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Murder in the War Memorial
Murder in the War Memorial
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Book Cover (Expert Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Date: May 30, 2015
Date Uploaded: May 30, 2015

 MB1A5621

Photo made at the Honolulu War Memorial, which has been locked up for as long as I can remember.

Processing was done with LR, On1, and PS for the photo of the gated entry. I made a separate photo of a book I own to use as a background, a border, and a texture layer, with all the original text removed or covered over by the first photograph. I added two additional textures and blended them all to create the cover beneath the photo of the gate. Text was added for a fictional title, mystery series, reference to NYT, and author. Resized in On1 and cropped slightly to even up the edges.

Statistics
Place: 38 out of 65
Avg (all users): 5.7128
Avg (commenters): 5.3750
Avg (participants): 5.7317
Avg (non-participants): 5.6981
Views since voting: 197
Views during voting: 181
Votes: 94
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/07/2015 12:57:36 PM
I would want to read it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/07/2015 06:59:51 AM
Jared always hated war memorials. They seemed part of a cycle of glorification that would only lead to more death and more memorials. But he wasn't here to celebrate or mourn the past. He was here because there was one death too many at this memorial, and he needed to find out why.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/02/2015 07:38:50 PM
i live the design on this. good luck!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/01/2015 07:03:07 AM
The image seems to be cropped in a weird way to me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/01/2015 06:52:38 AM
Love the design, but the photo does not match the mood. I also find the crop distracting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/01/2015 06:41:17 AM
I really like the multiple border effect for this.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/01/2015 05:44:16 AM
Nicely done. Maybe cropped 1cm more on the bottom of the picture to remove that line. A 9 from me
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/31/2015 10:17:08 PM
There is a lot that I like about this cover:
The title (mostly the way it looks). The rest of the text (i.e. WHAT you chose to write). The font. The placement of the text. The overall colour scheme. The background picture/texture.

What I don't like is the way the image is just sort of plopped there. For once, I would really like to see a border and/or different placement and/or no image at all.

That image just looks so out of place in an otherwise very pleasing book cover design.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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