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Challenge: Round (Classic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D100
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Date: Jul 12, 2003
Aperture: F/6.3
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Urban, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Jul 12, 2003

 After your overreaction and hypersensitivity to controversial subjects concerning current events -- namely, the clear and growing influence of fundamentalism on our nation's politics, whether it be ideological or religious -- have lead me to conclude that DPC is not an intellectually tolerant community. Or, at the very least, that DPC is a community that is easily manipulated by a single vociferous user (RonB), which many DPCers (including ClubJuggle, as noted in one of his posts in the thread in question) recognized as being prone to exaggeration, manipulation and distortion of the truth. Either scenario leaves me extremely disappointed with the level of oversight, fairness and judgment that's exercised by the site council of DPC. Accordingly, given the extremely negative impression that I now have of DPC, please permanently delete my user's record: bdobe, including any images that I've not been able to delete myself. Finally, once my record has been permanently deleted, please forward an email to (email address removed) confirming that my request has been fulfilled.

Thank you

Statistics
Place: 15 out of 293
Avg (all users): 6.3427
Avg (commenters): 7.6429
Avg (participants): 6.4394
Avg (non-participants): 6.1852
Views since voting: 1206
Votes: 213
Comments: 15
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Pentax K-3
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 07/22/2003 10:55:21 AM
Love it, nice colors
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D100
 07/21/2003 09:54:52 PM
Wonderful colors. Well composed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70
 07/19/2003 09:54:39 PM
Good subject - image is a bit 'flat" - more interesting lighting would help a lot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon Coolpix 5000
 07/19/2003 07:52:35 PM
Very neat picture. I like the colors and the subject. The vertical lines seem a bit off to the right.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 07/18/2003 11:14:46 PM
Nicely composed, with neat color. Nice job!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus D-490Z
 07/18/2003 01:56:33 AM
nice photo, fits the challenge well. 8.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
 07/17/2003 02:58:34 AM
What amazing colors and composition. A perfect 10!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Minolta DiMAGE X
 07/16/2003 11:22:49 PM
This is nice. I particularly like the cropping.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Kodak CX4200
 07/16/2003 02:13:49 PM
This is cool...you can tell it was taken outside. Good use of natural light and copper tones
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 07/16/2003 11:39:04 AM
Great light, interesting rust/patina and textures. Good shooting, good entry for the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 07/16/2003 09:51:51 AM
Interesting composition, great subtle colours. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D200
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
 07/16/2003 06:58:07 AM
Nice take on the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/16/2003 02:22:42 AM
Wow, great composition!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 07/16/2003 12:55:57 AM
This is so cool! I like industrial shots, but the patina, or old paint, whatever it is really gives this shot some impact. composition is great, as is focus, lighting, DOF. If this were my image, I would try to bump up the contrast a little, either with a contrast adjustment, or a curves adjustment. Another way to increase contrast (not DPC legal, though) in Photoshop is to creat a new layer on top, go to layer>new fill layer> solid color. Change the mode to color burn, then hit OK. A color picker will pop up, select a light gray color and hit OK. Works great!
Congrats on a very nice image and good luck.
JD Anderson
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSC-F707
 07/16/2003 12:09:18 AM
Beautiful colors and texture !
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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