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Challenge: Rusted (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: USA/Maryland/Wheaton
Date: May 4, 2004
Aperture: f 22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 3 sec
Galleries: Still Life, Studio
Date Uploaded: May 4, 2004

The subject is a section of exhaust pipe I fabricated using "U-Bends". The circular thingie in the middle is also for exhaust, and is called a "Donut". It's used to create a bend that's too tight for a regular U-Bend.

A hand-held flash was positioned behind the subject and fired as an optical slave.

Statistics
Place: 233 out of 443
Avg (all users): 5.0794
Avg (commenters): 5.6000
Avg (participants): 4.9753
Avg (non-participants): 5.2261
Views since voting: 874
Votes: 277
Comments: 16
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/11/2004 11:12:36 PM
I like the composition, the title, and the lighting. Well done!
05/11/2004 04:48:40 PM
The rust could have stood out much more.
05/11/2004 01:21:42 PM
A little bit dark on the right, and too bright on the top. Interesting composition.
05/11/2004 09:30:42 AM
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background 7
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing 8
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc.? 4
How well does it meet the challenge: 10
Total Averaged Rating 7.25 Dick
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/10/2004 01:22:09 PM
Great title
05/09/2004 09:46:19 PM
Good composition and lighting.
05/09/2004 04:16:14 PM
Very dramatic. Perhaps a softer light from the back might improve this for me. Nice idea though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/09/2004 11:16:25 AM
the lighting is good, but it seems a little too bring on some parts
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/07/2004 10:30:30 PM
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background 5
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing 6
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc. 4
How well does it meet the challenge: 7
Total Averaged Rating(Rounded) 6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/07/2004 06:40:28 PM
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background 5
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing 4
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc.? 4
How well does it meet the challenge: 5
Total Averaged Rating 5
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/07/2004 12:27:32 PM
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, etc. 5
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing 6
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc.? 4
Does this picture meet the challenge?(5pts) Yes
Total Challenge Weighted Average 5 Bill
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/06/2004 06:40:00 PM
Sorry. Not my cup of tea.
05/06/2004 06:33:20 PM
Nice composition and punny title. The catchlights make it look a bit too smooth and shiny for something that's rusted out
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/06/2004 02:23:00 PM
Hahaha, I really like the title.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/06/2004 01:44:24 PM
A bit harsh exposure at a few places. Think you would have made this a lot better with more tolerant editing rules. Nice effort.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/05/2004 10:41:42 AM
Toning/color: You certainly got a good rust color to the shot, and I like the matching tone in the background although it seems to have a little bit of noise.

Cropping/composition: The composition is straight forward but it's good. The crop seems to center on the item(s) themselves without extra negative space, which is good.

Subject: They look like items from a car, but I'm not sure, and that makes them somewhat interesting to me. I see them as a constructed work of art on display. Certainly meets the challenge.

Technical: It doesnt have the sharp, clean look that a lot of studio set ups usually have. Some of the shadows work but there are others that seem to get in the way of the textures.

Artistic: Rust texture, light and shadow, gradient background, almost abstract feel.

Overal: It has potential but I think there are a few technical issues that stop it from being great - mostly the shadows, sharpness of image, and noise in the gradient background.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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