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The Lost Maiden Of The Campgrounds
The Lost Maiden Of The Campgrounds
TommyMoe21


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Magic & Mystery (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Location: Camping
Date: Aug 18, 2006
Aperture: f4.5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 2.5 seconds
Galleries: Abstract, Emotive
Date Uploaded: Aug 20, 2006

 Shot RAW. WB, and exposure adjusted in RSE6 then converted. Cropped, resized, some minor cloning, slight blurring, USM & SFW in PSCS.

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Place: 115 out of 127
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Avg (commenters): 4.7500
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Views since voting: 825
Views during voting: 336
Votes: 210
Comments: 5
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Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM
 09/02/2006 03:19:12 PM
Critique Club Review:

It took a bit to see this one. The exposure of the campers is good. The lost maiden however, is competing with the rest of the picture, or it could be said the rest is competing with her. The movment here does a little harm as I initially took the arms of the maiden as flame or smoke. While trying to figure out what it is, the eye keeps getting pulled away by the light at the door to the RV.

Had this been done round a campfire, or other area that more complimented the maiden, it might have been more effective.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon PowerShot A540
 08/24/2006 12:45:28 PM
The lighting is especially creepy here. I love how unusual this is.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon
 08/23/2006 11:48:01 PM
I like the idea here.//www.dpchallenge.com/challenge_vote_image.php?IMAGE_ID=382880#
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However, this composition doesn't hold my attention. I looked right at the people in the middle of the photo first, and then seeing nothing especially interesting or relevant to magic or mystery, I wandered around until I noticed the face in the lower left.

Maybe if you'd blurred out the people in the middle a bit, and cropped the right third off, it would've driven my eye more to the "lost maiden." 4.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 08/22/2006 06:39:55 PM
I give you credit for the idea, but not for the execution. If you could, I'd somehow link the ghost with the people in the back (by their actions or expression). Here it just looks like the people in the back are random and not part of the composition. 4
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 08/21/2006 11:27:26 AM
seems a bit noisy and very cluttered ... not easy to find a primary focus
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