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Challenge: Free Study XIV (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Signs
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Mansfield, NJ
Date: Oct 13, 2006
Aperture: 1.8
ISO: 800
Shutter: 25
Galleries: Urban, Children
Date Uploaded: Oct 31, 2006

Taken on Friday 13th, a creepy van with dozens of small handprints, a la Blair Witch Project. Crop, channel mixer to black and white, curves, resize, sharpen.

Statistics
Place: 502 out of 625
Avg (all users): 5.0312
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 4.9868
Avg (non-participants): 5.2000
Views since voting: 771
Views during voting: 257
Votes: 192
Comments: 15
Favorites: 0


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01/08/2009 10:14:04 AM
luv it!
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11/09/2006 10:29:06 AM
I like the everyday aspect of it, yet it's done artfully and not expected.
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11/09/2006 10:26:52 AM
So creative! I wish I'd voted on this one so I could give it a nice high score. IMO your scores are low for something so out-of-the-box and well-rendered.
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11/08/2006 07:30:22 PM
Like the high contrast and the "what the heck are all those handprints doing there" aspect. Makes me think it's a well loved, well used family car where family matters more than the overblown American tendency to worship their vehicles.
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11/08/2006 06:54:31 PM
I really am diggin this shot! I didn't vote in the free study challenge this time, but I would have given this an 8. I like the black and white. I think it works perfectly for the creepy effect. I also really like the composition. One thing I think I would have liked better would be if the line of the doors was a little bit more to the right. Just a preference thing on my part. Otherwise, the placement of the handprints gives the feeing of someone trying to climb up the side of the car, but slipping downward in failure. I really like it. Nice work. :)
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11/08/2006 06:51:17 AM
I loved this! I can't tell you how many times my kids have done this, along with the dog. I once had paw prints from the front of my hood, up the windshield, covering the roof and then off the back windshield for one last push before the dog jumped. I gave it a 7.
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11/08/2006 06:18:52 AM
A commenter average of EXACTLY FIVE. Now that is creepy. Well, I realise that the number 5 isn't, strictly speaking, thought of as being a creepy number, but woah.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/03/2006 05:58:04 PM
Hmmm....very high key shot. I'm just not sure that the subject here is really sufficient to hold my attention.
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11/03/2006 02:48:35 PM
great stylistic shot, the grain in the pic helps add to the feel of the image.
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11/03/2006 05:08:17 AM
Unusual, and I don't quite get it...
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11/02/2006 11:26:52 PM
What a creepy, macabre scene this could be...or it could just be crazy kids like mine. Interesting submission. Good luck in the challenge. :)
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11/02/2006 06:45:27 AM
we did this to my mom when we were growing up too. Great piece, should talk to most parents here from one time or another.
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11/01/2006 09:07:31 PM
Creativity: 3/3
Technical: 2/2
Composition: 1/2
Over all appeal: 1/2
Fresh technique/idea: 0/1

Extra/less points: none

Total: 7
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11/01/2006 01:16:43 PM
hee! clever title.
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11/01/2006 02:05:24 AM
I like it - very original
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