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Is this what we call progress?
Is this what we call progress?
willhadl


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Progress (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: Vancouver Wa
Date: Jul 10, 2006
Aperture: f2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/800
Galleries: Abstract, Emotive
Date Uploaded: Jul 11, 2006

Junk yard of old cars.

Very shallow DOF due to f2.8 I only wanted a small section of the junk to be in focus.

Used Raw shooter to process the raw file pushing the contrast in the shadow and highlights.

Then in PS converted to Lab and up the satureation of the colors.

resized and saved for the web.

Statistics
Place: 92 out of 152
Avg (all users): 5.1667
Avg (commenters): 6.7857
Avg (participants): 5.0000
Avg (non-participants): 5.2172
Views since voting: 1326
Views during voting: 347
Votes: 258
Comments: 16
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/18/2006 07:49:50 PM
somehow that foregrounded piece of glass ties the whole picture together for me. a wonderful collage of color and shape. 8
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07/18/2006 05:04:38 PM
Very nice idea.
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07/18/2006 05:03:44 PM
I like the lighting in this photo, and the oof focus cars add to the scene
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07/18/2006 11:14:01 AM
Bravo! (appaluse) Very nice color and focus is flawless.
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07/18/2006 10:56:43 AM
The broken glass that is out of focus and in front of the whole photo bothers me a bit, kindof an attention stealer but the rest of the shot I like, love the DOF and the coloring in it. 6
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07/18/2006 01:45:29 AM
I like the colors. Maybe a little too much sharpening? Also a little hard to pick a focal point
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07/15/2006 06:22:58 PM
I like your photo and message a lot but I think the post-editing workflow could have been better. I still give it a '9'.
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07/15/2006 10:13:20 AM
The byproducts of progress - good choice for the challenge. I think I might have preferred a more focused look at the car in the upper right, since the broken pane in the front grabs the eye first, then directs it to that second car.
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07/14/2006 12:02:39 PM
Planned obsolescence certainly isn't progress. Good shot.
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07/13/2006 11:00:10 PM
Love the color tones in the shot
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07/13/2006 10:22:01 PM
I see shat you are doing here, but for me the out-of-focus broken glass in the foregroud detracts. It does give it a uniqueness though.
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07/13/2006 05:15:31 PM
I can almost feel the heat in this scene. The choice of viewpoint is excellent, I like the shallow depth of field and the way the background focus has been handled.
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07/13/2006 09:59:37 AM
I like this shot. Think it would have worked a little better with the focus on the car half way up the right side rather than the one at the bottom, but overall very nice.
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07/12/2006 06:54:31 PM
way cool.. hats off to you...
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07/12/2006 05:56:02 PM
Good idea but the OOF grass in the back stands out a lot. I'd also have moved that glass thats sticking up in the front.
07/12/2006 12:17:58 PM
PPPFFT...

No, this is what we call over sharpening. Okay all kidding aside, this is a great shot with a great theme, I love your choice of DOF. The pane of glass in the foreground of the shot IMHO takes away from the leading lines you have with the cars, I would re-shoot without the pane of glass and you would really have a wonderful shot. And yes, I would tone down the un-sharpen mask a little, there's a lot of haloing in the body lines of the background cars and grass reeds. Good eye and a wonderful shot.

Message edited by author 2006-07-21 18:02:28.


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