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Challenge: Billboard (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Location: Home/ Office
Date: Feb 26, 2005
Aperture: F/4.5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Advertisement, Panoramic
Date Uploaded: Feb 26, 2005

My cellphone- taken with a clouds background desk blotter, purchased at office supply store.
Taken 2.26.05- cropped in photoshop for size.
1/60 sec, F/4.5, ISO 400, Flash used.

Statistics
Place: 113 out of 148
Avg (all users): 4.9488
Avg (commenters): 5.6250
Avg (participants): 4.7333
Avg (non-participants): 5.1040
Views since voting: 799
Views during voting: 345
Votes: 215
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/04/2005 05:19:54 PM
Can you hear me now..."a nice idea and good shot"
03/03/2005 01:07:04 AM
ok, i am voting this challenge in 2 passes. in this pass, you will get a partial comment and a score. then i will come back to comment again. if you have any problem whatsoever with this comment, pm me and let me know. otherwise, take it with a grain of salt...i'm not trying to be a know-it-all, i'm just explaining where i'm coming from in voting this challenge. and, if this comment is NOT helpful (of if you think i'm full of $#!+), don't mark it helpful.

billboards are a science unto themselves. a lot of research has gone into determining just how much information a person can digest and retain in specific time spans. they use this information to develop formulas for determining the number of words and letters to use on billboards, as well as their sizes. they also determine the size and number of visual elements to include.

the graphics/photograph on a billboard are designed to get the point across in a moment. on the road, a driver will have less time with a billboard than a voter will give your image. this is a key element in the challenge: composing a shot that will get its point across quickly and succintly. along those lines, a strong composition will probably have few details and make strong use of negative space.
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nice idea for a billboard. simple, succinct, and defintely gets your message across. compositionally, it would be more effective if it was less centered. also, it appears you have some serious pixelation going on on the left hand side. all the same, nice effot. good luck!
03/01/2005 12:17:10 PM
NIce shot, there just seems to be quite a bit of pixelation on the left side of the image.
02/28/2005 04:05:50 PM
The sky is not looking very good on my monitor
02/28/2005 06:02:22 AM
Good idea, but the sky does not look right. Too much processing.
02/28/2005 05:57:39 AM
Resizing probably did a disservice to this otherwise splendid photo. I checked my monitor, and other photos w/ clouds look better. Pity. I'll ignore that, hoping that the original is better, since noone would use 640x320 for their ultimate image.
02/28/2005 04:34:55 AM
would like to see the phone a little off center.
02/28/2005 01:10:04 AM
great idea but the graininess is distracting


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