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Adrift in Hard Times
Adrift in Hard Times
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Challenge: Self Portrait Without People (Basic Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 IS USM
Location: Backyard
Date: Feb 28, 2009
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 125
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Water, Transportation
Date Uploaded: Mar 3, 2009

 Paddle boat adrift in the lake out back. Caught in the middle of a snow storm. Fortunately my life is going a little better than this.

My intent was to reflect upon the lives of those who have lost homes and/of jobs, and have been set adrit during these hard economic times. Thus I chose this boat, cold and covered with snow, adrift in a snow storm.

PS: It's mine, and I had to wade into the cold water to retrieve it. A rain storm the day before raised the lake level to the point it drifte off from its perch on the shore.

Brightness and contrast adjustments, cropped and resized.

Statistics
Place: 64 out of 157
Avg (all users): 5.4371
Avg (commenters): 6.8750
Avg (participants): 5.3261
Avg (non-participants): 5.4793
Views since voting: 816
Views during voting: 281
Votes: 167
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 03/11/2009 07:29:28 AM
one of my top picks
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 03/10/2009 09:02:43 PM
Very much like the picture. Not sure of title/relevance.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/09/2009 05:51:24 PM
sorry to hear that - I hope this picture does well!
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 03/09/2009 01:47:30 PM
This is one of those shots that appeals to me, though I am finding it difficult to articulate why. I like just the hint of color indicating that either better times are remembered, or better times are just ahead.
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 03/07/2009 12:20:56 AM
I like this image a lot. Its almost mono apart from the little bit of colour , what appears to be dark blue inside the boat. I guess the bankside must be very close to the bottom of the frame? I little more clear water at the bottom of the shot would have made the framing better. The snow gives a 'gritty' hard edge to the shot which accentuates the harshness of the weather conditions. Good shot and interpretation.
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 03/06/2009 12:48:56 PM
Great tones and feel to this.

On the bright side, that boat won't sink. And spring will come.
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 03/05/2009 07:52:34 AM
Would have been better if you took without it snowing.
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 03/04/2009 06:22:27 PM
very nice. i really like the isolation and the mood. I think it would work even better if it was more open, could see more world around it.
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 03/04/2009 12:51:52 PM
makes me think this is a possible Bear_Music entry. A solid entry for sure.
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 03/04/2009 12:18:12 PM
This is a neat picture, I assume that is snow falling! I just would have cropped out that little thing in the bottom corner
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 03/03/2009 08:40:32 PM
The snow makes this photo look noisy when it probably isn't
The colours (shades) int his photo unfortunately are uninspiriong. Plenty could have been achieved in PP to get more out of this
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