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California Dreamin'
California Dreamin'
Jutilda


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Challenge: Live Music (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S3000
Location: Venice, California
Date: Aug 11, 2005
Galleries: Urban, Photojournalism
Date Uploaded: Aug 14, 2005

 This was a stree musician at Venice beach. He had a bedroll, a cart for rolling his amplifier and a huge empty water bottle for his tip jar with "thank you" scrolled on it in black marker. I never saw his face but loved his hat and his red guitar. Desat/ sat; cropped.

Statistics
Place: 60 out of 210
Avg (all users): 5.6562
Avg (commenters): 6.7500
Avg (participants): 5.4878
Avg (non-participants): 5.7074
Views since voting: 1005
Views during voting: 476
Votes: 352
Comments: 22
Favorites: 0

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 09/28/2005 10:51:01 PM
I really like the desat effect here :) Such vibrant color against the BW :) great image overall.
 09/12/2005 06:53:44 PM
I gave this a 10 during the voting and just visited it again - One of my favorites of the challenge and feel it should have scored higher. Nice emotion you captured here without even seeing a face. Good choice of desaturation, but not overdone!
 09/05/2005 11:01:13 PM
Nice capture you can almost feel the musical notes coming out. love the title also.well done.
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 09/04/2005 11:31:54 PM
Very nice composition. Great atmosphere. I personally would have liked to see the other colour, even just a little.
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 09/03/2005 09:49:49 AM
Nice desat work Jutilda, liked this one alot during voting..
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 08/24/2005 05:43:19 PM
Hey Jutilda we have finished side by side. Very nice capture.
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 08/24/2005 03:54:19 AM
Not a bad finish. I think it should have finished more like the commenters thought it should have -- this was such a moody, cool photo. I loved it.

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 08/23/2005 08:52:58 PM
Good Placement Judy. Love the desat choice.
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 08/23/2005 08:11:54 PM
Thanks for the kind word folks. The desat was done to show that all he had was his arms and his guitar. I enjoyed receiving the comments.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/22/2005 03:09:48 PM
Just dosen't hit me on an emotional level. 5.
 08/22/2005 02:03:14 PM
Love the colours here - and the fact you can't see his face adds to the composition (helps focus attention onto the guitar)
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 08/21/2005 09:11:51 PM
Interesting photo, I can't decide if I like that much red cast in it or not. Could be my monitor.
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 08/21/2005 04:35:04 PM
Awesome shot.....very urban and gritty. Love this!
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 08/20/2005 06:00:33 AM
Your choice to use selective desat doesn't make sense to me. I don't know what you are trying to convey with this style.
TC
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 08/19/2005 12:13:08 PM
Awesome capture. Clean, crisp, sharp, well composed
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 08/17/2005 06:22:37 PM
Nice job. Love the color.
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 08/17/2005 06:09:40 PM
This picture is SO cool! It conveys such a spirit. It could almost have been a winner in the time capsule challenge too. It just draws me into the 60's for some reason. I love your composition, and it's about as sharp as it could be -- especially since it looks like it may be a candid shot. FANTASTIC JOB!!! 10
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 08/17/2005 02:24:40 PM
Like the use of color.
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 08/17/2005 01:00:52 PM
His arms have a very strange texture here, possibly as a result of selective desat that I don't believe has helped this photo in any way at all. The background is too cluttered however you choose to process the photo.
 08/17/2005 11:25:15 AM
hmm... frame behind him and top right distracting...face would be nice but otherwise a nice shot
 08/17/2005 07:47:52 AM
The selective desaturation works well for this picture. The anonimity of the performer also adds to the "dreaming" nature of the shot. 8.
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 08/16/2005 09:40:37 PM
I could be wrong, but this looks like a Joey shot. If not, take it as a compliment. It is very well done. Great tones. ...and tunes, probly.
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