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End of the world
End of the world
Kelli


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Desolation II (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Challenge entries 2006
Camera: Minolta DiMAGE Z1
Location: Jackson, NJ
Date: Jun 18, 2006
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 0.005s
Galleries: Snapshot, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jun 18, 2006

The monster truck pit at Great Adventure. This is what the remote control trucks run over. Converted to B&W, sharpened, resized, baddream filter run (this only burns the darks and dodges the lights). No pixels were moved or added in the making of this picture!

after challenge: I added the unedited color version of this to my portfolio and a perspective shot since a lot of people didn't get what it was. These are concreted into the ground, so it's not noise in the photo that you see.

Statistics
Place: 163 out of 197
Avg (all users): 4.9744
Avg (commenters): 5.9375
Avg (participants): 5.0241
Avg (non-participants): 4.9375
Views since voting: 678
Views during voting: 306
Votes: 195
Comments: 21
Favorites: 0


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07/09/2006 06:19:06 PM
I think this could work really well with the challenge, but looks a bit like a kid's toy, just made out of one piece of plastic, and in this way may have worked better if you made the set yourself.
I think it needed a little more sharpness, and perhaps a slight wider angle - not sure tbh as it doesnt really "grab" me, and even after looking at your original& perspective, I'm still not entirely sure what I'm looking at. Sorry! (As a kinda excuse, I've only ever seen monster truck rallies on the Simpsons! :P)
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07/02/2006 10:46:10 PM
hello again,

my whole problem with this one is the effect you have added. i think the cars in the flood is great..... B&W is great.... just not that fuzzy stuff. lol.

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07/02/2006 08:33:29 AM
Trading Post

I would like to have seen this be a bit sharper. I like the idea a lot and the composition is good. B&W is a good choice given the subject matter. I would have given this a 5 if I had been able to vote. It's just to blurred for my taste.
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06/30/2006 12:05:44 AM
Trading Post - Interesting to see them in color and with more of a true perspective. I did think it was just odd noise that was contaminating the shot. Anyway, the shot left me a bit flat. The shadows seemed a bit harsh and the texture was not pleasing to me. Overall the shot didnt hold much interest for me. In challenge I figured it was just really bad postprocessing and voted according to that. Very tough challenge to rate as the pics were meant to leave one feeling down.
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06/26/2006 08:54:40 PM
Trading Post comment

This feels very desolate! Definitely works well in B&W. The color version is kinda cool, too, but this is definitely more suited to the challenge. I like overall composition - can't see anything I'd change on it. Technically I suppose some might want it a bit sharper, but I like it soft - gives it a dreary feel, which is pretty much what I think you were after. Really should have scored higher.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/25/2006 07:31:10 PM
Looks like a boiling soup, end of the world? ok I'll bite :)
but I don't particularly like the post processing that much.
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06/25/2006 09:39:09 AM
Really nice image
9
black and white works well.
good luck

Kev
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06/24/2006 03:32:47 AM
nice job achieving the end of the world look.
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06/23/2006 01:27:47 PM
I'm not sure how I feel about the overall look of this. it's a cool concept and may have been better with more realistic coloring. not totally realistic but a happy medium.
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06/23/2006 06:02:41 AM
Oh this is a sad sight indeed.
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06/23/2006 04:53:16 AM
A spooky. atmopsopheric feel!
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06/23/2006 02:07:46 AM
Very hard to see what is going on here.
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06/22/2006 11:54:23 PM
I have no idea how this was done, or what it is meant to depict. Does it depict "Desolation"...Possibly, but I do not believe this will score all that well. Good luck to you.
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06/20/2006 10:43:04 PM
Interesting photo, nice and imaginative. A little to much noise.
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06/20/2006 02:26:48 PM
very cool!
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06/19/2006 07:16:43 PM
Creative idea.
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06/19/2006 06:26:24 PM
Wow! How did you do this?
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06/19/2006 02:40:29 PM
Okay, here goes. I gave you a 7 (one of the few I did rate). And I was going to comment but I had to eat. I so love the surrealness of this image. And I love that, while its in black and white, it doesn't look like a black and white image. I don't know how to explain that but trust me.

Why it isn't scoring well? You have to ask? DPC craves the bright and shiny. This is neither - lose 2 points for that. DPC prefers simple - this isn't that - lose another point. DPC likes vibrant color - none here - there goes another point. DPC wants a vision that requires no interpretation and if it does require one that it doesn't detract from the feel good moment - minus one for missing that. Where are we at? 5? Add in the number of people that are scoring you down for does not meet challenge and your score should reside between 4.3 and 5.3. Am I close?

So, why did I give you a 7 and not anything higher? My scoring allows 2 for meet challenge, 4 for technicals, 4 for emotion. I gave you 4 for emotion, 1 for meeting challenge, 2 for technicals. The contrast isn't as high as I'd like it and the point of view and focus are slightly off and the cars look a little bit fake. But its a really cool image. :)
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06/19/2006 01:05:38 PM
great image, very unique. what did you do in pp
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06/19/2006 09:51:44 AM
This does say desolation quite well. The tone used is effective.
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06/19/2006 04:44:59 AM
Don't know what I'm looking at here, it could be kids toys in a puddle or full size cars in a pond? The post processing really does it no favours.
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