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Sand Castle To Fight Children's Lukemia
Sand Castle To Fight Children's Lukemia
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Challenge: Granular (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 II/III USM
Location: Grand Haven State Park, Michigan
Date: May 21, 2005
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Landscape, Architecture
Date Uploaded: May 22, 2005

 Happen to go to a kite festival this weekend. Someone had constructed this near the water's edge where he put out a bucket for donations to the Children's Lukemia fund. It took him three hours to pack a sand mound for the sculpture. Then it took about another four hours to sculpt.

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Place: 180 out of 327
Avg (all users): 5.0208
Avg (commenters): 5.2143
Avg (participants): 4.8582
Avg (non-participants): 5.1623
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Votes: 288
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 35-70mm f/3.5-4.5
 05/31/2005 09:15:56 PM
The people in the background distract from the photo. I would have waited until they were out of the picture. Good looking Sand Castle.
Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Olympus 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko Digital ED
 05/31/2005 01:46:07 PM
The composition might have been stronger if the shot was kept to just the castle. The people and ropes in the background are distracting.
Nikon Coolpix 5700
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6D ED
 05/31/2005 12:07:39 PM
Thanks for sharing this.
Olympus SP-570 UZ
 05/30/2005 06:39:59 PM
how is a castle, especially one made out of sand, going to fight lukemia? lol... jk, nice castle... you build it?
Nikon D50
Quantaray AF 35-80mm f/4-5.6 for Nikon
 05/28/2005 04:39:49 AM
Awesome sandcastle. Too bad the people and boat are in the background.
Canon PowerShot G1
 05/27/2005 02:57:01 PM
Wow. That would make me give to the cause. Nice.
Canon EOS-20D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 05/26/2005 03:56:17 PM
Nice sand castle. It's unfortunate that the people and the orange tape had to be in the background.
Canon EOS-20D
Sigma 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 Compact Hyperzoom Aspherical for Canon
 05/26/2005 03:48:51 PM
less distracting background would be better
Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Raynox Pro Digital 0.66X Wide Angle Conversion
 05/26/2005 01:45:38 PM
Nice. Rather than trying to get the whole deal (with the distracting background) you might consider just focusing on a portion. Quite a structure.
Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 05/26/2005 08:55:52 AM
From a different angle! This could have been a fantastic image from a different perspective, the ribbon and people sure spoiled it...
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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 05/25/2005 04:58:03 PM
This is a good entry. It woud be great if your composition was a bit better. Removing the backgroud distractions! The partial boat, the people draw the eye away from the sand castle. All the best.
Sony Alpha a7 II
Sony FE 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS
 05/25/2005 10:44:39 AM
Love the castle, don't like the distracting people in the background.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 05/25/2005 10:14:01 AM
great castle....too bad you couldn't get it without the people....and from a higher angle so as to preclude the boat. Would have been a much much higher score. If you built the castle, it gets a 10.
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 05/25/2005 01:33:20 AM
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