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The Spirit of Texas
The Spirit of Texas
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Challenge: Silhouettes (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: The Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas
Date: Apr 18, 2004
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/15
Galleries: Architecture, Political
Date Uploaded: Apr 18, 2004

 Hi everyone - this is my first challenge entry! I had originally attempted to do some astrophotography this evening but it was too cloudy so I stopped by the Capitol grounds on my way home. The statue in silhouette is in remembrance of the pioneers who founded and built Texas - the Texians. Many of these fought and died at the Alamo. The Capitol building is lit in the background with the United States and Texas flags flying above. An interesting fact about the Texas State Capitol is that it is the only Capitol building in the Union to be taller than the U.S. Capitol, by virtue that Texas used to be its own country.

My Bogen/Manfrotto video tripod provided a solid base for this image, and I dialed my Canon 10D to fully manual, ISO1600, f4, shutter 15. Lens was my Canon 28-105mm, w/ a Canon UV filter. The only post was re-white balancing in photoshop, a quick pass thru neatimage and cropping with Photoshop for the rules here.

Thanks for looking, see you next challenge.

Statistics
Place: 55 out of 169
Avg (all users): 5.8150
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.6990
Avg (non-participants): 5.9381
Views since voting: 1130
Votes: 200
Comments: 13
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 05/15/2004 02:22:49 PM
Wow, you accomplished this beautifully! I have been here and seen this area, and I must say, you portray it wonderfully. So very crisp, clean and clear. Very vivid shot....good job...congrats on a beautiful photograph!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/25/2004 04:09:23 AM
Very clever use of existing lighting.
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 04/23/2004 05:26:20 PM
Good exposure and the silhoutte works well here.
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 04/23/2004 01:31:00 AM
Excellent silhouette picture. It's very unique in that the sky isn't providing the backlighting. Very creative and interesting shot!
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 04/22/2004 05:01:07 PM
Good use of the shilouette and nice backdrop too. Just feel the blacks could be blacker. Good Luck, Todd. 7.
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 04/21/2004 04:31:21 AM
Nicely captured. The rifle crossing the flag mast is distracting, as are the black shadows across the building (but what are you going to do? no effect on voting).
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 04/21/2004 12:50:40 AM
Beautiful. I have done many shots of our domed capital building in Michigan. I would love to see yours up close and in person. If you can get some shots of the rotunda, I would LOVE to see them!
TC
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 04/20/2004 07:19:50 PM
I think I've got one of these somewhere too :)

Good for what it is - maybe too static to be really interesting - might be better closer in, not framing the whole horse/man ?
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 04/20/2004 08:48:01 AM
Great composition. This pic could enter a number of galleries.
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 04/19/2004 09:24:09 PM
Great shot. For me I would have liked it better if I did not see the base of the sculpture.
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 04/19/2004 06:41:53 PM
Perfect placement of the statue in front of the building - extremely effective. The dark sky behind the building complements the darkness of the horse and rider - another great feature. Finally, the color in the top of the building and the flags/wall plaques add a lot to the overall image. There are just 2 very minor detractors for me: 1) I'd like to rotate the entire image a bit counter-clockwise. 2) The tree in the bottom right corner is a bit detracting - have a chain saw? Even so - this image is in my top three so far, way to go!
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 04/19/2004 02:33:11 PM
The perfect POV for this shot, very well done..9
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 04/19/2004 06:06:10 AM
yee ha, nice pic

But blatant overuse of the American Flag!! (I'M JOKING!!!)
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