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Photographer's Comments |
Challenge: Pride (Basic Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Culpeper National Cemetary, Culpeper, VA
Date: Oct 7, 2005
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/4 second
Galleries: Emotive, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Oct 9, 2005
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Taken at Culpeper National Cemetary, Culpeper, VA.
The last several days have been really grey and rainy on the East Coast, and while silently complaining about the weather, it occurred to me that grey skies look the same in color and black and white, and maybe there was a picture to be taken in this weather after all... It wasn't much more of a creative leap to get to this photo.
I lucked out, in that I got exactly the weather needed to pull this shot off... grey overcast. The picture was taken using a mini-tripod almost all the way on the ground. The greens and yelllows were removed in Photoshop leaving only the red and blue flags (the sky was already grey).
My eternally patient and helpful wife helped out, posing the flags, and giving me a tip on composition that made the image much better than my first try.
Other post processing: slight crop on both left and right sides, USM, resize.
Hope you enjoy! |
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 Baron152
Canon EOS-40D |
12/31/2005 11:42:12 AM |
| Wow, very emotional capture |
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philup
Canon EOS-5D |
12/31/2005 11:36:25 AM |
| Very nice shot..I gave it a 10! I thought it should have finished a lot higher! 13th is not bad out of 153...keep up the great work! |
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 dahkota
Canon EOS-30D |
12/15/2005 10:18:13 AM |
| This is a beautiful image. I think the selective desat works well. POV is excellent. |
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 graphicfunk
Canon EOS-20D |
10/20/2005 09:55:02 PM |
| Congratulations on your top 20 with this line up of those who have served to preserve our freedom. Congratulations on your top 20 finish. |
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Comments Made During the Challenge  |
secondglantz
Nikon D300 |
10/18/2005 08:59:30 PM |
| Nice perspective. Good use of selective desaturation. Excellent subject matter. |
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KiwiShotz
Panasonic DMC-FZ20 |
10/18/2005 06:04:22 PM |
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 sglantz
Nikon Coolpix 5700 |
10/18/2005 04:48:56 PM |
| Good photograph but I don't see it as much pride as sadness. |
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 ShannonLee
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT |
10/18/2005 01:38:27 PM |
| i dont think the selective desat here, because the grass is all that reall desaturated and it looks funky...... however great angle/perspecting and super coloring in the flags 6 |
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paul58
Fujifilm FinePix S5100 |
10/15/2005 10:51:11 PM |
| Nice use of desaturation here. |
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ptiteclochette
Fujifilm FinePix A120 |
10/15/2005 10:32:02 AM |
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vtruan
Nikon D40X |
10/14/2005 05:09:03 PM |
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ursula
Nikon D200 |
10/13/2005 11:32:28 PM |
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meow
Nikon D50 |
10/13/2005 08:44:48 PM |
| Good job. Really makes you think. |
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philup
Canon EOS-5D |
10/13/2005 08:25:14 PM |
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Jammur
Nikon D300 |
10/13/2005 06:32:13 PM |
Great photo, very effective, especially adjusting to almost monochromatic.
Perspective, depth of field, composition, you got everything under control.
Superb! |
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fstop28
Canon EOS-20D |
10/13/2005 07:53:42 AM |
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Shan2112
Canon PowerShot G9 |
10/12/2005 11:07:56 PM |
| of all the images that include a flag of some sort - this one is my favorite, good work :) |
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Rikki
Canon EOS-20D |
10/12/2005 04:10:52 PM |
| This is a great and powerful image. The headstones are too close to the left hand side. I think if this were a true selective desat it would be more powerful. Boost your levels to darken things a bit. It seems a bit washed out. 7 |
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zara-opal
Olympus C-765UZ |
10/12/2005 01:15:00 AM |
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