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Local Hermit Dies
Local Hermit Dies
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Challenge: Photojournalism III (Minimal Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Date: Oct 19, 2007
Aperture: f4
ISO: 3200
Shutter: 1/60
Date Uploaded: Oct 19, 2007

 This room is as I found it, I touched nothing. Partly through photojournalistic ethics, partly because I didn't want to contract anything. I'm not squeamish, nor particularly tidy, but this was truly filthy. How this man lived like this for decades simply boggles the mind.

Statistics
Place: 27 out of 87
Avg (all users): 5.8177
Avg (commenters): 7.1250
Avg (participants): 5.6053
Avg (non-participants): 5.8701
Views since voting: 977
Views during voting: 379
Votes: 192
Comments: 13
Favorites: 2 (view)

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AuthorThread
 11/02/2007 08:49:08 PM
at first I thought beautiful photo shoehorned into challenge, then I saw that title and I just said "Yeah!"
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 11/02/2007 07:02:17 PM
I gave this a 9. Very interesting shot!
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 11/02/2007 01:07:35 AM
Where's the dead hermit?? DNMT! :P
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 11/01/2007 08:18:53 PM
Oh and it sounds like you are leaving us hanging with the rest of the story. Nice gritty photo to represent his living conditions.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/01/2007 07:46:50 PM
a bit more light on the chair and this would have been higher score, 6 now b/c it's sweet image and title together there's a poignancy I love here.

good luck!
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 11/01/2007 02:26:37 PM
a sad shot, lovely lighting, simple yet effective.
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 10/31/2007 07:04:45 PM
A poignant shot to accompany a human interest story - works well for me.
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 10/30/2007 03:55:32 PM
Very nice textures in the photo.
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 10/29/2007 07:16:32 PM
Beautiful!
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 10/27/2007 07:42:50 PM
Technically a good photo, but I'm a bit appalled by the title, just in case it's true. What is the measure of a life? OK I've just marked it higher, because I felt compelled to ask the question. Interesting image.
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 10/26/2007 03:29:44 PM
wow... simply amazing.
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 10/26/2007 10:16:43 AM
I like the shot, but I do not see this appearing in a newspaper. 7
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 10/26/2007 12:57:32 AM
nice dramatic composition...7
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