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Challenge: Free Study 2008-06 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 2008
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Date: Jun 30, 2008
Aperture: F 3.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/3200
Galleries: Urban, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Jun 30, 2008

The main street bridge leading into downtown Fort Worth

Pre-challenge notes:
As usual, I hope for a 6, but expect to actually score in the low to mid 5's. One of these days I will learn how to nail a high score every time.

Post-challenge notes:
I'm a bit disappointed with this. I thought I had a good and powerful image here, but the score says barely over "just ok". Thought it had a strong perspective, great colors, detail and the qualities for a high 5 score. I must be seeing something about this one that others do not see.

Statistics
Place: 386 out of 473
Avg (all users): 5.1533
Avg (commenters): 5.2000
Avg (participants): 5.0455
Avg (non-participants): 5.4500
Views since voting: 742
Views during voting: 216
Votes: 150
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0


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07/09/2008 11:19:25 AM
Hi Yospiff,
It's a wonderful image techniclly sound in all aspects. I think it's down fall was it's overall lack of interest.
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07/09/2008 08:13:32 AM
I like it for its lines and geometric shapes. Contrast is very high but it suits this structure I find. The shaded areas are very dark, I put the shade down to view it in darkness, but i'm afraid many will see it as completely black because they're going to view it with the shades up, mostly. This could have lowered your score a bit. One last point, the subject matter is a bridge, although a majestic structure, we see them everyday and their effect is minimized because of this fact. You really would need to find a very bizarre angle to shoot it from for it to be more interesting for us viewers.

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/06/2008 03:35:18 PM
Nice angle across the sky.
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07/05/2008 10:43:52 AM
nice perspective, and the sky is a vibrant blue, but there isnt really any main subject of the photo, which kinda makes me wonder what you were going for
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07/02/2008 05:50:32 AM
massive...wonder if this would have looked better as a b and w ??? just a thought
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07/01/2008 07:07:33 PM
interesting shot
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07/01/2008 01:47:19 PM
Great angle and lighting over your subject. Okay...to reinforce a little help here....the lighting is good in the fact that you have no blown out areas....with that been said...the crop is a little difficult for such a composition, especially with the part visible area on the right. In this style of crop, the lighting is a little dark in the shadow areas causing a lot of viewers to become lost in the structure. If they took more time they would see the detail and different elements within the image. If they don't....they won't see the true value of the image and will more or less vote this image down. If you had maybe gone a bit closer to the tall pillar and shot up the pillar the vertical crop would have worked more...or gone for a horizontal crop and brought in more of the surrounding structure to settle the harsh edges for some of the viewers. For the record I don't alter my votes and this image received a 6 from me.
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