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Hmmm...think they forgot something?...
Hmmm...think they forgot something?...
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Challenge: Every Picture Tells A Story (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon PowerShot A700
Location: Someewhere on Limerick forest Road
Date: May 4, 2008
Aperture: f3.5
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Humorous, Rural
Date Uploaded: May 4, 2008

 A 'found' pic. Out on my bike, camera close at hand, and saw what I think is damn funny sight...obvously these people are putting in an above-ground pool, slide and all in place...but...ummm...no pool! Yet!

I know it's an uncreative shot, but I couldn't really go waltzing into a stranger's backyard with a camera, at twilight now, could I?

pp: rotate, crop, curves, brightness/contrast, saturation, blue filter, shadow/highlights, resize, usm, sharpen edges, save for web

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Apple iPhone 6s+
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 05/12/2008 02:37:03 PM
This IS odd. I'd think the pool would come first, then the slide. Hope there are no kids around now to try it out. The image quality seems a little lifeless. I noticed that you used Highlights/Shadows. I find that often seems to flatten the image. When that happens, I like to follow up with an Exposure adjustment, reducing the Offset just a little, and increasing the Gamma just a little. That brings the photo back to life. Anyway this is a fun capture -- makes you wonder.
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/1.4G
 05/11/2008 10:20:00 PM
Too funny. Great shot.
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 05/10/2008 09:35:16 AM
I find the picture a little weak and even the relevance with the theme is not very clear
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
 05/06/2008 08:26:17 AM
sure, a story could be put here, but the image is boring, the lighting is awfully flat, and there is way too much going on to focus my eye.
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