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Challenge: Communication (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Binghamton's South Side
Date: Oct 11, 2004
Aperture: f 7.1
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Abstract, Cityscape
Date Uploaded: Oct 12, 2004

 Great sky, but very grey out of the camera. Nothing a little levels couldn't help. Resize > USM > save.

We're inundated with grackles preparing to migrate here. The sound they make as they flock by the thousands is deafening. Unfortunately, they generally prefer trees at sunset where they blend in like living leaves. Sound and motion are not the venue of still photography...

Lost with only a day left to generate a good idea, I am settling for this grab shot taken on the way to the grocery. (And I'll bet I'm only one of many, many telephone poles. Too bad. My only possible this week.)

Statistics
Place: 139 out of 262
Avg (all users): 4.8364
Avg (commenters): 3.2500
Avg (participants): 4.5962
Avg (non-participants): 4.9879
Views since voting: 1304
Views during voting: 357
Votes: 269
Comments: 5
Favorites: 1 (view)

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Samsung Galaxy S24, S24+, S24 Ultra
Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS
 11/29/2006 09:18:20 AM
You know, it's unbelievable how anal the voters are sometimes, especially about noise. This image just leapt out of the thumbnails at me, and I wasn't disappointed when I opened it up. The composition is complex and memorable. The disappearing birds-in-flight, so precisely limited to the left edge, are fantastic in how they foreshadow/echo at the same time the birds at rest.

And this lovely thing couldn't even score a 5? Even if you ACCEPT that the noise is a flaw, surely the value of the rest of it is manifest and it deserves a 6'ish score? Sigh...
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro
 10/16/2004 09:54:20 PM
Very interesting grain
Fujifilm x100
 10/14/2004 03:22:37 PM
I like the grain and the colours and the whole thing!
Panasonic DMC-FZ20
 10/13/2004 03:36:27 PM
This is a little too fuzzy IMHO.
Nikon D70
 10/13/2004 01:49:17 PM
WOW, there is a ton of noise or overprocessing in this photo.
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