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Challenge: Free Study 2011-10 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L IS USM
Location: Manila, Philippines
Date: Oct 2, 2011
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/500 sec
Galleries: Urban, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Oct 5, 2011

 This photo means a lot more to me than it will to anyone else so I expect this to be one of my lowest scoring entries.

This shot was taken in Manila, Philippines the day after a typhoon passed near by. The scaffolding looking structures are actually large advertising billboards. The advertising material is rolled up (you can see it on the left hand side) when a typhoon is expected to hit. A couple of years ago during my first visit to this city a typhoon hit and blew over one of these billboards that hit a bus and killed several people leading to the extra precautions now taken. There are thousands of these structures around the city and with dozens of typhoons hitting a year it is quite a task. This is also the least amount of traffic I have seen here (my fourth trip) due to the combination of the previous storm and that it was a Sunday.

I have more interesting shots of the city, its people and flavour of its culture but this one just really appeals to me. This was taken from the front seat of a taxi (travelling quite fast) through one of the few sections of windscreen that didn’t have stickers on it.

Statistics
Place: 216 out of 311
Avg (all users): 5.4148
Avg (commenters): 6.7500
Avg (participants): 5.4257
Avg (non-participants): 5.3824
Views since voting: 393
Views during voting: 237
Votes: 135
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 11/08/2011 11:09:15 PM
Looks like we were there at the same time, memorable, to say the least.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/07/2011 11:49:43 PM
good composition
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 11/06/2011 10:10:34 PM
What a jumble of elements. Effectively framed. I feel like I'm about to enter some serious chaos.
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 11/04/2011 09:35:38 PM
Another face of the city
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 11/01/2011 12:05:55 AM
Ha, I was there 2 wks ago, busy hey !
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