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The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Circle IV (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Challenges 2011
Camera: Canon EOS-7D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: Griffith Park Observatory
Date: Dec 3, 2011
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/80
Date Uploaded: Dec 4, 2011

 Exactly what the title says - the pit and the pendulum in the entry of the Griffith Park Observatory. The Pendulum swings, the earth rotates... it's quite fascinating!

The pit itself is a perfect circle, and the pendulum a sphere. The wide angle and perspective may distort these shapes a bit. I don't expect this to have much of a DPC wow factor....

But I had a blast going there with Dale and Mae - thanks, guys!

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Statistics
Place: 23 out of 106
Avg (all users): 5.9130
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.6226
Avg (non-participants): 6.1613
Views since voting: 585
Views during voting: 211
Votes: 115
Comments: 15
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 12/13/2011 05:29:04 PM
Congrats on the bird thingie!!
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 12/12/2011 08:57:14 PM
lots of circles here. Great composition, Deb!
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 12/12/2011 03:18:56 PM
im surprised i only gave this a six...i'm pretty sure it's because i think i saw another, not as appealing, shot from the same location first when i was voting. totally unfair, i should have rated this higher, i love the perspective, the slight distortion and the b&w treatment.
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 12/12/2011 02:11:25 PM
I thought this would get a ribbon -- 8 from me (but you seem to get a lot of 8s from me. :)

Anyway, I thought this shot should have a bluebird. :)



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 12/12/2011 12:43:23 AM
Love this shot, Deb. It really captures the fascination people have with the pendulum. The shot was definitely worth the walk up that hill to the observatory!
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 12/12/2011 12:09:36 AM
That's lovely!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/11/2011 04:26:40 PM
Griffith Observatory. A great facility. I wide array of faces.
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 12/11/2011 11:10:17 AM
good candid. good composition
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 12/11/2011 10:23:18 AM
superb perspective.
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 12/11/2011 12:55:25 AM
Cool shot!!
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 12/08/2011 11:22:52 AM
Makes me wonder ? Good image.
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 12/07/2011 12:39:25 PM
Nicely done. I hope this one does well for you! ;-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/05/2011 09:46:18 PM
A great place to take a shot for this challenge.
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 12/05/2011 05:27:01 PM
perspective is weird on this
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 12/05/2011 12:21:48 AM
Fabulous image!!

I really do love it.

However, if I saw this image outside of the challenge and were asked to describe it, "Circle" would not be among my words.

I'm not voting, though... so maybe the rest will disagree.
I really do love this image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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