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Overproccesed Disaster
Overproccesed Disaster
JustinM


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Abandoned (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Architecture
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Location: Hibbing, Minnesota
Date: Oct 30, 2008
Galleries: Architecture, High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Date Uploaded: Nov 2, 2008

 I'm entering this simply because I want to see what it will score. Call it an experiment. Terrible is my prediction.

Post Challenge
Wow I am somewhat surprised that this actually scored almost a 5.5. I wanted to see by entering this photo that was obviously far from the original what the voters would think. It got almost exactly in the middle (49% percentile) with a score just above the median. I am sure if I had entered more of the "true" photograph of this scene my score would have been down by at least 0.5. I think the voters here on DPC no longer care that much about "true" photography as much as it may seem sometimes from forum discussions. I just found this whole thing interesting.

Statistics
Place: 76 out of 148
Avg (all users): 5.4715
Avg (commenters): 6.8750
Avg (participants): 5.3191
Avg (non-participants): 5.5658
Views since voting: 1829
Views during voting: 247
Votes: 123
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 11/12/2008 02:50:33 PM
You biased the results of your experiment by using this title. For example, I read it and thought it was tongue in cheek - making fun of the narrowminded orthodoxy on DPC who prefer the most clinically accurate photographs. The reverse of your hypothesis is tested here all the time - how often do tack-sharp, moodless, faithful photos of obvious subjects receive ridiculously high scores? My preference is for fun, interesting warped, imperfect, moody... every time. p.s. if you're taking a stance, how many True Photographs are in your portfolio?
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/08/2008 11:04:37 PM
Creepy and nicely done. Not sure about the title -- doesn't strike me is terribly overprocessed.
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 11/06/2008 05:22:50 PM
I think this is an example of how processing can cross the line from photography over to drawing. I think it's a great moody scene, I like it, but has ceased to be a photograph.
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 11/05/2008 10:43:04 PM
Actually, I think it's cool! 8
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 11/05/2008 06:56:09 AM
LOL (overproccesed disaster) I've done a few of those my self, personally I like it. 10
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 11/03/2008 09:19:43 PM
You got that right. Too bad cause you might have a good shot here but its too hard to tell.Good Luck.No vote just comments
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 11/03/2008 07:02:33 PM
Meets Challenge:2
Technical:2
Interestingness:3
Creativity:3
TOTAL: 10
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 11/03/2008 11:30:55 AM
Definitely highly processed but interesting shot. I think this is a great subject for the challenge but maybe not so much processing.
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 11/03/2008 10:01:28 AM
This seems like a comic book pic to me, but it certainly has an air of abandonment.
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 11/03/2008 03:00:45 AM
I feel your title is pretty close to how I perceive this, as I do find this to be over processed, but not a disaster. I just feel the pp took away some interesting details.
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