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Sunday Paper
Sunday Paper
Keith Maniac


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Leading Lines II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
Location: Millenium Park, Chicago, USA
Date: Jun 26, 2005
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Candid
Date Uploaded: Jun 26, 2005

I took a lot of shots of this gentleman, and I don't think he noticed me. He sat there for quite a while, just contentedly reading his Sunday paper.

Focal length: 40mm

Used a circular polarizer to reduce glare on seats and on metal structure in the background.

Post processing: neat image, rotate, crop, increase saturation, clone out a few splotches on the wall, dodge highlights on man's head, resize, unsharp mask, save for web.


Statistics
Place: 7 out of 275
Avg (all users): 6.8531
Avg (commenters): 8.0714
Avg (participants): 6.7424
Avg (non-participants): 6.9823
Views since voting: 2932
Views during voting: 363
Votes: 245
Comments: 32
Favorites: 3 (view)


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07/03/2005 08:40:52 PM
Nice on Keith. YOu're tearing the joint up!
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07/03/2005 08:22:03 PM
Loved this one when I saw it in voting week! You seem to be on a roll this week, one ribbon and one top ten :) Excellent shot, and perfect for the challenge..congratulations!
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07/03/2005 08:07:36 PM
Congratulations, a very creative entry. Glad it did well.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/03/2005 06:10:32 PM
Very well seen and composed.
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07/03/2005 05:23:24 PM
Back for comments... This is amazing on so many levels. Great lines all the way around, Love the splash of red and a wonderful subject and composition. 9
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07/03/2005 04:24:51 PM
Great concept. excellent DOF. A top 10 in my book.
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07/02/2005 09:16:36 PM
way cool image - 9
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07/02/2005 05:09:06 PM
Excellent leading line concept. The upper part of the picture is distracting to the theme. I would have like to see it cropped out just above the subjects head.
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07/01/2005 10:07:00 PM
8
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07/01/2005 08:39:52 PM
I like this as an abstract, with all the great colored red seats and the superb composition leading to the titled subject. The subject is a bit small for my liking and, being the subject, the man and the paper might have occupied more of the frame with less of the chairs. But the set up is great and I like the Gehryesque wall in the background which could have been straightened with a perspective or distortion tool with out losing the flow. Nice use of the thirds as well. Overall, I really like this a lot!
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07/01/2005 02:33:58 PM
Excellent treatment here, I really do like this photo, 9
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06/30/2005 01:56:43 PM
Pritzker Pavilion! What a concept! The person tells the story and gives scale. I am biased to this so I am rating it high (and you will know what I mean when you look at my recent entries).
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06/30/2005 11:13:35 AM
I think that the sharpness is great, as is the colour - simple and effective. I like the way that the lines of chairs as well as the lines in the panelling both lead to the reader. I wish I had an eye for composition as good as this.
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06/30/2005 04:24:47 AM
this is a nice one, where is this place?Good luck
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06/30/2005 03:43:34 AM
Very striking lines in this. . .the red chairs. . .and also the lines in the roof/walls. Nice shot.
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06/29/2005 10:25:05 PM
Brilliant & love the title!
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06/29/2005 09:52:09 PM
Great! I love it.
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06/29/2005 07:50:45 AM
cool shot, maybe more curves than lines. Love the guy reading.
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06/28/2005 05:00:25 PM
to my eye the lines lead away from the subject, love the color though
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06/28/2005 04:21:12 PM
i like this shot a lot..the color and curve and repetition of the chairs is very effective leading to the man reading the paper..well done!
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06/28/2005 12:00:59 PM
Colorful
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06/28/2005 11:34:58 AM
nice capture. the sweep of chairs is definitely attractive, and the color work is great. 8
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06/28/2005 05:37:06 AM
great color, great subject, very nice photo. Well done - meets the challenge very nicely.
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06/27/2005 07:19:57 PM
Very nice - I gave it a 9
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06/27/2005 02:17:39 PM
Dramatic lines both on floor and ceiling, good eye for angles...
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06/27/2005 01:58:43 PM
great shot with a composition well suited for this challenge
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06/27/2005 10:18:00 AM
I really like this. Lines everywhere. Great composition. I like the dominating color. The only thing that i think would be better is if the focus was on the person reading the newspaper. At least I would have liked to see it that way to make the comparison. Good luck....9
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06/27/2005 10:11:01 AM
Great take on the challenge..composition is perfect.
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06/27/2005 09:46:17 AM
really good shot, and love the color.
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06/27/2005 06:19:24 AM
This shot rocks! I would love to see the guy moved a bit closer for better detail and a bit off center. The color of this is great. The back wall looks crooked, if you could straighten that, this shot would be great. Very photojournalistic.

Despite these little differences in technical opinion, you have succeeded in forcing me to have an emotive response to your image, and it quite obviously fits within the confines on the challenge. SUCCESS!!!
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06/27/2005 04:13:53 AM
This is one of my top 10... well done. The red seats are a great plus to the photo.
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06/26/2005 09:33:15 PM
Perfect use of leadlines to bring attention to a small area within the photo. 10
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