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Challenge: Stationary (Basic Editing III)
Collection: Stories
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 18-50mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon
Location: Columbia, NJ
Date: Jul 2, 2006
Aperture: 8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 100
Galleries: Architecture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jul 4, 2006

 A canoe on the pilings of a bridge over the Delaware River after historic flooding. The sepia effect was created in camera. The only post-processing was USM.

post-challenge: the only reason sepia was done in camera was because I was also shooting for the straight from the camera competition. Normally, I will shoot in color and try to get the most balanced exposure/histogram.

Statistics
Place: 239 out of 284
Avg (all users): 4.5190
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 4.2500
Avg (non-participants): 4.6716
Views since voting: 970
Views during voting: 277
Votes: 210
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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 08/19/2010 12:19:10 PM
Last 2 comments indicate the vast chasm between simply looking and perceiving. And the simply looking can come so close - "a bit squished."
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 07/13/2006 07:57:41 AM
One possible suggestion and one definite one.

Possibly the picture would have worked better in a landscape format with some negative space in front of the canoe. Right now I feel like it's a bit squished on the left there.

Definitely don't rely on in camera adjustments for B&W or sepia. If you have PS you can do so much better on your own. Just check out a few tutorials. I think I would have preferred B&W instead of sepia anyway. Just a hunch. Either way, the contrast on the piling could be done much better to really make it stand out in it's unmovability.
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 07/12/2006 07:02:16 AM
IMO a very subtle and powerful composition. The frame is filled very nicely, there is good dynamics in the shot. The descending diagonal underlines the tragic state of the canoe. A very subtle sense of balance, too, with the heavy concrete structure in the upper right corner, balanced by a streaming mass of water in the lower left. Duotone works perfectly for this image. Nice texture on the bridge support, too.

I didn't vote in this challenge, otherwise this would have got a 9 or a 10 from me. This was a sure DPC flop (as it requires from the voter to rate the composition, not the subject, something of which most DPC-ers are incapable), though, but I hope that's not what matters to you a lot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/05/2006 09:55:45 PM
This needs a bit more tonal depth in my opinion. Try adjustment layer curves or levels. Nice composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/05/2006 07:16:33 PM
It would be really difficult to understand this photo without a title.
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 07/05/2006 07:06:26 PM
Nice idea. I think I would have liked this better in color, and with a little bit (~1/2") of the top cropped off.
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