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Whale Tail
Whale Tail
Mr_Pants


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Challenge: Free Study 2007-01 (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM
Location: IWM, Duxford
Date: Jan 21, 2007
Date Uploaded: Jan 23, 2007

 I saw the bright sky behind the tail of the 'plane and instantly knew that I wanted to get some sort of silhouette shot from it. The clouds were, to my mind, a decent addition. The speedwing logo on the tail was brought out a little in PP, in order to add a little interest. Chose B&W to give it that old-world feel.

The 'plane is in an air museum in the UK. From memory, I think that it might be a Trident.

Statistics
Place: 494 out of 559
Avg (all users): 4.7622
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 4.6847
Avg (non-participants): 5.0313
Views since voting: 959
Views during voting: 199
Votes: 143
Comments: 3
Favorites: 0

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 02/08/2007 01:23:58 PM
The technicals: Well done. You did a good job managing the sun directly in the shot. We have nice gradient in the sky instead of vast amounts of blow out.

The feel: I think the composition hurts here. I do like the clouds as an addition and would keep them, but I would have moved so the tail fills up more completely the frame (that is, less negative space in the direction of the sun). Personally, I don't like the speedwing detail. I like to have objects either have a good dynamic range of detail or be compeltely sillouetted. This is sort of a quasi-world in between and that usually fails.

The game: Yes, a subtle shot for DPC. Don't worry about the score on a shot like this. However, I do think you could have made some improvements (as mentioned above).
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/06/2007 10:32:58 PM
great shot! love the backlit clouds and the tones here. 8
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 02/03/2007 04:21:18 PM
interesting shot,
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