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Arlington West (by Veterans for Peace)
Arlington West (by Veterans for Peace)
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Sand (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Date: Jan 4, 2009
Aperture: f/14
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Emotive, Military
Date Uploaded: Jan 4, 2009

 Every Sunday in Santa Barbara, the Veterans for Peace set up a memorial on the beach honoring Americans who lost their lives in the Iraq conflict. They put up 3000+ crosses each week. It started as a smaller project, but unfortunately the number of crosses has increased to a point where they can no longer assemble as many crosses as there are deaths resulting from the conflict.


PP: convert to JPEG from RAW, crop, levels adjustment, warming filter, USM, SFW

[Jan. 5th, 2009 12:15:29 PM]

edit to add:
I had mixed feelings about the shadows. I wanted the late afternoon feel to it, but the shadows were so strong. As I shot, the shadows just fell into place.

Statistics
Place: 27 out of 124
Avg (all users): 6.0523
Avg (commenters): 7.1111
Avg (participants): 5.8696
Avg (non-participants): 6.1308
Views since voting: 1407
Views during voting: 295
Votes: 153
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0

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 01/17/2009 06:23:34 AM
Great shot....very emotional. From just a straight composition point of view, I like the patterns, contrast and the shadows are great. Edit: just noticed this is your new personal best...congratulations!!

Message edited by author 2009-01-17 11:24:16.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/11/2009 04:05:29 PM
Very emotive photo. Nice POV.
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 01/11/2009 04:55:18 AM
Stunning. Works in color, but that would have made a powerful black and white statement too.
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 01/10/2009 08:12:25 AM
Nice lines.
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 01/08/2009 06:30:51 AM
I've never seen this before. Interesting.
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 01/07/2009 03:07:39 PM
Strong and emotive photo.
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 01/06/2009 02:31:27 PM
woah.... .... ..
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 01/06/2009 06:19:47 AM
nice capture!....
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 01/05/2009 08:07:53 PM
if this isn't getting a perfect ten, it should be!
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 01/05/2009 08:58:47 AM
Wow. This is incredible. I almost wish it was in b/w.
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 01/05/2009 03:52:03 AM
Made me hold my breath for a moment and express grattitude. Nice
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 01/04/2009 11:27:45 PM
Thought provoking and reflects the view of the masses.
the shadows are perfectly aligned. Did you wait for that and/or did you try it at different times?
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 01/04/2009 07:44:18 PM
Looks like the lunar surface after Neil Armstrong walked all over it :) good image overall, I like the long shadows
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