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Challenge: DPC Cinema (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: 2006
Camera: Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D
Lens: Konica Minolta AF 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6(D) DT
Location: Rappahanock River - Fredericksburg, VA
Date: May 6, 2006
Aperture: F5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Nature, Water
Date Uploaded: May 6, 2006

Aperture Priority, F5.6, ISO 100, 1/160, Exp comp +0.3, 60/90mm focal length

RAW
- convert to TIF

Post-Processed with Paint Shop Pro X

Brightness & Contrast : B/C (5,5)
Select water circle reflection above fishing line - layer
- Brightness & Contrast : HMS (-10,-25,-35)
Duplicate bg - layer
- Brightness & Contrast : (HMS (15,0,15)
- Opacity 55%
Resize
USM (.75, 100, 10) +luminance
Save as JPG

***** pre-results comments *****

While I hope this image does well, I hope more than anything that this makes some people think.

I love the outdoors, camping, fishing, etc...and this really bugs me when I see fellow "outdoorsmen" leaving behind a mess. This pile of fishing line was just left on the ground on the riverbank. There was a garbage can 20 feet away!

Statistics
Place: 156 out of 207
Avg (all users): 5.0625
Avg (commenters): 6.6000
Avg (participants): 4.7959
Avg (non-participants): 5.3404
Views since voting: 988
Views during voting: 281
Votes: 192
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0


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05/20/2006 09:47:52 AM
CRITIQUE CLUB CRITIQUE
by karmat

On a personal note, first, I totally agree. I love to fish (used to go a lot more than I do now) and I have grown up around sportsmen all my life. It galls me how some people use and abuse the very environment that gives them pleasure. Fishing line wads like this really disturb me because that stuff is so darn strong and dangerous to any animal that gets wrapped up in it. oh yea, you did throw it away didn't you? ;)

As a photograph, my first impression is that it technically well done and the composition does a good job at contrasting the line with the grass showing that the line is obviously somewhere it does not belong.

Technically, the colors are good and I think you have done a really good job of capturing the line without it "artifacting" or having weird patterns of light in it.

As a picture there isn't anything I can offer to really change about it. It makes a statement, and it makes it well. Perhaps for this challenge, a dead fish or something would've given it more impact, but I don't suppose that was possible.

Best to ya in future challenges!

karmat
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05/16/2006 02:27:06 AM
Well done, this is an ongoing battle to save our beautiful environment. A powerful image!!
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05/15/2006 10:43:47 AM
Excellent photo. I also get upset about all the debris.
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05/15/2006 01:53:36 AM
Very well executed shot and a title that makes it fit the topic spot on; shame the voters didn't score it higher, I did.
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05/15/2006 12:35:13 AM
I agve you a 7 because it's a beautiful photo, but if you seriously wanted to make a movie about littering you'd make it much less pleasing to the eye ;0)
ps- I agree.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/14/2006 11:41:51 PM
You have taken a very powerful photo... I have photos of seagulls with their legs dying as the fishing line cuts off circulation... photos of fishing hooks and lures in the breast of a seagull...... thank you
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05/14/2006 02:21:16 AM
Great title and image for a real problem to our wildlife habitat. Well done!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/13/2006 06:09:23 AM
Great title for a befitting subject!
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05/13/2006 03:01:29 AM
i do not find this photo aethestically pleasing, but that gets the message across. indeed, we have to care for our Earth.

as a photo, though, it could be more visually interesting. perhaps a different angle/lighting would be more dramatic.
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05/12/2006 04:25:07 AM
Excellent shot and excellent title. The lighting on the nylon is perfect, it glows, has depth. Then the grass becomes visible. The colour is great and its sharp
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05/09/2006 03:54:20 PM
a movie about littering? not a very interesting movie, but a good poster! The direct interrogative title makes it one of the best titles of the challenge.
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05/09/2006 06:22:44 AM
I can't see clearly what's the main subject of this photo/movie, but perhaps that's just me ;)
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05/09/2006 03:15:32 AM
Some just don't...nice shot
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