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Challenge: Periodic Table (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: 2008
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Waxahachie, Texas
Date: Nov 8, 2008
Aperture: F4.5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/2500
Galleries: Macro, Transportation
Date Uploaded: Nov 10, 2008

 A hood ornament on a 40's vintage Chevy. Chrome (chromium) plated, of course. Uploaded this Sunday night and was not totally happy with it, the composition and perspective still seemed lacking. I lucked out with the upload problem Sunday, as it gave me another day to think about what it needed. It hit me on the drive home from work. A little bit of artificially induced dynamic tilt was what it needed. I'm pleased with it now.

Pre-challenge notes:
I'm probably going to get killed in the voting on this, but you never know. I expect this will be either a love or or hate it kind of entry. I like the strong perspective with the extremely narrow DOF. My wife says she doesn't like it at all. I will therefore be continuing my small experiment to see if going opposite my wife's advice results is better scores on DPC.

Post-challenge notes:
This rather surprised me by coming in with a high mediocre score. i expected it to either bomb out in the 4's or do pretty well. Something like this probably would have done better in the narrow DOF challenge from several months back. I still like it.

Statistics
Place: 61 out of 102
Avg (all users): 5.3333
Avg (commenters): 5.1250
Avg (participants): 5.2093
Avg (non-participants): 5.3793
Views since voting: 1093
Views during voting: 293
Votes: 159
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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 12/26/2008 06:16:39 PM
i looooove the dof here!! i like the green in the background too, it makes the blue pop
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 11/18/2008 12:47:22 AM
Steve,I found it pretty interesting actually! I guess from the artist side of me, I see an artistic shot rather than the technicalities and this one hit me on the artistic side which really made me stop and look at it a lot more than some of the technically brilliant pieces. To be perfectly honest (no disrespect intended to the ribboners at all)....I actually thought this was FAR more meaningful than the technically well done winning shots!

I'm afraid that being in here can be dangerous to artistic flare. It trains AGAINST it in a lot of ways. Our eyes are being trained to look at a photo for technical aspects and esthetics rather than anything really artistic. You have an artistic eye. Keep it that way. DPC'ers will eventually evolve! ;)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/15/2008 09:16:10 PM
Good concept, but the perspective and framing hurt this shot. I feel like she just knocked me over, and now she's walking away without a second glance! IMO, A horizontal comp with her entering the frame would have been stronger.
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 11/14/2008 08:57:39 PM
awesome DOF!!!
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 11/14/2008 03:40:38 AM
I learned something. I didn't realize Chrome was an element I thought it was a compound. Thanks for that. :)
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 11/12/2008 12:47:54 PM
cool dof
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 11/11/2008 07:38:57 PM
The face is so reflective, to me, it makes the whole image feel soft.
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 11/11/2008 05:44:53 PM
Messy and too shallow DOF to my liking
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 11/11/2008 04:42:36 PM
Interesting shot with just the face in focus.
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 11/11/2008 11:42:33 AM
My mind wants more depth of field and I am distracted by the amount of "useless" unfocused visual information provided.
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