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Owning Up Downtowns Demise
Owning Up Downtowns Demise
sfarrell23


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Challenge: Photojournalism III (Minimal Editing I)
Camera: Sony DSC-F828
Location: Missouri
Date: Oct 25, 2007
Aperture: f/2
ISO: 64
Shutter: 1/5 sec
Galleries: Black and White, Photojournalism
Date Uploaded: Oct 25, 2007

Shot...Resize....Greyscale....Sharpened...Submitted

Statistics
Place: 55 out of 87
Avg (all users): 5.3247
Avg (commenters): 5.7857
Avg (participants): 5.0526
Avg (non-participants): 5.3910
Views since voting: 611
Views during voting: 321
Votes: 194
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/01/2007 01:40:03 PM
nice angle
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10/31/2007 10:20:04 AM
weird angle, but nice composition none-the-less
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10/30/2007 04:44:53 PM
Nice angle and interesting story behind the sign. Perhaps the sign is too much of a focal point, the title is a bit confusing as well, in particular the 'owning up' bit. Good luck
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10/30/2007 03:34:31 PM
sad to see a downtown store empty. nice detail in the photo
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10/29/2007 01:49:34 PM
For me, your image gives me the idea an article might be more about parking issues, rather than downtown vacancies or demise. I do like the low angle of your photo though.
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10/28/2007 01:14:59 PM
As more and more malls are being built further outside the city, we lose our identity as people who have compassion for the small family business base and look more to the money we can save. So in a lot of cases we have places like WalMart and others to thank for the demise of our down town core business.

Now they are not solely to blame, we as the consumer need to shoulder some of it as well. If we ween't so hell bent and tied to the all mighty dollar and used our money to support the little guy we would see a shift in the trend but if continue as we are more and more small business owners will shut their doors.

As you can see this issue doesn't bother me one bit :-}

On a lighter note you have managed to stir emotion in me as a good shot and title on a contensious issue should, good on you for that. I like the angle that you used here and the B&W gives off lonley tone to the shot as it should to move the reader to continue on to the story. Great job.
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10/28/2007 03:52:12 AM
the tilt may be artsy, but is untypical for photojournalism. good b/w tones.
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10/27/2007 07:29:27 PM
Lonely! But technically, a very well executed B&W.
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10/27/2007 05:37:32 PM
greater field of view with more context of empty town would help
10/26/2007 03:30:21 PM
Eh, this picture doesn't really tell a story, photo journalism, i would guess should tell a story...
10/26/2007 10:20:53 AM
Artsy, but not for a newspaper :) - 7
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10/26/2007 08:21:06 AM
I like the perspective. It adds a great deal to the meaning behind the photo.
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10/26/2007 01:52:30 AM
the oversharpening really impacts this image - lots of jagged edges all over - but a pretty good image otherwise - good contrast, good tones, good composition
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10/25/2007 08:28:43 PM
good focus,composition and exposure..b&w works here
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