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"With our thoughts, we make the world." - Buddha
"With our thoughts, we make the world." - Buddha
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Challenge: Newspaper (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: double dueces five eight
Date: Jun 22, 2004
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/13
Galleries: Black and White, Studio
Date Uploaded: Jun 22, 2004

Taken in my living room after two hours of painstakingly taping newspaper clippings to the wall and stapling bedsheets over the windows to block out light. Lighting is a small table lamp (minus the lampshade). Model is my ever-patient roommate Britt. :)

Post processing :: resize, USM, and border added.

Statistics
Place: 78 out of 232
Avg (all users): 5.4658
Avg (commenters): 6.2857
Avg (participants): 5.0625
Avg (non-participants): 5.7167
Views since voting: 1456
Views during voting: 392
Votes: 292
Comments: 28
Favorites: 4 (view)


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06/29/2004 08:17:14 PM
I love it. But I don't get it.
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06/29/2004 07:27:06 PM
What a great shot!
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06/29/2004 03:46:27 AM
Great shot, but I don't think this is what the challenge was asking for.
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06/28/2004 01:50:06 AM
thats a good pic and it looks awesome!!!!!
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06/27/2004 10:52:33 PM
This one is top 5 IMO,10 !
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06/27/2004 02:02:37 AM
For a newspaper challenge your title sets a confusing stage. I associate clippings on a wall exactly like this with obsessive behavior found in many movies....... a police detective related title or soemthing about catching a criminal wold have fit this picture like a glove. And it is a great picture - especially how the darkness on the right is countered by the brightness on the left. Very nice picture.
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06/25/2004 07:54:18 PM
Nice pic I would think you put a lot of effort into it but missed the cord of the lamp hanging down oops! I like it but not sure if it would be newspaper stuff though!
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06/25/2004 10:01:17 AM
A really cool picture, but I don't see it as a newspaper headline. 5
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06/25/2004 02:36:00 AM
I like the picture, but I don't care for the title. For me the picture is more important than the title. (10)
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06/24/2004 10:52:47 PM
I like this picture the title.. well I guess it could run in the religion section so I gave you the benefit of doubt and scored you an 8 .
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06/24/2004 10:11:56 PM
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06/24/2004 09:33:58 PM
Great shot.
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06/24/2004 08:31:24 PM
Bet this took a lot of time to set up. I took the challenge more to mean actual News events or something that would be posted in the newspaper, not newspaper itself. It is a great photograph and for that I gave it a 7.
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06/24/2004 10:24:48 AM
I think you misunderstood the challenge: the target was not to take a picture with newspapers in it, but a picture that could appear in a newspaper. Your title doesn't make this appropriate for a newspaper article. Still a 7 because I like the image very much.
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06/24/2004 06:32:40 AM
Nice shot :)
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06/23/2004 08:49:53 PM
I really love this picture but in my opinion, I don't believe that it is one I'd see in a newspaper.
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06/23/2004 08:40:51 PM
This is a photo of newspapers more then a photo that might be in a newspaper.
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06/23/2004 05:36:27 PM
Interesting photo, great quote for a title, but would this be in a newspaper?
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06/23/2004 04:31:31 PM
Good image nonetheless.
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06/23/2004 04:02:30 PM
An interesting photo but hardly a journalistic one. A journalistic photo depicts an immediate event or socially relevent issue. Your headline is not a headline, it is a quotation. While a quotation from a politician or other public figure might be newsworthy enough for a headline, a quotation from a long dead spiritual leader is not. This photo somewhat supports the quote, which in turn lends creedance to the impact of journalism on society. However, it does so in a rather abstract way and not in a journalistic way. Journalism deals in facts, events, and issues. Abstractions can be used to discuss these events but they shouldn't be used in place of the facts when attempting to inform a wide public. I guess what it boils down to is, this photo does not really inform the public of anything. It is a very subjective interpretation of the Budda's words.

Without the title I would be more inclined to think it was a portrait of a serial killer or stalker than a reflection of the Buddah's words. A lone figure standing in a dark room using the light of flashlight (?) to read a single page of many doesn't say anything about the world-shaping quality of our thoughts. It just looks kind of pseudo-artsy without giving the viewer much to hold on to. Kind of like listening to someone else's dream.
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06/23/2004 12:26:03 PM
This is real deep stuff I dont get it but nice shot. Ill give you an 8 but you owe me an explanation.
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06/23/2004 12:09:02 PM
original
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06/23/2004 11:04:28 AM
although i like the photo a lot ... i'm not so sure how this meets the challenge ... sure i see a lot of newspapers but .... still a powerful photo though ..... 6
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06/23/2004 09:19:02 AM
I really like this photograph but I wonder if it's too artsy for a newspaper?
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06/23/2004 07:13:19 AM
Lots of newspapers in the pic but I don't think i'd see this in one. Composition is good. It looks a tad bit blurry though.
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06/23/2004 05:15:37 AM
i really like the picture, it's not specificly a newspaper picture, but on the other hand would it fit very nice with a background article.
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06/23/2004 04:17:58 AM
Interesting shot. But not a newspaper photo.
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06/23/2004 03:51:51 AM
No borders please. Too dark for newspaper transfer
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