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"The man on the grassy knoll is about to shoot the President! Alright Lee, it's hero time...
"The man on the grassy knoll is about to shoot the President! Alright Lee, it's hero time...
LanndonKane


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Famous Last Words (Basic Editing)
Camera: Sony DSC-W1
Location: Ontario
Date: Nov 28, 2006
Aperture: F2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/4 sec
Galleries: Macro, History
Date Uploaded: Nov 28, 2006

 This entry is based on a quote from the television show "Family Guy", in which Lee Harvey Oswald attempts to save the president Kennedy from the man on the grassy knoll. The actual quote is "The man on the grassy knoll is about to shoot the president! Alright, Lee, time to become an American hero..." but I couldn't fit the word "American" in :-(

This is a last minute entry on the due date. I must have read it wrong because for some reason I thought the deadline was Dec. 5th.

I'm getting my Nikon D80 soon! But until then you'll have to suffer through the poor image quality of a sony handheld without any special equipment.

Post-processing through Gimp:

Sharpen
Unsharp Mask
Desaturate
Despeckle
Gaussian Blur filter to get blend the spots left by Despeckle.

Oh yes and cropped, rotated, and resized.

I have a feeling a lot of people won't understand the connection to the challenge, if so i'll explain it after the voting is over.

Statistics
Place: 93 out of 112
Avg (all users): 4.9864
Avg (commenters): 5.2000
Avg (participants): 5.0000
Avg (non-participants): 4.9829
Views since voting: 2277
Views during voting: 511
Votes: 294
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 01/13/2008 12:59:37 PM
Well, I don't always see eye to eye with your taste in photos ;-) but I do get inspiration from your portfolio. You always seem to add some creative element to the challenge entry you're undertaking. Nice work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/06/2006 10:27:41 AM
Noo, i was sure this one would do well!



Message edited by author 2007-01-30 14:36:30.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/04/2006 05:39:12 AM
The tip of the barrel feels out of focus or shaky. I would have used a slightly bigger dof.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/03/2006 02:13:35 PM
I wish a little more of thei image was in focus.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/30/2006 08:12:03 PM
Lee Harvey Oswald used a musket?? Nice shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/30/2006 03:56:19 PM
He's going to save the president with a piece of plumbing tied to a hunk of wood?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/30/2006 02:25:56 PM
Heh heh heh. Where's the quote from?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/30/2006 08:14:41 AM
So good.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/30/2006 06:09:12 AM
Very wonderful concept!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/29/2006 06:37:28 PM
Hilarious show, great picture, I love the DoF
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/29/2006 03:19:27 PM
I guess I don't get it. I don't see a grassy knoll, I see a what appears to be a girl holding a gun in a room balanced on a table. I don't see the historical significance. Your subject is holding what appears to be a very old shotgun (If it's even a real gun) that doesn't even have a forward sight. I just don't get it...
TC
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/29/2006 08:32:48 AM
Doesn't really fit the challenge at all. What is that thing, anyway? It's not a gun.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/29/2006 06:02:10 AM
I loved the concept on this picture. I also like the placement of the rifle and its shooter in the picture, very graphic savvy.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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