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Challenge: At Rest (Classic Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Olympus D-490Z
Location: Oakland, California, USA
Date: Sep 17, 2003
Aperture: 4.4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Urban, Photojournalism
Date Uploaded: Sep 21, 2003

Typical urban detritus found throughout the US. Shot while waiting for the bus on my way to work, with early morning shaded sunlight from almost directly behind.

Did the best framing/exposure job I could with auto-everything settings on the camera and avoiding traffic.

Cropped a little from the bottom. Very slight tone adjustment, one light pass with USM (two passes increased the file size from 149k to 153k).

Statistics
Place: 259 out of 288
Avg (all users): 3.8519
Avg (commenters): 5.2000
Avg (participants): 3.5495
Avg (non-participants): 4.1714
Views since voting: 1817
Votes: 216
Comments: 15
Favorites: 0


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10/01/2003 06:43:47 PM
Paul, I like this one, too. Here's the rub as I see it, the DOF IS very narrow, with the focused range nearer the back (lower 1/2 seems out of focus to me). I might have liked this a bit better were the focused part more towards the middle. I think I might have gone 7 on this...I see the challenge aspect, but it might not be "enough" for general viewer. Rob the Swash
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10/01/2003 06:22:30 PM
Yup I like this too, but it's just too much effort for some people to veer off the well trodden path. DOF is a bit too tight but the concept carries it nicely.
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10/01/2003 12:40:50 AM
Wow this deserved better... or maybe I'm just "artsy", but I really enjoyed this one! I gave it a 7.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/30/2003 06:31:10 PM
The depth of field needs to be brought more to the foreground for this photo to be more powerful, good idea though.
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09/29/2003 06:54:17 PM
Hmm... interesting dof, but I think it's just a little too narrow. Good message though.
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09/29/2003 06:08:24 PM
Very good shot but you would focus on a near glass
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09/29/2003 02:09:18 PM
Good depth of field. great texture.
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09/26/2003 07:36:35 AM
im sorry, i feel this is a bad shot, What are you trying to draw attention to? What is at rest? "The Camera"? With 3/4 of the shot out of focus I was about to skip and click onto the next photo. I thought you may like feedback thats all - dont get upset, it's the only way to get better
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09/26/2003 04:53:34 AM
Really nice focusing to get the depth of field you got. You can almost feel the pebbles on the floor. Beautiful reflections in the glass pieces.
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09/25/2003 05:09:18 PM
good take on the challenge, I am not a big fan of the blurred foreground but an overall nice job
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09/25/2003 03:10:34 PM
very powerful. i only wish the bottom was as in focus as the top.
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09/25/2003 01:00:53 PM
An interesting interpretation. The bits of glass have a story to tell, and I can imagine something having come to rest, however violently, from looking at the glass shards. I like the cool blue hue of the image, but I do find the half screen of blurredness to be very distracting. I cannot tell if that was purposeful (my guess is not), but I would find the image more interesting if it were entirely in focus, or if the blurring was kept to the outer edges as a thin border. I rated this lower than I might have due to the blurring.
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09/25/2003 12:40:08 PM
this narrow depth of field makes the picture more interesting.
the big piece of ice at the left is distracting.
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09/24/2003 11:29:03 PM
Inovative idea. Was the out of focus forground intentional? It annoyed me at first but now I like it because it caught my attention and made me wonder. Makes me a little dizzy. Probably how the people in the accident felt.
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09/24/2003 01:23:08 PM
i would like to see the description of this pic and why it fits At Rest
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