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A Moment for the Fallen
A Moment for the Fallen
toddhead


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Silence II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Quantico
Date: Jan 23, 2009
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 640
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Military
Date Uploaded: Jan 27, 2009

 sempermarine's retirement.

Not really sure how this will do, but I like it so I'm not really worried about the score on this one.

Statistics
Place: 5 out of 178
Avg (all users): 6.4911
Avg (commenters): 7.5556
Avg (participants): 6.2593
Avg (non-participants): 6.5647
Views since voting: 2379
Views during voting: 385
Votes: 224
Comments: 19
Favorites: 2 (view)

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AuthorThread
 02/09/2009 11:10:05 AM
This is fantastic. The meaning, the shot.... everything. This should have one. Best meaning of silence. Thank you for sharing with us.
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 02/06/2009 11:25:40 AM
Congrats on the 6th place. Excellent shot!
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 02/04/2009 06:13:19 AM
Awesome Todd! Great capture of a great moment.
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 02/04/2009 05:06:10 AM
It's very moving. I'm so happy that it did well! Congratulations!

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 02/03/2009 08:30:32 PM
Semper Fi! My dad was IS a marine. Congrats on the high finish!

Message edited by author 2009-02-04 01:30:55.
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 02/03/2009 07:32:46 PM
Congrats Toddhead and to sempermarine!
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 02/03/2009 07:29:50 PM
How awesome that you would have such a touching image of one of our own. Congratulations on the top 10.
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 02/03/2009 07:06:32 PM
Congratulations! Thanks for not cropping my ugly mug out of the shot. But I don't think the Colonel would be pleased!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/03/2009 02:45:24 AM
I don't think this photo will do very well, but as a retired US Army NCO I find great meaning in it. This photo isn't silent to me, it screams. Beautiful, dignified capture that far too many people can relate to today. I may be biased, but this is the first and probable only 10 I give in this challenge. Well done.
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 02/02/2009 11:17:22 AM
Good journalistic type image with sharp detail. Conveys the meaning of the word "silence" quite well too. Well done Toddhead. 7
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 02/01/2009 12:41:00 AM
I like this. You've captured a moment of peace very well. However I don't like that you've cropped off part of the face of the gentleman in the background.
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 01/30/2009 02:03:47 PM
This really nails the challenge. I like the starkness of the bw for this.
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 01/29/2009 03:25:57 PM
Very nice shot. Heart wrenching, especially with all of the friends and people I have in my life serving.
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 01/29/2009 12:15:41 AM
The photo speaks for itself.
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 01/28/2009 08:47:22 PM
Very nice capture.
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 01/28/2009 01:25:02 PM
Great detail and feeling on the right soldier, but the crop on the left soldier really wrecks this for me.
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 01/28/2009 12:13:34 PM
I Like the idea you have gone with for this photo. The mood is set, the black and white processing adds to the mood, the shallow depth of field works well.

However, the crop is distracting. I would have preferred that the background person does not have part of his face cropped off. I don't know why you have done this (unless that was all the capture you had). Also not sure about the crop at the bottom right corner. A little more space below and to the right, just for that the Rank is not crossed, and run the crop along the back of his shoulder.
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 01/28/2009 06:57:05 AM
Emotive! Sometimes you may find yourself in a position that may not be possible to get the perfect angle. Editorials are like that. If you only could have moved to your right to include the background figure more and moved the subjects closer this could have been a 10. It contains all elements for this challenge and technically perfect.
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 01/27/2009 07:25:47 PM
WOW! You are really trying to bring your average down with this shot.
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