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Waiting for water
Waiting for water
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Challenge: Oops! (Classic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: Red Wing, Minnesota
Date: Aug 27, 2003
Aperture: 16
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/45
Galleries: Black and White, Photojournalism
Date Uploaded: Sep 2, 2003

 This boat was stranded when the water level dropped on the Mississippi river near Red Wing, Minnesota.

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 09/14/2003 03:55:07 PM
Originally posted by tfaust:
Hate it when that happens! I might like to see this photo color...


Here is the color version of this shot.

I thought the brilliant pink sunset became the subject rather than the "opps" that was supposed to be the subject of the shot.
 09/10/2003 12:50:07 AM
It's difficult watching the comments about not seeing the "opps" and not being able to respond. I guess this is one of those situations where I should have looked at the photo more objectively and realized the details I saw while taking the picture would not be obvious to others.

The boat in the picture is sitting on it's side in about 3 inches of water. The "opps" is the fact that the owner anchored in shallow water at a time when the river level was dropping rapidly. Once the boat was stranded, the only option was to wait for the water level to rise again.

Message edited by author 2003-09-14 15:50:39.
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09/09/2003 04:58:42 PM
I'm really sorry if I appear a bit slow but I'm not exactly sure what this picture means. I can't see how it represents "oops". Sorry for the criticism! Anyway, it's a lovely black and white shot (I am very partial to b&w) my only improvement to it would be to focus more on the boat and not have such a large strech of water in the foreground. Before I take a picture, I try out lots of different views first through the viewfinder to see which one most clearly brings across the idea I'm trying to put forward. Hope this helps!
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 09/08/2003 02:19:31 PM
um, i don't get it. Title doens't take me there either. Nice photograph, though.
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 09/05/2003 06:50:10 PM
the subject of this "oops" photo is too small to be able to tell what's going on. nice shot, though.
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 09/05/2003 12:40:40 AM
beautiful shot. love the horizonal lines and the reflections. not getting the 'oops' though.
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 09/04/2003 08:48:01 AM
Good shot but the b&w would be subsitute by scale of yellow. You can joke withe contrast to focus the boat. It's too distant!
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 09/04/2003 01:09:37 AM
Now that really sucks....Does it count for an oops I don't know....very ambiguous....Either way it sucks.....Ohhh And a very nice picture.....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/03/2003 10:48:50 PM
Hate it when that happens! I might like to see this photo color...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/03/2003 04:17:00 PM
The photo would have been better if it was zoomed in toward the boat more. It's hard to tell that it's stuck.
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 09/03/2003 12:56:12 PM
Good capture of the still water. Nice composition.
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