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The Killing of James Rector
The Killing of James Rector
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Challenge: Free Study 2014-02 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Lens: Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)
Location: Berkeley, California, USA
Date: Feb 15, 2014
Aperture: 3.51
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/403
Date Uploaded: Feb 28, 2014

 Student James Rector was fatally shot by police forces while observing from a nearby rooftop the rioting around the establishment of People's Park on May 15, 1969.

This is a section of a large mural (a City Landmark) commemorating the event and life along nearby Telegraph Avenue.

-Handheld, Aperture-priority mode
-FL 89.4mm (35mm EQ)
-Crop from left
-RGB Curve
-Hue/Saturation (75% opacity)
-Shift color of blank sky area
-Resize
-USM at 12%/48 dia/TH = 0
-USM at 66%/0.6 dia/TH = 5 (applied three times)
-SaveAs JPEG at 98% quality = 274KB

File: Rector_IMG_9921-DPCusm98

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Place: 160 out of 164
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Views since voting: 586
Views during voting: 161
Votes: 97
Comments: 2
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/01/2014 11:33:22 AM
murals are incredible
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/01/2014 08:15:43 AM
I think you need to make it your own. It's a beautiful mural, but you are photographing someone else's
art. (at least that's what I have been told).
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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