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Thru the Window
Thru the Window
Shelley


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Challenge: Fire (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Nikon D100
Location: Sterling VA - Fire Dept rescue drill
Date: Feb 29, 2004
Aperture: 6.7
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Abstract
Date Uploaded: Feb 29, 2004

 I pretty much decided not to enter this shot, for lack of wanting to set my house on fire to get something interesting. Low and behold, today I was out shooting for "Silence" and on my way home heard on the radio of a traffic jam near my house because the fire and rescue was doing a practice drill, where they burn an old house down. What luck. this shot was taken from across the street with my 80-200 thru the window, and then cropped just inside the window frame. I tried leaving the window frame and part of the house in the picture, but it just didn't seem as interesting. Unfortunately, I arrived towards the end of the drill, so I probably missed the really good part of the fire. Anyway, we will have to see how it does.

Statistics
Place: 53 out of 113
Avg (all users): 5.2737
Avg (commenters): 7.1000
Avg (participants): 5.2410
Avg (non-participants): 5.3021
Views since voting: 948
Votes: 179
Comments: 10
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/07/2004 09:44:45 PM
This is very dark and scary. I like the feel it brings. I like the composition and wavy feel of the flames.
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 03/05/2004 07:12:34 AM
I thought you did a great job capturing the flames, but the glass distracted from that.
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 03/05/2004 05:48:34 AM
Wow...those flames are awesome.
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 03/04/2004 11:44:52 PM
Interesting shot, nice textures.
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 03/02/2004 10:06:38 PM
This is the best rendition of fire so far, for my tastes. Clear and sharp...maybe the glass has something to do with it. I would like to see the full dark areas down away with or downsized on the right and top. Other than that pretty fine. Like this as abstract very much.
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 03/02/2004 07:26:42 AM
I really like the swirl and the way you captured the rythem of the fire. A little blurry though
 03/01/2004 07:08:57 PM
Very cool shot, great capture of the flames, and you can't make you the size of the burning things (could be a macro, could be a whole building on fire), which is nice. I like it.
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 03/01/2004 05:16:37 PM
Good Capture but do not understand the whole picture.
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 03/01/2004 01:20:52 PM
nice shot...confusing 8
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 03/01/2004 10:22:02 AM
I like the Impressinist look to this. Good luck--hope you get a ribbon.
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