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Splinter
Splinter
mandyturner


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Challenge: Broken II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Tennessee
Date: Feb 3, 2006
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Feb 3, 2006

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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/17/2006 09:08:26 AM
thanks so much! When I first bought the 20D I was having a hard time adjusting the entry to meet the size requirements.
Canon EOS-1D X
Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 04/17/2006 09:01:51 AM
dof makes this a bit too abstract. the lighting on the right is a bit too strong. as an entry, this comes across as though you found something broken and zoomed in on it. you got to close to it for the viewer to get anything from it that would keep their attention.

as a side note, challenge entries are not counted towards your portfolio space, you should be submitting entries as large as possible, at least 640px on the longest side (this is 550), and as close to 150kb as possible.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 04/17/2006 08:55:36 AM
just my opinion again.....I think the narow focus is what really hurt this one. the shallow focus actually takes away from the interest factor of this image making the viewer see only the one spot(splinter) I think this wouldve done better with a wider focus, giving the viewer's eyes room to roam and settle on several different spots in the image. This also lacks a good "pop" of color which DPC is so very fond of. Your colors are spot on( as they look natural to me) and I think the crop is good.
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Nikon D50
Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Nikon
 02/10/2006 10:25:47 AM
Interesting subject. The focus is sufficiently narrow (that is, the focus of the photo, not the camera's focus) that the image doesn't convey an emotion of utter sadness, but instead an emotion of simple cause and consequence.
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