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The good news, we put out the fire. The bad news, well your truck...
The good news, we put out the fire. The bad news, well your truck...
ejfroth


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Street Photography In Color (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 IS USM
Location: Salem, Oregon
Date: Jul 13, 2009
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Emotive, Photojournalism
Date Uploaded: Jul 13, 2009

 Fire on I-5 near Salem, OR
This was the least of this fire, the firefighters stayed back and let most of the fuel burn off before they approached. Which in part they were forced to because the grass next to the truck caught and the the trees went shortly thereafter

Statistics
Place: 15 out of 137
Avg (all users): 5.9209
Avg (commenters): 7.1250
Avg (participants): 5.8929
Avg (non-participants): 5.9308
Views since voting: 1197
Views during voting: 391
Votes: 215
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 07/24/2009 06:46:26 PM


Critique Club Critique

First Impressions
Good photojournalism and capture. I'm thinking Road Photography (maybe a different Challenge idea). The spirit of Street Photography is not so strong in this image for me, but it is somewhat borderline.

Photograph Information, Technicals & Composition Review
Composition is quite sound, although the image looks like it may benefit from a slight nudge rotate up on the left. Again, difficult because of the Challenge, but maybe cropping in a little tighter would have removed more of the rural feel.

Comments, Score & Placement Review
15/135 is very good for this Challenge. The one comment that seemed to have the Challenge at the fore of their mind you didn't find helpful, which makes me wonder whether you were aspiring to awe the voters with the capture rather than meeting the Challenge. Given your score, placement and most of the comments, it seems you did that well.

Summary
Again, good capture but not Street Photography enough for me. Maybe more context (despite my crop comment above) may have given this more for this Challenge, if you had it and wanted to evoke that feel in your image.
 07/22/2009 09:33:59 PM
Thanks for the comments everyone! 90th percentile!
I've been working my way up with each submission, so hopefully I'll be able to get top three sometime!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/21/2009 04:05:24 PM
Great photojournalism. Caught at the perfect moment.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/18/2009 11:34:15 PM
Right place, right time (for you; not the truck owner). Wow, those flames and black smoke tell it all.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/18/2009 08:21:55 AM
Wow, great shot!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/18/2009 02:58:04 AM
Great action capture. The flames look so intense.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/16/2009 02:43:02 PM
Now that's a fire!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/16/2009 05:30:41 AM
Not a bad photo, just not what i expect from this challenge
 07/15/2009 06:05:28 AM
A little bondo and paint and she's good as new.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/15/2009 01:14:54 AM
nice framing and composition, brings you into the action
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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