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Meet the Griswolds (Tacky Holiday Decorations)
Meet the Griswolds (Tacky Holiday Decorations)
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Challenge: Deja Vu (Advanced Editing III)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S602Z
Location: Maplwood Ave, Ambridge, pA
Date: Dec 17, 2004
Aperture: 3.2
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/5
Date Uploaded: Dec 18, 2004

 Same house as Alan shot last year. This time I got Santa in the picture talking to the elves, um, neighbors. Also got a car on the street.

My angle is higher and more to the right than Alan's, and even though i used a tripod, i did not use a remote or timer relase so i got a bit of camera shake. I was self concious, with a tripod across the street from all these folks...

Neatimage, USM, levels, curves, hue/sat, crop, clone out a hot pixel and reflections in the car windows and the overhead wires, resize, final USM.

Statistics
Place: 95 out of 106
Avg (all users): 5.1634
Avg (commenters): 5.5556
Avg (participants): 4.9444
Avg (non-participants): 5.2846
Views since voting: 1766
Views during voting: 402
Votes: 202
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)
 12/26/2004 07:39:44 PM
And I bet some people would have entered this in in the other challenge : (
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Samsung Galaxy S24, S24+, S24 Ultra
Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS
 12/23/2004 08:29:21 PM
as an image of tacky, that's tqacky alright. as a photo it's not too succesful. the truncated cars are a real negative for me. the neighboring house's wall is standing out too much. One would expect greater sharpness as well.
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
 12/23/2004 04:14:00 PM
Not quite as clear as the original, and the cars and people detract. Cool idea to go to the exact house though! An option most of us didn't have :)
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Fisher Price Kid-Tough Digital
 12/23/2004 11:25:13 AM
As far as I can see this is the same house that won in "tacky holiday decorations" but that shot has so much more quality. The sharpness and colours and exposure are better in the original and also the composition being a bit wider with no cars also makes that a better shot.

Anyway, not bad, but not good either so I gave it a 5. Merry christmas!
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Sony DSLR-A350
Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM
 12/22/2004 11:00:11 AM
Very over the top.
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Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 12/21/2004 08:34:58 PM
hehe funny they got same decorations 2yrs in a row..... or is it like this everyear
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/20/2004 02:46:04 PM
Wow- the same house?!!? This doesn't quite have the impact of the original due to the cars and not the same amount of sharpness.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Sigma 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM
 12/20/2004 03:14:50 AM
Great shot.
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Nikon Z9
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 12/20/2004 12:13:06 AM
Hey, who stole my shot!? :) Yeah, bummer that the cars had to be there, but it turned out quite well otherwise!
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