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Challenge: Free Study IX (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: 2005
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Location: Smithfield, UT
Date: Nov 15, 2005
Aperture: f/1.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/13
Galleries: Emotive, Photojournalism
Date Uploaded: Nov 24, 2005

 There was a fire about a mile from my home a week ago in the late evening. I drove down there to take some photos, and this one turned out so good in my opinion that I had to submit it.

It turns out, this guy on the ladder is actually someone that I work with. He is on the volunteer fire crew, and they had crews from all over there that night. So I gave him copies of all of the photos for his crew, and a 16x20 of this for him.

For pp, I adjusted curves, color balance, brightness/contrast and a little spot editing.

Statistics
Place: 103 out of 519
Avg (all users): 6.0441
Avg (commenters): 7.6667
Avg (participants): 5.9387
Avg (non-participants): 6.3133
Views since voting: 1317
Views during voting: 455
Votes: 295
Comments: 16
Favorites: 2 (view)

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AuthorThread
 05/16/2006 07:07:10 AM
Great shot and kudos to you for being so generous with your prints. They must have been thrilled.
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 05/05/2006 09:53:03 PM
This is a great challenge. The placement of the subject could be moved to the left just a bit. The warm colors really make this image sing ;) I love orange BTW :)
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 12/16/2005 08:41:13 PM
this is great, i think it would have scored higher if we hadnt just had the industrial challenge.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/05/2005 11:10:29 AM
The compositon is phenomenal in this shot very well exectued. (10)
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 12/05/2005 09:13:30 AM
Wow. What a capture. Was there any way to get the structure that was on fire in the shot at all?
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 12/05/2005 07:04:38 AM
Great shot! Way to capture the moment. My only nitpick is how centered the fireman is.
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 12/05/2005 05:34:09 AM
WOW! What an awesome capture! Great job!!
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 12/03/2005 04:32:40 AM
Wow, good picture, love the colors.
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 12/02/2005 07:44:56 PM
I like it!
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 12/02/2005 09:11:10 AM
great shot, with good dramatic appeal. The 'monochromatic' nature of it is strong. I just would have preferred the focal point to be more off centre.
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 12/02/2005 06:42:16 AM
nice shot
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 12/01/2005 06:33:32 PM
Looks like a huge fire. Great photojournalism study. Great composition/image balance. Great capture, good luck -9-
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 12/01/2005 05:30:53 PM
This is a very dramatic shot--
I love the compostion, my only complaint is I think your flash created some ugly reflections on the suit.. Still I like this photo-- 8
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 12/01/2005 06:46:54 AM
Great capture & title! Terrific job.
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 12/01/2005 02:56:44 AM
a hero in my eyes and I am sure everyone elses as well. The photographer is also a hero as it is a great photo, full of passion and power.
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 11/30/2005 11:11:55 PM
A nice capture, a closer crop might have added.
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