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Challenge: Photojournalism II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Date: Apr 29, 2006
Aperture: f6.3
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/3 sec
Date Uploaded: Apr 30, 2006

 One of the participants of the Fiest Flambeau Night Parade. I was also in the parade with my Boy Scout troop as the Boy Scouts get to carry the torches.

I was experimenting with the 2nd curtain flash

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edit after challenge:

Boy, voters really didn't like this one. Oh well. Funny thing is that right after I submitted this I saw a similar style in our local paper. Oh well.

Statistics
Place: 161 out of 183
Avg (all users): 5.0055
Avg (commenters): 5.5000
Avg (participants): 4.8718
Avg (non-participants): 5.1058
Views since voting: 550
Views during voting: 261
Votes: 182
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0

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 05/09/2006 09:43:07 AM
I liked the motion and ambience you captured here. IMO, a pretty good capture. I would have cropped it to get here a bit off the center of the frame to strengthen compostion.

The title thing is subjective. I like (even as a photo editor) for a title to fill in gaps for me to tell me what is happening in the photo. At least, it should provoke me to look further into cut-line, story, etc.

Would it have scored higher with a different title? Probably not. I think I was in the minority on focusing on titles. But, that comes from my experience in journalsim.

Cropping for a stronger composition would have helped more IMO. But, voting is often on a total package. Never give the voters any reason to mark ya down, and that includes your title. See?

You got a lot of votes in the 4-5-6 range, so you have shown the voters a good technical photo. You just left them a few holes that they couldn't get past for higher votes.
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 05/08/2006 07:25:17 AM
I had a feeling this one was yours. I loved it! I actually was the one who gave you your 1 10 because I loved the motion, the happy look on the dancer's face. I thought it was great.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/07/2006 03:08:18 PM
Like the movement here
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 05/03/2006 02:50:18 AM
hi,
well i think that movement doesn't fit here at all, i really have no idea how was it possible to improve this shot :-(
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/02/2006 08:44:10 AM
VERY COOL!!!!! I love all the motion and light. and I'm totally impressed that you got such amazing sharpness on your subject in such a low light situation! Great job!
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 05/01/2006 07:46:13 AM
I like the shot and can see it in a local paper, but give me some info as to who she is. What's the significance in this shot?
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 05/01/2006 05:21:16 AM
i think a paper headline would be more focused on the person
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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