21 AM
This was one of my favorites in this challenge. I love the way you did this with the slight grain -- and dramatic smoke. I thought for sure this one would be smack dab on the front page!

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/18/2008 11:11:58 PM
Retro feel to your image. The monochrome makes it!
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 03/17/2008 06:40:31 AM
Kudos, kudos....
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 03/16/2008 10:15:35 PM
I like the graininess, and B/W works well for this shot.
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 03/16/2008 02:30:23 PM
This photo is very strong in black and white, although something is off with the picture it appears grainy. The two different color exhausts are nice as well.
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 03/16/2008 12:53:40 AM
I love the feel to this one - could have been taken yesterday or 50 years ago.
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 03/15/2008 02:06:43 PM
Reminds me of an old movie. There's quite a bit of noise in your photo though. Maybe that done on purpose, but it's not to my taste.
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 03/15/2008 12:10:43 PM
pretty friggin sick shot
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 03/15/2008 10:37:26 AM
The grain actually adds to the appeal of the smoke formation.. To me the lower part seems slightly too busy ..
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 03/14/2008 04:15:03 PM
very appropriate choice of post processing (bw, high-key with grains). reminds me of the BW treatment in the movie "PI:Faith in chaos".
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 03/14/2008 03:39:34 PM
I love the b&w qualtiy here. Reminds me of old silent moies.
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 03/14/2008 12:31:35 PM
Well done. Really expresses the challenge.
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 03/13/2008 10:57:10 PM
I like the high contrast and grainy image. Works for me. Good Luck.
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 03/13/2008 10:38:39 PM
A bit grainy for me. I like the title, subject and composition very well though.
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 03/13/2008 10:06:31 AM
This picture has a lot of values but it seems kinda of dull. It doesn't seem to have a focus point either,
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 03/13/2008 09:36:56 AM
how predictable
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 03/12/2008 04:32:38 PM
Very nice industrial scene, I really like the soft focus. Well done
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