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Shadows of the Old West
Shadows of the Old West
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Rusted (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Olympus C-4000Z
Location: East of Tracy,CA
Date: May 4, 2004
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/15
Galleries: Still Life, Rural
Date Uploaded: May 4, 2004

 This old army/navy revolver was dug up some years ago by a friend of mine. I new it would come in handy someday. I wanted to try and show the 2 notches on the backstrap, in folk lore there was one notch filed into the gun for each man that it killed.
Taken in subdued light with on flood to provide the shadow, and hopefully a bit of mistery.

Statistics
Place: 279 out of 443
Avg (all users): 4.9442
Avg (commenters): 4.9500
Avg (participants): 4.8571
Avg (non-participants): 5.0609
Views since voting: 888
Votes: 269
Comments: 21
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/11/2004 03:49:19 AM
old war relics, would be neat to see a different background. the wooded frame is a bit dark and the gun doesnt have much dof.
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 05/10/2004 02:01:48 PM
Kind of interesting. Lighting is a little uneven.
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 05/10/2004 07:06:32 AM
The rust doesn't show well against the background.
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 05/09/2004 10:26:33 AM
good subject but not very well composed.
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 05/07/2004 10:55:14 PM
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background 6
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing 5
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc. 6
How well does it meet the challenge: 7
Total Averaged Rating(Rounded) 6
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 05/07/2004 01:29:32 AM
could have been wider, capture the whole gun..
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 05/06/2004 10:23:35 PM
Cool object, but the dark baground competes too much with the subject which needs to stand out more for a quick read. The crop leaves me wishing to see the whole pistol.
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 05/06/2004 10:07:46 PM
very nice. a less conflicting background (white) would allow for the subject to be identified easier. I'm guessing it's nailed to a wall or something, though, and you cannot help that.
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 05/06/2004 09:33:06 PM
Backdrop does not properly frame or contrast with what is a superb subject.
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 05/06/2004 04:08:07 PM
the gun blends in too much, but nice
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 05/06/2004 04:05:29 PM
Love the idea, but I find it distracting that the barrel and grip are cut off.
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 05/06/2004 09:05:14 AM
shame this was wired to a dark background as it tends to "get lost" in the picture
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 05/06/2004 06:11:35 AM
A lighter background maybe would help ...
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 05/06/2004 02:27:08 AM
good blending
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 05/06/2004 12:25:28 AM
If you place a gun on the wall ...... someone will use it. (paraphrased....) Kafka
 05/05/2004 09:21:38 PM
I think its cropped a little tight,would have liked to see it all.
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 05/05/2004 06:50:43 PM
colors, shades of color, textures are all good, meets challenge but the white spots are a real distraction
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 05/05/2004 02:01:17 PM
should be on a better background to make it pop up...because it is so beautiful !
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 05/05/2004 11:03:55 AM
I think a different view on a different background would of given this a good score. Here we see dark on dark and the barrel is cut off.
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 05/05/2004 08:56:22 AM
Something isn't quite right with the lighting. Could also use a little sharpening. Neat relic!
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 05/05/2004 01:38:19 AM
Great colors. Lighting works well. I like yhe diagonal of the composition but would like to see more of the gun on the left side.
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