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The Iron Giant
The Iron Giant
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Challenge: Book Titles II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Lens: Tamron AF 18-270mm F/3,5-6,3 Di II VC LD Aspherical [IF] macro for Canon
Location: El Segundo Blvd/Nash St Rail Station in El Segundo
Date: Aug 5, 2009
Aperture: F/28.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/4 sec.
Galleries: Blur, Street
Date Uploaded: Aug 7, 2009

It was the afternoon, so the exposer was really bright, i had to use a small aperture. even so, i used levels slightly, to increase the contrast.

Statistics
Place: 111 out of 130
Avg (all users): 4.9018
Avg (commenters): 4.5000
Avg (participants): 4.5870
Avg (non-participants): 5.0256
Views since voting: 734
Views during voting: 255
Votes: 163
Comments: 3
Favorites: 0


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08/20/2009 07:40:16 AM
Hi from the C Club,

I was one of your high scorer's on this shot, here are the reasons why.

I liked the overall shot, The different aspects of it came together for me, the blur of the train, the straightness of the poles and of course the great sculpture of the hand. It sort of meshed together.

Now in saying all of that, I would have liked to have seen some more motion blur on the train, a little more sharpness around the whole image or even just on the hand and the rest of it blurry. If you are going to go with such a high contrast to this shot, maybe turning it into a black and white would have worked better. Also, the main focal point is the hand, so that needs to be straightened out, that would give the rest of the shot a very interesting and different angle.

When you are in the midday sun, try lowering your exposures in camera, you will find that that will go a long way, you can also do this in Photoshop, try out the brightness and contrast as well. USM would have helped this shot a lot as well.

It was a good try on this and would love to see you reshoot it!

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/15/2009 12:32:17 PM
I would have like to see a bit more blur on the train...
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08/13/2009 03:37:54 PM
Way overexposed sky and unfocused. 4
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