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Challenge: Postcard III (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Sydney (der)
Date: Apr 3, 2009
Aperture: 13
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160
Date Uploaded: Apr 5, 2009

 Probably not my most serious entry. Took this photo from the ferry on the way to work. Actually i was after a picture of the harbour bridge but with the 50mm (didn't have my 17-85 with me) i couldn't get the whole bridge in shot. Instead i got this image.

Shot in raw, Basically i stuff around to try and bring out as many tones as possible and then made it as blurry and cheesy as possible. Added the super tacky green and gold border.

I don't expect that this will do too well. I'm hoping that i will get some sort of bonus points for the fact that i have an 'icon' in my postcard. Hopefully people will enjoy the tacky nature of it because generally speaking, for me, the postcard genre is pretty much an array of super tacky images.

Statistics
Place: 70 out of 163
Avg (all users): 5.8012
Avg (commenters): 6.2000
Avg (participants): 5.5517
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Views since voting: 762
Views during voting: 371
Votes: 171
Comments: 12
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/11/2009 04:18:10 PM
I think I have you beat in the tacky department. (No vote yet, just browsing)

Added: Ok voting now. I can't figure out why you might consider the Sydney Opera house to be tacky. Maybe it's a Cliche shot, but if I visited Sydney, I would certainly take my share of pics of this place. Not as over-photographed as Toronto, however. But then, I believe 40% of DPC members live in Toronto.
 04/10/2009 09:18:23 PM
Yep, just what you would expect on a postcard of Sydney!

I was going to go out and do a shot of the Opera house as well, but it rained all bloody week so in the end I never bothered entering anything. I see from the sky you faced the same problem :)
 04/09/2009 06:34:19 PM
Nice shot
 04/09/2009 05:43:27 AM
wonderful image
 04/08/2009 10:12:09 AM
Nice shot, but IMO the colors are dull.
 04/07/2009 11:41:22 AM
This photo should have been taken on a brighter, sunnier day. It would have helped make the postcard more inviting.
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 04/07/2009 06:06:39 AM
Right on. It even looks like it was taken in 1973 :) There's postcard pints points for that.
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 04/07/2009 01:47:44 AM
not a fan of the border although i have a feeling it goes with the title
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 04/06/2009 11:54:13 AM
It's not as tacky as the author believes - the image is reasonably sharp, the Opera House a symbol of Sydney, the sky is kind of blah, but it does add a dramatic component to the image. The font is acceptable, but I can't think of a reason why the elipses in the front of Sydney.
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 04/06/2009 09:48:21 AM
A little bland for colors and for Sydney but I guess we are all spoiled by those night time cityscapes. Not liking the frame color but I do like that you gave us a different perspective.
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 04/06/2009 12:50:22 AM
the border is a little distracting and calls for attention...black would have been better
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 04/06/2009 12:27:22 AM
I happen to think this is super pretty!
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