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Challenge: Graffiti (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: Wellington NZ
Date: Jan 26, 2010
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/80
Galleries: Urban, Street
Date Uploaded: Jan 26, 2010

My first entry, been watching for a while now and thought it was time to make my first entry. Ever since the Urban decay challenge ive been out almost every free day taking photos around town (wellington,nz) so this challenge came perfectly.

Even though it is not directly graffiti i thought this might still fit into the topic as a spray can is a vital part of graffiti.

[Jan. 29th, 2010 08:15:11 PM]

After seeing some of the comments i do realize that this photos is not your "conventional" graffiti photo.

I would however like to point out that the can in the picture is in fact a Spray can therefor it does have a "hint" of the graffiti theme ;)

Statistics
Place: 120 out of 128
Avg (all users): 4.3467
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 4.2353
Avg (non-participants): 4.3851
Views since voting: 1262
Views during voting: 370
Votes: 199
Comments: 15
Favorites: 1 (view)


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02/04/2010 04:39:10 PM
haha cute, A little baby pot plant. This photo is not too shabby. Nice focus and lighting. But as Nuzzer pointed out, The challenge theme was not apparent enough for the voters to score it well. You have to be totally obvious for some of them to actually get the meaning of a picture. Nice work.
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02/04/2010 04:31:25 PM
Thanks for the feedback, really helpful. Just to clear things up, nothing in this photo is set, its just as i found it, same with the editing, only slightly adjusted the contrast. Il do my best to make the purpose of my photographs a little more clear in the future =). cheers
02/03/2010 02:09:02 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club.

First impressions are that this is a moody shot that contrasts a new plant with some rubbish well.

Technically this is good. The plant is nicely exposed and the composition is good to allow us to compare the two items - a little centered vertically perhaps.The DOF is very shallow and this doesn't let us see much detail in the spray can (I didn't realise that's what this was until I read your notes - I thought it was a coke can or something)

Artistically this rocks! I love these moody shots and now that I know this is a spray can this tells a great story.

In summary the inability for voters to see the link with graffiti killed the score on this shot. If you could have arranged the can so that we could read that it was a spray can then I'm sure this would have done well.

Feel free to PM me if you have any queries.
Gerry
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02/03/2010 11:03:05 AM
I think it is an awesome photo. Love the perspective and the tones. Definately didn't deserve to be in the 4s. But as you said it didn't really meet the challenge. Still nicely done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/03/2010 05:49:05 AM
thanks for the 4 10's. I didnt expect much from this challenge because the photo does not really fit too well into the topic. I did however hope that some people might enjoy the unique angle on this challenge. Anyways, this was my first entry and it can only get better from here =)
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/02/2010 11:38:07 AM
What to make of this? One of the better/best photos in the challenge, but too far of a reach to connect it to graffiti. (No vote for now.)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/29/2010 01:42:53 AM
This is a graffiti challenge?
01/28/2010 10:27:50 PM
love it! Your my winner
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/28/2010 02:48:34 PM
Hmmm I'm having real trouble getting the "graffiti" part of this, however I absolutely love the shot, fantastic DOF and extremely symbolic. So I'm going to give you a DNMC and a fave!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/28/2010 11:50:10 AM
I scored this one low because I can't see any graffiti in the pix.
01/28/2010 04:07:31 AM
Interesting picture but DNMC.
01/27/2010 11:13:37 PM
How fragile is the tiny growth of new Life in this sad place of human decay. Eloquent, it speaks volumes with the green silence. Superb juxtaposition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/27/2010 01:53:00 PM
where's the graffiti? I mean, I get, it but litter isn't graffiti. I do however really like this photo.
01/27/2010 01:47:39 PM
Pretty nice shot well executed. I am not sure about graffiti though. 6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/27/2010 09:49:32 AM
i am not completly sure this qualifies as graffiti, i understand the intent. it is an amazing image and statement. 7


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