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Challenge: Time Capsule (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Location: Grapevine, Tx
Date: Aug 8, 2005
Galleries: Landscape, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Aug 8, 2005

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Statistics
Place: 198 out of 298
Avg (all users): 4.8683
Avg (commenters): 4.8333
Avg (participants): 4.7395
Avg (non-participants): 4.9630
Views since voting: 1021
Views during voting: 401
Votes: 281
Comments: 30
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 08/17/2005 03:57:12 PM
Originally posted by skiprow:
Originally posted by Dreamerdoll:
I didn't score pics highly that had dates, such as yours, but the clothing or objects in the picture were clearly from this year.

it's comments like these that pretty much keep me from even caring about entering...


Perhaps you should read beyond the comma....I was talking of the date and the modern items not matching.
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 08/17/2005 03:47:05 PM
Originally posted by SDW65:
Originally posted by Dreamerdoll:
I didn't score pics highly that had dates, such as yours, but the clothing or objects in the picture were clearly from this year.


Uhhh!?!?!?
Review:
Challenge: Time Capsule
Details: Take a shot that depicts an era in time. Your title should be the year that you are trying to capture for future generations.


You misread my post. I was commenting about modern items left in shots clearly meant to be in the past. If the title says 1836, nothing from 2005 should show up, I believe.
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 08/17/2005 03:45:03 PM
Originally posted by res0m50r:
Oh and Dreamerdoll read the challenge text again and you will see that a date is what was requested for in the challenge requirements. *shaking head*


I was commenting on the chairs, not the year, you misread my post.
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 08/17/2005 03:32:01 PM
Sorry for any misunderstanding.

Message edited by author 2005-08-17 19:45:50.
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 08/17/2005 06:57:08 AM
Originally posted by Dreamerdoll:
I didn't score pics highly that had dates, such as yours, but the clothing or objects in the picture were clearly from this year.


Uhhh!?!?!?
Review:
Challenge: Time Capsule
Details: Take a shot that depicts an era in time. Your title should be the year that you are trying to capture for future generations.
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 08/17/2005 05:33:17 AM
Originally posted by Dreamerdoll:
I didn't score pics highly that had dates, such as yours, but the clothing or objects in the picture were clearly from this year.

it's comments like these that pretty much keep me from even caring about entering...
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 08/17/2005 05:00:22 AM
Oh and Dreamerdoll read the challenge text again and you will see that a date is what was requested for in the challenge requirements. *shaking head*
 08/17/2005 04:59:19 AM
Just to explain the "folding chairs". This was a cabin built in 1836 around the area which is now called Grapevine. It was renovated and transplanted to downtown Grapevine and is now a historical landmarker. There are live music festivals and that is where the chair's came into the picture. At the time I took the picture's I thought about moving them, but was not sure if we were able. Now of course I wish I did.

Thanks for all the votes and comments. This is by far the most comments I have ever received.
 08/17/2005 02:46:15 AM
The modern folding chairs kill the time period for me.

~ Edited because people misread my earlier post.

Message edited by author 2005-08-17 19:43:25.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/16/2005 05:55:37 PM
the metal folding chairs are a nice touch. :/
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 08/15/2005 02:30:33 PM
Folding chairs...interesting
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 08/14/2005 03:06:25 PM
A nice shot. I can't really tell, but are those metal folding chairs on the porch? Also, for me, it's a bit...too brownish, perhaps a little less saturated? (I'm new to this, and just my naive opinion)
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 08/14/2005 05:45:22 AM
5 - I do like the potential of this shot, and in my opinion you have met the Challenge in respect that a photo of this (barring what I am about to say in the criticism) would depict this era well for future generations if put into a time capsule. Criticism; I just wish those chairs were not on the porch. It was the second thing I saw when I first looked at this shot. I really like the style of the cabin(?) and think you have captured it fairly well, but I would like to have seen a slightly different angle. Either more side on perhaps, or else front on. It seems a touch out of focus to me, but that may be because of the woodwork, not sure. Like to see none of the 'porch' cut off (as in that right side), a full view of the chimney without the tree blocking it, and somehow 'hiding' what looks like (could be wrong) a concrete path, for 'true authenticity'. The sepia(?) does work well, but may attribute to the 'blurring/softening' I mentioned. Of course that could be what you were going for, in that case, perhaps more grain and more 'old' feel. But given the seemingly simple colors that are there, I wonder if the color shot would have done well, even with some grain etc added for 'aged' effect. I just like this shot, but think it has more potential than you have captured. Ok up to 6 from 5. Definitely 7 without those chairs (but I know you perhaps could not have moved them - and if they ARE 'authentic 1836', excuse me).
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 08/13/2005 07:05:23 PM
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Message edited by author 2006-08-17 12:00:51.
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 08/12/2005 10:19:40 PM
Are you telling me they had folding metal chairs in 1836?
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 08/12/2005 07:20:11 PM
nice except for the folding chairs
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 08/12/2005 01:47:36 AM
hmmm, did they really have metal folding chairs in 1836? :-P
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 08/11/2005 07:41:47 PM
I think this would be more effective if it didn't have later generations' metal chairs folded on the porch. I do like the sepia.
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 08/11/2005 09:45:28 AM
OOF, but the sepia tone and overexposed look is fitting here. I don't believe, though, that they had metal folding chairs in the 1830's.
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 08/11/2005 08:28:41 AM
move the 2000 chairs next time.
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 08/10/2005 07:39:27 PM
Sorry, I took points off because of the chairs.
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 08/10/2005 07:20:26 PM
Quibble: I don't believe that there were folding chairs in 1836.

I think the white, blown-out sky detracts from the old, sepai-tinted look you were going for. It looks out of place in this photograph and attracts attention away from the house (at least my eye tends towards the bright sky more than the dull colors of the house).

Good try.
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 08/10/2005 06:31:13 PM
Just a tad to much glare for my eyes.
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 08/10/2005 02:20:33 PM
Are those folding metal chairs? Without those I would have believed 1836
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 08/10/2005 12:40:29 PM
This is a beautiful log structure. For more authenticity, I would have hidden the folding chairs.
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 08/10/2005 11:55:59 AM
Like the picture but the metal chairs kind of ruin the feel of the era you are trying to convey.
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 08/10/2005 07:22:27 AM
Nice shot, the metal folding chairs are a bit out of place:)
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 08/10/2005 01:26:40 AM
The message would have been better without the folding chairs
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 08/09/2005 10:15:45 PM
looks kinda green! B&W would look better or even color
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 08/09/2005 08:24:25 PM
i don't like the metal chairs.. takes away from the whole idea... but man check out that chimney
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