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Pursuit of the American Dream
Pursuit of the American Dream
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Cultural Events (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Lost Hills, CA
Date: May 5, 2007
Aperture: 13
ISO: 800
Shutter: 3200
Galleries: Landscape
Date Uploaded: May 8, 2007

 cliched and not really meeting the challenge. thanks anyway.

Statistics
Place: 49 out of 90
Avg (all users): 5.3450
Avg (commenters): 5.6875
Avg (participants): 4.7805
Avg (non-participants): 5.4516
Views since voting: 854
Views during voting: 388
Votes: 258
Comments: 18
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/15/2007 08:20:06 PM
Love the photo... I can maybe understand the underlying message of "culture" The American Dream and the pursuit of oil, though that's not really the American Dream. But what I really fail to understand is where is the "event"?? It's supposed to be a cultural event...
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 05/15/2007 06:55:20 AM
wonderful picture, but I miss the 'cultural event'
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 05/14/2007 06:53:24 PM
Pump jack culture? And the pump jacks are getting together to have an event?


Sorry DNMC :(
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 05/14/2007 11:58:25 AM
I like the contrast between the dark sky and machinery.
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 05/14/2007 11:02:35 AM
nice image it sums up all events in our culture
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 05/14/2007 09:24:15 AM
pretty capture but I'm not feeling the title.
IMHO, a pursuit, especially of the American dream, isn't embodied by machines pulling oil out of the ground.
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 05/13/2007 10:03:30 AM
really nice
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 05/13/2007 01:29:29 AM
Really stretching the challenge theme, but still a good shot.
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 05/12/2007 07:40:35 AM
Sorry, but I don't see the connection with a "Cultural Event".
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/10/2007 07:19:39 PM
From my point of view DNMC. So I'll skip it.
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 05/10/2007 01:04:13 PM
very nice coloring; nice lighting and timing. The plane's contrails kind of distract a little but overall still a very excellent photo.
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 05/10/2007 11:41:55 AM
very nice arrangement of colors in this photo i like the sky its very pretty
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 05/10/2007 10:16:11 AM
very nice mixture of shapes and shadows, wonderful silhouettes, great color saturation, beautiful light
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 05/09/2007 07:56:53 PM
dnmc
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 05/09/2007 02:01:22 PM
How very Texas.
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 05/09/2007 11:28:50 AM
Amazing colors in the sky! I like the silhouettes created.
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 05/09/2007 10:15:03 AM
having trouble fitting this into the challenge ...
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 05/09/2007 08:02:15 AM
Exactly.
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