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Santa and His Reindeer
Santa and His Reindeer
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Challenge: Holiday Decorations III (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-70D
Lens: Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD MACRO w/Canon Nikon mount
Location: Downtown Ft. Wayne, IN, USA
Date: Dec 14, 2015
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/30
Date Uploaded: Dec 15, 2015

Santa and His Reindeer was first lit in 1937, created by the Wolf & Dessauer department store in downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana. The store and even the building is gone, but the 5 ton, 155 foot long, more than 24000 light bulb sign survives as a downtown tradition. It was updated to LED bulbs around 2006-2007.

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Place: 12 out of 54
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12/23/2015 05:58:02 AM
Hello from the Critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge well

Very creatively done, this is an excellent way to approach your subject, though I'm probably biased because of my love of reflections! There's very little not to like here, I like the clarity of the glass reflection against the darker mass of the rest of the image, I like the missing bits on the door pillar, I like the chrome strip reflections. I adore the bodywork reflection and its distortions. I like your composition and the placement of the reflections, especially the sledge over the door handle, it all works very well for me.

The only minor criticisms I do have concern the top of the image, in particular the distracting highlights, they would be better cloned out and the whole of the top dodged to subdue it to the same level of darkness as the rest of the image.

Thank you for an excellent image, hope you have a lovely festive holiday and a creative New Year to you.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/22/2015 09:32:35 PM
Why santa is sat backwards? I hope he did not drive this way or it can cause a accident
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12/17/2015 01:25:26 PM
Beautiful reflection Give 8 Merry Christmas !!!!
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12/17/2015 12:23:07 AM
So well spotted! Next year will use a drone probably
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