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Challenge: Silhouettes III (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Location: Near BC / Alaska border
Date: Aug 24, 2006
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/1600
Galleries: Sky, Transportation
Date Uploaded: Aug 25, 2006

Another shot of my faviorite subject, my daily ride to work, a MD500 helicopter. This is a shot of the chopper descending in hover to a helipad carved deep into the old growth forest of the pacific northwest.

The only pp I applied was free transform in CS2.

Post-challenge:

Well, I guess that goes to show how much I know...and I thought this was a good photo. I just wish Id received more feedback for all the low scores this was given, its very frustrating to see a photo you think is good getting hammered by the voters for no apparent reason.

Anyway, I know what I think is good about this photo. What do you see that makes it subpar?

Statistics
Place: 214 out of 352
Avg (all users): 5.0370
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 4.5914
Avg (non-participants): 5.3133
Views since voting: 767
Views during voting: 312
Votes: 243
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0


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09/07/2006 10:40:02 PM
i'm with you. i gave you an 8. i like the blade capture. very hard to do at those speeds without overexposing the background.
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09/06/2006 12:20:45 PM
I will refer back to my number one reason to rate a photo highly...interest. Photos are there to communicate and entertain first and foremost.

Beyond some cloud formations of some interest there really isn't anything there that draws me in to look for more. The only technical nit pick is that it doesn't feel so much like a silhouette as it does an underexposed shot of the bottom of a helicopter.

But..that is just one persons opinion. I hope it gave you some insight to my score.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/03/2006 08:23:52 AM
This is a really nice shot.
The clouds above give the effect of being blown around by the helicopter's "wash", as if they are a very direct, and very involved piece of the whole.
An illusion of course, but a good one.
Good luck!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/31/2006 05:39:43 PM
Very effective. Looks great.
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08/31/2006 02:54:51 PM
oh man, word. I'll what up this. 10.
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08/31/2006 09:21:15 AM
4
08/30/2006 12:50:02 AM
Good placement, nice colors, I like the cloud and the sky's placements.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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