Taken at the Louvre in Paris in May 2006 with my Nikon 4500 4MP point & shoot. Loved the expressions of the people watching the Venus.
Wasn't going to enter this year's challenge, since I just got my DSLR in mid-December '06, but this image has received a ton of looks since I added it to my portfolio a few days before the challenge (probably because I posted it in the "Nudes" gallery!), so I thought I would see what the voters might have to say. Thanks for looking.
The image is pretty much the same as the one I posted to my portfolio (but hidden while the challenge was open) ... just straightened it out and gave it a slightly tighter crop in Picasa, then sharpened and resized it in Irfanview.
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Post-challenge: I truly appreciate all the wonderful comments and votes ... makes me feel good to know some of you out there got what I was trying to do. I didn't expect much, and know this wasn't a technically perfect image (or even close) given that it had to be handheld at 1/22.5 w/my point and shoot, but it truly was my favorite shot from last year. Now if I can only get back to the Louvre with my DSLR!
I've unhidden the original from my portfolio (now named oliM iD senuV in honor of Pug-H's great suggestion!); you can see where I rotated it (which cut off the woman on the left a bit) and tried to sharpen afterwards. I think I like the people in the original file more.
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This one of my 10s; to my mind this is an exceptional photograph, and one I shall come back to view again and again. I am very suprised to see that it hasn't ranked higher.
Ooh - looks busy! Not sure I like the crowd, though I see what you are trying to achieve.
Image is oversharpened (see the jaggies on the statue's side) and parts are overexposed (shirts of some of the viewers).
A shallow depth of field might have worked well here to keep the focus on the statue and keep the crowd in the background - IMO, you need the impression of a crowd more than the distracting detail.
I believe this was in your portfolio and appealed to me then; it still has a mesmerizing feel; wonderful point of view...the expressions on the people are just fascinating.
Excellent, because this is the view you don't often see - and so your title might have been "Olim id Senuv".
It's just a shame that the people's faces are ruined by the sharpening process.
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