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En Pointe
En Pointe
jodiecoston


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Rusted (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 8700
Location: Somers, Montana, USA
Date: May 1, 2004
Aperture: f2.8
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/9.7 sec
Galleries: Still Life, Studio
Date Uploaded: May 1, 2004

I went to the junk yard to find rusty metal for a background, and lugged home a 40 pound box of some sort in the back of my car. :) Then I dug out my old pointe shoes from my ballet days when I was a youngster, set the whole thing up on my porch with my camera set on its 10 second timer, and voila! Set the camera on macro mode, white balance set to "shade", and did some some curves adjustments and boosted saturation in Photoshop, unsharp mask at .3 pixels and about 150%. Then I cropped a bit.

Statistics
Place: 59 out of 443
Avg (all users): 5.8131
Avg (commenters): 7.0588
Avg (participants): 5.8256
Avg (non-participants): 5.7949
Views since voting: 1553
Votes: 289
Comments: 19
Favorites: 3 (view)


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06/12/2004 09:54:23 PM
Very nice, indeed!
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05/12/2004 08:25:27 PM
I think this is awesome. I can't believe you didn't place higher with it.

I guess 59 out of 400+ really isn't that bad, but I thought this was definitely top ten material.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/11/2004 01:27:03 PM
Very creative contrast! Nice exposure.
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05/11/2004 01:17:02 PM
Interesting. It's nice to see something unique in a challenge like this. Thanks.
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05/10/2004 10:33:24 PM
Nicely done. An iron barre. I like this better cropped just to the right of the dark spot of rust above the heel.

An 8.
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05/10/2004 10:31:46 PM
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background 10
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing 9
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc.? 8
How well does it meet the challenge: 9
Total Averaged Rating 9.00 Dick
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05/09/2004 06:00:48 PM
You've really delved deep into your imagination for this one. The photo is quite technically good, I just don't see the relevance.
05/08/2004 07:20:08 PM
One of my favourites this round, with plenty of rust but with focus a bit off the rusty parts. Great composition and lightning. A ribbon hunter!
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05/08/2004 02:40:59 AM
eligant yet "rustic", I like it, way to use your nogin on this one, with out the dancer I would have said this one would have been a little boring
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05/07/2004 09:51:54 PM
I really like the human portion of this. Good idea, well composed
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05/07/2004 10:12:30 AM
in my opinion I find the hair stubble on the leg distracting and trying to distinguish what is the rusty object... unless of course its the dancer...
05/06/2004 10:01:28 PM
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background 6
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing 6
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc. 6
How well does it meet the challenge: 7
Total Averaged Rating(Rounded) 6
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05/06/2004 01:01:13 PM
i like the out of placeness of it ... well done
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05/06/2004 06:37:45 AM
There's a foot in your picture man! >:o) - 7
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05/05/2004 10:24:17 PM
Great paradox between the soft pink satin and the roughness of the rust...
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05/05/2004 09:57:18 PM
Great juxtiposition that I never would have thought of. Could have looked like rust was just stuck in for the challenge, but instead it looks like a burst of inspiration.
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05/05/2004 07:04:24 PM
interesting juxtaposition, meets challenge
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05/05/2004 01:48:17 PM
Interesting image. I'm not sure of the statement (if any) it is making. Nice sharp details and good colors. It looks a bit tilted.
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05/05/2004 01:17:46 PM
Not sure what the message is, putting the two wildly different things together? Well shot.
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