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Drill site, 7 a.m.
Drill site, 7 a.m.
Yo_Spiff


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Parallel Lines II (Basic Editing)
Collection: 2010
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Location: Irving, Texas
Date: Mar 2, 2010
Aperture: F5.0
ISO: 640
Shutter: 1/250
Date Uploaded: Mar 2, 2010

 I pass this field every morning on the way to work. (Same field that has my red ribbon tree in it.) This exploratory rig has been up and down every couple of months for the last year and a half.

I've been keeping my eye on the site for the last week, waiting for some good light. I finally had a clear morning with nice colors in the sky, though some clouds would have been nice.


I really ought to keep some hiking boots in the truck. This isn't good for my work shoes.

I tried to avoid too much of the heavily saturated orange/purple look that I see in so many landscapes, but that IS what the colors were. Purple pipes and orange sky. It didn't look quite right any other way. Drilling rigs aren't exactly a cliche subject subject with broad appeal on DPC, so I'm not in hope of a killer score. I do like what I achieved with this shot, however.

Anticipated critiques:
-Oversaturated
-Odd or unbalanced composition
-Too dark

Post-challenge notes:
Did well enough, and in my own happy zone, though not up to what I'd hoped for. I didn't manage to avoid a bunch of votes that thought it sucked. Can't please everyone.

Statistics
Place: 39 out of 138
Avg (all users): 5.6973
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 5.3556
Avg (non-participants): 5.8071
Views since voting: 878
Views during voting: 250
Votes: 185
Comments: 4
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/09/2010 01:00:17 AM
Love the colors in this one. Very fun to look at.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/03/2010 02:34:11 PM
good job! the sun is giving a very interesting light to shoot by, love the lines
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/03/2010 01:40:44 PM
Great color with soft and clean lines.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/03/2010 12:24:40 AM
Cool, shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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