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Demolition Man
Demolition Man
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Challenge: Environmental Portrait II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
Location: Hartford, CT
Date: Mar 18, 2008
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Mar 18, 2008

 Thanks Sean... This actually went really well. Despite the property owner showing up and saying "my son called and said a man with a hard hat and a sledge hammer was here and that can't be good." Good thing Sean knew him... I had other ideas but this worked with props. Totally staged.. I hope no one notices the new stickers on the sledge...I needed one anyway. My first time working with Raw. I hope the voters connect! Go Team USA.

Statistics
Place: 71 out of 159
Avg (all users): 5.5115
Avg (commenters): 5.2500
Avg (participants): 5.5091
Avg (non-participants): 5.5121
Views since voting: 832
Views during voting: 361
Votes: 262
Comments: 12
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/25/2008 05:55:47 AM
very nice photo...might have liked to see a partially distroyed wall behind him, but this still says alot about him. nice work
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 03/25/2008 05:20:13 AM
focus is nice, yet, where is the interest?
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 03/24/2008 07:37:00 AM
Hmmm...brand new hard-hat, brand new sledge hammer, brand new clothes, brand new glasses, not a speck of dirt anywhere. This is a great commercial shot, a nice advertisment. As an environmental portrait, I am not convinced this person really does demolition. Coloring is nice. I like the building in the back, but as I said, these components make it a great catalog or commercial shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/22/2008 02:42:34 PM
He's a little too clean cut for this to be too convincing. And his tool looks brand new. Technically very good though...
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 03/21/2008 09:17:56 PM
The brand wew sledge hammer and freshly shaved face make the picture look fake.
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 03/21/2008 03:31:26 AM
Look! He's got a brand new hammer! :o If this pic is scened (it looks like it is), I'dd advice you to make the props look used. If it is not scened, it's bad luck you cought a guy with a brand new sledgehammer. ;-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/20/2008 07:04:46 AM
Steven Colbert? The Sledgehammer Report
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 03/20/2008 03:44:33 AM
good clarity and focus. had corrected the tilt. his equipment looks all new, so it isn't too believable he really is a demolition worker.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/20/2008 03:19:31 AM
nice and sharp
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/19/2008 06:34:19 PM
Looks a little posed. Maybe if background was of a contruction site and he did not look like a stockbroker it would have worked better for me.
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 03/19/2008 04:51:38 PM
Looks like a safety brochure photo. It might look more believable if the sledge didn't look so new and unused.
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 03/19/2008 03:20:05 PM
but is he...that hammer looks awfully new...
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