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Challenge: Holy Places (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Olympus C-8080
Location: Hallstatt
Date: May 9, 2006
Aperture: 5
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/80
Galleries: Cityscape, Landscape
Date Uploaded: May 9, 2006

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Statistics
Place: 61 out of 250
Avg (all users): 5.7592
Avg (commenters): 7.6875
Avg (participants): 5.5000
Avg (non-participants): 5.8713
Views since voting: 1027
Views during voting: 357
Votes: 245
Comments: 18
Favorites: 1 (view)


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05/21/2006 11:38:21 PM
Hey there from the Critique Club

First off, always try to include some info about the shot in the Photographer's Comments section. It really helps out when we know what the photographer was thinking and what equipment/lighting/etc. were used, especially when you request a critique.

Camera Work/Technical: The super-crisp focus on the from 3/4 of this capture is one of the first things that I noticed. Excellent exposure and great choice of settings to produce a very nice image. Perhaps a CP filter would have gotten rid of some of that haze in the distance, but that is a minor point.

Lighting: The sky is a hair overexposed, and you lost just a little detail in the clouds. A CP would have probably helped with this as well. Other than that, this was a great time of day for this capture.

Composition/Content: Excellent, excellent, excellent leading lines. The coast line, the city and the mountain all converge beautifully to draw the viewer DEEEEEEEEEEPPPP into the frame. You also put the rule of thirds into play nicely.

My Opinion: I bet many of the viewer's struggled with this being a holy place, per-se. Reading through the comments, some mentioned it, but none really beat you up over it. I feel the holiness in this one, and more so than any of the churches, shrines, synagogues, etc that were in the challenge. If the beauty of this scene can't produce a thought or two on some sort of master plan, what will? Nicely seen and nicely captured. I think the score only suffered based on the holy challenge title. Voting, it would have been one of my 8s or 9s.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/16/2006 06:24:45 PM
gorgeous!
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05/15/2006 06:32:19 PM
Fab.
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05/15/2006 01:41:00 PM
It sure is...(peaceful). I want to go there now! 8
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05/13/2006 10:12:56 PM
My first impression was "What is HOLY represented here?" Then I got it...
Mans creation in harmaony with Gods creation.
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05/13/2006 08:12:05 PM
This looks lika an interesting place to live in. Where is that? Is driving possible?
Nice photo. 8
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05/12/2006 02:42:07 PM
HEY! I've been there! Beautiful place Hallstatt is hu? I can't to be there again this June. Great shot, hope it's doing well.
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05/12/2006 11:37:03 AM
Hallstatt, what a beautiful place. I think just to your left is the Umbrella Bar, great beer with a view.
Hallstatt is for sure a very holy place and this is a well done version of one of the many famous views. For this challenge you many have been served better to have a tighter view church but I hope it is doing well for you. 9
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05/12/2006 01:49:11 AM
Ahh Hallstatt Austria - definately Peaceful, one of my favorite places in the world! This was one of the places I thought of when this challenge was announced. It is nice that someone was there and could enter a photo from this this place. Did you see the Catholic church? Very pretty this time of year with the flowers growing on the graves.

I like the perspective of your photo which I suspect was taken from the park at the end of town. A nice job overall.
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05/11/2006 09:57:33 PM
A beautiful scene, very clear, great colour and detail. Different than most other photos in the challenge.
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05/11/2006 08:50:03 PM
Gorgeous! Wonderful choice of subject. Colors pop. I would like to live there!
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05/11/2006 10:36:41 AM
Indeed, as the title says.
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05/11/2006 05:36:27 AM
What a beautiful place, very tranquil and serene indeed. I'm guessing it's not holy in it's own right (like being a shrine or whatever), but nonetheless worthy of a decent score.
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05/10/2006 06:55:16 PM
You can just feel this village clinging to the edge of the land, trying not to slip into the sea. (Or is it a lake?)
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05/10/2006 02:58:17 PM
Beautiful shot
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05/10/2006 01:45:27 PM
beautiful. not sure how it ties into the challenge though.
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05/10/2006 01:06:20 PM
What a pleasant photo.
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05/10/2006 08:00:56 AM
This is a very calming and peaceful image.....
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