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The Eye of New Years
The Eye of New Years
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Fire III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D40
Lens: Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Nikon
Location: Boston Common
Date: Dec 31, 2007
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 400
Shutter: 2 secs
Galleries: Sky
Date Uploaded: Jan 1, 2008

Fireworks during the New Year's celebration in Boston!

Statistics
Place: 41 out of 123
Avg (all users): 5.4792
Avg (commenters): 6.5714
Avg (participants): 5.3000
Avg (non-participants): 5.5263
Views since voting: 734
Views during voting: 373
Votes: 240
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0


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AuthorThread
01/09/2008 11:32:34 AM
Thanks for all the comments! I'm pretty happy about the ranking as this is my first submission.

I handheld this shot while watching the fireworks. Yes, it was a bit windy that night. I was pretty lucky to get this shot =)
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/08/2008 04:46:52 PM
Very impressive!!!
01/07/2008 06:02:49 PM
Nice!!!
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01/06/2008 10:14:32 AM
awsome!!!
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01/05/2008 04:36:48 AM
was a tripod used when taking this photograph
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01/04/2008 07:41:05 PM
We all know what we're looking at, but it's abstract and interesting enough to be able to say, "Hey, it looks like a jelly fish," or "I bet that's what an exploding star looks like!"... I wish the title made no mention of New Years, in fact.

This may not sound like much if all you wanted to do was put a long exposure on a firework, but in my opinion the abstract, yet identifiable value adds a longer lasting charm to the photo. The longer a photograph can hold charm, the longer someone will enjoy displaying it on their wall. At least that's how I see it.

A few minor nitpicks - I'm seeing some glare in the upper right, and the bottom left seems to have too much of a red tone to it. No worries, though, I haven't deducted points for either of these issues because those sorts of screen-to-screen discrepancies would be resolved in the final printing.

Bottom line... It's that time of the year again, and I am frankly bored with the same ol' fireworks images, but your capture here is above all of that because everytime I look at it I can see something else.

Thank you for the entry.
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01/04/2008 07:04:27 PM
interesting perspective
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01/03/2008 04:06:58 PM
Almost looks like a jelly fish! Nice capture.
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01/03/2008 12:14:16 PM
I love fireworks shots and this is nice.
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01/02/2008 07:10:26 AM
Frame filling, that's good. Must have been a little windy? Colors are ok, saturation maybe a little weak.
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01/01/2008 10:21:40 PM
Nice capture of the fireworks. This is a tough shot to get. Nice work.
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