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Old Faithful
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Time (Classic Editing)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 2500
Location: My dorm room
Date: Mar 23, 2003
Aperture: f3.7
Shutter: 1/5 sec
Galleries: Abstract, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Mar 23, 2003

 My watch. Channel mixer to get the b&w with the grain, then just a contrast adjustment. I expect this to score pretty lowly, but I'm interested to see what the reaction to the style of this shot will be.

Statistics
Place: 178 out of 209
Avg (all users): 4.0112
Avg (commenters): 6.5000
Avg (participants): 3.8857
Avg (non-participants): 4.1918
Views since voting: 971
Votes: 178
Comments: 6
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Nikon D50
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 04/06/2003 10:42:11 PM
Critique Club

Interesting shot, great that you tried something new, even though the voters didn't seem to appreciate it! I love the graininess of this shot, which complements the scratches on the watch. Perhaps an older style watch might have fit the theme more.. but I love the title by the way! Composition is strong, adding drama to the picture, with good use of DOF. I think that the score doesn't reflect the quality of the shot, just on this site I have realised that over-prossessing doesn't go down well! Good Luck in the next challenge!
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Casio QV-4000
 03/31/2003 06:36:11 PM
Jon, seems that your prediction about the low score came true ;-) But I just wanted to let you know that I like the grainy style. There are some areas which seem to have become plain grey with no structure by the postedititing.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon Coolpix 2500
 03/30/2003 03:11:39 AM
The scratching on the watch is quite effective.
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Nikon D5000
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 03/29/2003 01:49:18 PM
Not sure why but i like it.7
Nikon D70
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6G
 03/28/2003 08:32:14 AM
I like the grainy shot. It works with the composition
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 03/27/2003 04:49:17 PM
I love the grain here; it provides a certain drama to the image. You may have pushed some of your levels just a tad too much. Note the patches of pure gray at the lower left. I like the tone of the whole image, though, and the title and beat up watch say a lot together.
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