A canoe on the pilings of a bridge over the Delaware River after historic flooding. The sepia effect was created in camera. The only post-processing was USM.
post-challenge: the only reason sepia was done in camera was because I was also shooting for the straight from the camera competition. Normally, I will shoot in color and try to get the most balanced exposure/histogram.
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Possibly the picture would have worked better in a landscape format with some negative space in front of the canoe. Right now I feel like it's a bit squished on the left there.
Definitely don't rely on in camera adjustments for B&W or sepia. If you have PS you can do so much better on your own. Just check out a few tutorials. I think I would have preferred B&W instead of sepia anyway. Just a hunch. Either way, the contrast on the piling could be done much better to really make it stand out in it's unmovability.
IMO a very subtle and powerful composition. The frame is filled very nicely, there is good dynamics in the shot. The descending diagonal underlines the tragic state of the canoe. A very subtle sense of balance, too, with the heavy concrete structure in the upper right corner, balanced by a streaming mass of water in the lower left. Duotone works perfectly for this image. Nice texture on the bridge support, too.
I didn't vote in this challenge, otherwise this would have got a 9 or a 10 from me. This was a sure DPC flop (as it requires from the voter to rate the composition, not the subject, something of which most DPC-ers are incapable), though, but I hope that's not what matters to you a lot.
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