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Challenge: Negative Space III (Basic Editing)
Collection: 2007
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah
Date: Jun 18, 2007
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Landscape, Candid
Date Uploaded: Jun 19, 2007

 Yesterday was my birthday, so I left work early and took my family for a 3-hour drive to the Bonneville Salt Flats. We have lived in northern Utah for 6 years now, and have never been over there. It was quite an experience. I never knew there was that much salt. My kids had a blast playing and running around, and I took the opportunity to make an image for this challenge.

With basic editing rules, all I did was remove some dust, apply neat image, tweak the curves, resize and sharpen.

Statistics
Place: 8 out of 374
Avg (all users): 6.6798
Avg (commenters): 7.5333
Avg (participants): 6.5955
Avg (non-participants): 6.7456
Views since voting: 2074
Views during voting: 303
Votes: 203
Comments: 22
Favorites: 4 (view)

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 06/28/2007 08:26:17 AM
Beautiful! Your little girls enchances the perspective here! Nice colors!
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 06/28/2007 08:21:34 AM
lovely
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 06/27/2007 03:33:28 AM
This is beautiful! Beautiful use of negative space, composition is so strong!
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 06/27/2007 01:25:48 AM
comgratulations Scott!!
great finish for an awesome image
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 06/26/2007 09:38:53 PM
Very impressive shot. Lovely colours. Gratz on your top 10.
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 06/26/2007 08:48:55 PM
Congrats man, a well deserved top 10.
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 06/26/2007 08:05:44 PM
Well well WELL! Top ten finish Scott! Wonderful. Another image with such brilliant vision!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/26/2007 06:21:54 PM
And a nice long shadow. This is a great example of neg space imo. The size difference is what makes this shot work so well.
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 06/26/2007 01:29:29 PM
... apart from a photographer that is.

Great expanse of land and superb light.

I'm not being deliberately annoying here, but I just don't know what I'm supposed to feel about this photo. It's not emotive for me, so I'm left being quite conscious of your presence in the scene. I don't know what it needs but perhaps the girl should be naked or in tattered clothes, perhaps with a more muted or even cross-processed tonal treatment. The current vibrance belies your title and the colour denotes more of a fashion shoot to me than a poignant, lonely one.
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 06/26/2007 01:17:01 PM
nice! that shadow is soooo delicious! very cool.
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 06/26/2007 12:47:51 PM
10- Absolutely gorgeous capture, love it, favorited
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 06/26/2007 07:26:01 AM
awesome shot! 9
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 06/26/2007 04:30:57 AM
great simplicity 8
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 06/26/2007 03:08:36 AM
There appears to be something of a weird blotchy artefact across the sky - but a cool landscape and great composition all the same.
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 06/24/2007 12:38:53 PM
Beautiful :)
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 06/24/2007 06:38:41 AM
Beautiful color in that sky. And the long shadow from the girl parallel to the horizon is a nice element.
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 06/22/2007 08:43:51 PM
This has some wild blues. I like the composition and your detail is very good.
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 06/21/2007 04:06:53 PM
Negative space does not exist in emptiness. Positive shapes and borders create negative space.
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 06/20/2007 08:38:33 PM
I see a blue ribbon here! LOVE IT!
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 06/20/2007 07:35:57 AM
Nice color.
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 06/20/2007 03:07:39 AM
wonderful image!
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 06/19/2007 09:54:05 PM
Great shot!! 8
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