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Women of 1870s Wichita KS (blacksmith)
Women of 1870s Wichita KS (blacksmith)
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Environmental Portrait (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Cowtown in Wichita KS
Date: May 13, 2006
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/85
Galleries: Vintage, Photojournalism
Date Uploaded: May 13, 2006

Women of the Wild West in the late 1800s were no shrinking violets. They did all the so-called "womanly" chores of cooking, cleaning, sewing, mending, planting, harvesting, and also pitched in with the cattle roundups, branding, running businesses by the side of their husbands.

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Place: 66 out of 190
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Avg (commenters): 6.1000
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Views since voting: 1843
Views during voting: 301
Votes: 213
Comments: 13
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05/20/2006 06:13:32 AM
Nice anachronistic shades she has... ;>)
05/18/2006 11:34:53 PM
Fits challenge well. I would have liked a tighter crop especially the top left. The barrels at the bottom tend to distract from the main focus of the picture.
05/18/2006 12:57:19 PM
This is nit picking, but the glasses seem a touch out of place. OTher wise this is a ncie picture. Maybe a slight bump in contrast to bring out the 'old' feel
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05/17/2006 11:01:56 PM
the hairdo doesn't go with the set up
05/17/2006 08:27:22 AM
what an interesting peek into the past, well done
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05/17/2006 05:13:14 AM
One hot Babe !!!LOL 8
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05/16/2006 05:58:00 PM
excellent story here-6-
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05/16/2006 02:34:29 PM
A tighter crop on the subject would have helped this one.
05/16/2006 12:53:50 PM
wish she was looking at the camera ... nice photo though ...
05/15/2006 07:40:45 PM
Really interesting image, nice environmental context. i doubt whether women were allowed to do that work way back then but it doesn't matter for the pic. If you were looking for ways to grow its score, perhapds the bright light on the forge base is distracting from the main strength of the image. I was thinking about how to take that away and figured that you could use an upside-down graduated mask for the bottom half of the pic. Depending on the opacity of it, you could then really force the eye into the main part of the image and I think it would look seriously powerful
05/15/2006 06:43:26 PM
Fits Challenge well,Stronger sharpening on the Smithy would have imroved the POF, .......8
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05/15/2006 10:24:29 AM
I like the lighting and the wide angle of the shot. Good clarity and I like the colors. It has a neat aged feel.
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05/15/2006 06:07:25 AM
if only she were posed this would be fantastic.


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