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Challenge: Pollution (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Wilmington NC
Date: Mar 6, 2008
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/80
Galleries: Emotive, Political
Date Uploaded: Mar 6, 2008

 Let me begin by saying that I do not believe the military to be cowards. I am in the Marine Corps myself, along with my wife, and this is simply something I took a picture of. So please all my military brethren, please do not take offense to the picture at hand. I named the picture "Cowards" because of the people who have no right to hate on the troops. We joined to do some good and it turns out our orders were not what we wanted exactly.

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Place: 109 out of 127
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Avg (commenters): 3.6667
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Views since voting: 637
Views during voting: 369
Votes: 234
Comments: 10
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 03/19/2008 03:01:53 PM
I'm new to the photography field so I do appreciate the advice. Well, for those who lent some advice to the shot. I don't know who put the paint on the wall but I would consider that alone to be pollution. I can see the need for more brick, that would have looked better I think. Too much negative space at the top...yep I agree. I submitted this picture so that I could get some helpful hints as to how to better myself in the field. So again, for those of you who offered some constructive criticism I thank you.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/18/2008 07:49:38 PM
I think this might have had more impact if you pulled back just a little bit, show more of the wall
 03/15/2008 09:37:42 AM
Good message -- gotta love positive pollution. As for the composition, I think it would look better with a good portion of the top cropped off, and I'd like to see more of the brick wall on the right.
 03/14/2008 08:13:00 AM
It might have been more interesting if you took this from a different angle, instead of straight-on.
 03/13/2008 10:26:16 AM
pollution?
 03/13/2008 05:38:33 AM
this is a deep picture, i like the creativity. But its kinda boring
 03/12/2008 01:19:45 PM
Not sure about the crop, my eye goes directly towards the bricks
 03/12/2008 11:28:24 AM
On it's own the picture seems almost too random [snapshot-ish].. but it has so much potential .. Firstly, I think, maybe going landscape would have been better.. The picture seems oddly composed because of that.. with the landscape you could have more of the nicely textured negative space.. We could have seen more of the brick wall which would lent more diversity.. Going black and white would have tied the different textures together while bringing them out and highlight the message on the wall more attractively..
 03/12/2008 05:26:15 AM
Is graffiti for cowards too?
 03/12/2008 03:23:15 AM
Pollution with a message?


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