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"Summer Rental" (1985 w/John Candy)
"Summer Rental" (1985 w/John Candy)
Melethia


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Scene It! (Basic Editing III)
Collection: Challenges 2006
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: Mission Viejo, CA
Date: Aug 23, 2006
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 125
Shutter: 1/200
Date Uploaded: Aug 29, 2006

 To be honest, I've never seen this movie. The movie was suggested by a friend who has seen it. I'd originally planned to use "On Golden Pond" but figured there might be a lot of those. This was taken just after we'd returned from a lovely cruise around the lake. My sister-in-law had made a wonderful breakfast which we packed up and took with us for the "cruise". 'Twas a lovely morning!

Post processing - crop, slight rotate, levels, desat, sharpen, resize, border.

Statistics
Place: 35 out of 99
Avg (all users): 5.8753
Avg (commenters): 6.6316
Avg (participants): 5.4151
Avg (non-participants): 5.9454
Views since voting: 989
Views during voting: 569
Votes: 401
Comments: 26
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 09/07/2008 11:13:28 AM
I love boat photos and this one is excellent. What a perfect line of boats.
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 09/17/2006 08:44:39 AM
I gave a 6 on this one. It didnt scream the movie to me but I liked the pic. This and your free study entry are interesting captures of cool lines and good b&w treatment. Both nice sidesteps from what I would normally expect from a Melethia picture.
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 09/13/2006 04:50:12 PM
Trading post...
Again, you have the eye. Lovely lines and shadows. Love the black and white. The shine on the water is wonderful. Undervalued as usual.
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 09/06/2006 08:33:02 AM
You have a good eye for composition. Unfortunately, I never saw the movie so I couldn't relate the picture to the scene....
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 09/06/2006 03:31:33 AM
Very underrated photo! I really love this one.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/05/2006 04:57:13 AM
i really like the pattern created by the boats. any outtakes of this scene?
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 09/04/2006 10:46:26 PM
I overlooked the interesting composition and DOF here on the first look. It's a great photo with a less than perfect fit to the challenge.
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 09/02/2006 04:33:06 PM
Nice repeating lines on both sides, and good tones.
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 09/02/2006 11:43:00 AM
I didn't see the movie but am familiar with John Candy. I imagine it was a comedy? If that is the case, color, bright beautiful crazy color, would help set the mood better. B/W is so serious.
Otherwise, this is a nice picture with good composition.
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 09/02/2006 10:29:01 AM
8 :) great repeating shapes
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 09/01/2006 05:50:47 PM
Really nice shot. I like the repeating pattern of the boats and the black & white is excellent.
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 09/01/2006 09:41:55 AM
Beautiful image, exposure and focus are crazy good! 10
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 08/31/2006 07:22:56 PM
I love the image good tonal range and contrast but it does not make me think of summer rental.
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 08/30/2006 03:53:08 PM
Haven't seen this movie. But his is a lovely photograph.
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 08/30/2006 12:56:16 PM
Most excellent, this looks like a postcard from the 1950's at a city lake. Well done.
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 08/30/2006 12:10:36 PM
I like the lines from the boats to give perspective,
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 08/30/2006 08:47:40 AM
Lovely.. a little more constrast would be nice... as it is.. it is beautiful..

Composition can be improved a little. .. the photo cuts off at the top without showing the skyline.. makes the photo a little incomplete..

The platform on the top right looks cut off too.. that reinforce the imcompletness of the photo..

but this is one of the better shot I've seen in this challenge.. so.. a 7 for me..
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 08/30/2006 08:41:00 AM
Don't know the movie, but like the image! 7
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 08/30/2006 04:57:02 AM
Summer Rental was not B/W
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 08/30/2006 04:05:21 AM
Nice perspective with boats.
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 08/30/2006 02:43:20 AM
nice b and w study...
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 08/30/2006 01:01:21 AM
I haven't seen it, so I'll go by the title and the IMDB description that this is a representation of one of the scenes. I like how the boats fade off into the distance.
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 08/30/2006 12:57:11 AM
perfect in it's own right
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 08/29/2006 10:16:00 PM
I love this one re the slivery water tones.....
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 08/29/2006 10:15:03 PM
The picture is well composed and has a good DOF. I would've chosen a movie like INDIAN SUMMER or another film where canoes where used though. Also, SUMMER RENTAL was a comedy, there isn't really anything about this photo that channels humor. Wish it was in color.
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 08/29/2006 09:47:57 PM
Love this!
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