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Suburbia's got its own problems!
Suburbia's got its own problems!
DrAchoo


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Challenge: Suburbia (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: Eugene, OR
Date: Oct 12, 2008
Galleries: Humorous
Date Uploaded: Oct 12, 2008

 Has satire ever worked on DPC? Probably not. Add to it the hyperprocessing and I'm sure this is doomed to fail. My only hope is I'm guessing this will be completely different than anything else in a small challenge.

Basically I'm pointing out that the economic bed we've made is, in a large part, one of our own excesses. The processing is an indirect attempt at reinforcing this. Excessive processing is allegorical for excessive consumption. We are turned into a plastic (pun intended) version of ourselves. Nothing but a demographic for advertisers to target.

I'm hoping for at least a 6.0 for no other reason than the fact I was actually holding that sign in front of one of Eugene's busiest malls and intersections. ;)

Statistics
Place: 31 out of 74
Avg (all users): 5.7444
Avg (commenters): 6.4286
Avg (participants): 5.7222
Avg (non-participants): 5.7500
Views since voting: 1112
Views during voting: 400
Votes: 180
Comments: 20
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AuthorThread
 01/04/2011 01:54:18 PM
LOL - good one - but seeking cash, for verisimilitude, you need a hat/bucket/dish - even for a Hummer.
:))
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 11/14/2008 12:45:36 PM
If you want cash, don't wear black shoes with black socks. I think you look like D.B. Cooper. Funny pic.
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 10/20/2008 11:28:25 AM
LOL - I like it, Doc. I am guessing you got hammered for the overprocessing more than anything.

...hey, did anyone drop you any cash?
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/19/2008 07:50:02 PM
composition is well done.. the joke is great given that the setting is an upscale mall.. your ppl is good .. a nice take on this challenge.
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 10/19/2008 06:45:33 PM
Love it. My fave of the challenge. I see hummers and big SUV's and wonder how they do it with the gas prices these days. Processing is very cool too.
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 10/19/2008 08:50:13 AM
Brilliant!
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 10/18/2008 07:48:49 PM
Ha!! Awesome.
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 10/18/2008 03:14:41 PM
Did you borrow a sign from someone actually sitting at that intersection? There's some damn expensive cars in the lot at that shopping center sometimes. Some cars you would think would be sitting in a locked garage and never driven because they're in the 90k+ range.

As for the actual photo, it looks too processed to me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/16/2008 07:59:12 PM
LOL.......nice message! I really like the editing to this one.
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 10/16/2008 07:24:54 PM
how about selling that Hummer?
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 10/16/2008 01:25:33 AM
strange, im not so keen on the processing, looks like two images put together /5
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 10/15/2008 07:14:06 PM
Great idea
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 10/14/2008 11:07:24 PM
Stop with the high pass
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 10/14/2008 12:08:36 PM
hahha, NICE!!!
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 10/13/2008 05:06:53 PM
Well done.
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 10/13/2008 06:43:09 AM
Nice and sharp but a little too much PP for my liking. Looks like the guy has been pasted onto the frame - Also find the letters coming out of his head very distracting.
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 10/13/2008 06:41:44 AM
nice synthesis, post prossecing and all, but it feels a bit fake, like a collage ...
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 10/13/2008 05:57:41 AM
The processing and lighting looks very bizarre to me.
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 10/13/2008 02:10:22 AM
Odd take on the challenge. Perhaps it's a cultural reference that I don't get.
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 10/13/2008 12:58:44 AM
getting old doc, getting old.:-)
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