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Wheel of Fortune (and it wasn't staged!)
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Challenge: Wheels (Basic Editing I)
Collection: What Was I Thinking?
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Easton, CT
Date: Apr 6, 2004
Aperture: f4.5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/60
Date Uploaded: Apr 6, 2004

 I wasn't even going to enter this time, but then I spotted this scene next to the door of a General Store in Easton, CT. Unfortunately, the light was fading on the last day of the challenge, so I went with a flash and couldn't get the strong shadows that might have made it even better. Cropped, levels, unsharp mask and slight increase in saturation.

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Place: 138 out of 283
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Votes: 259
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM II
 04/13/2004 04:35:52 PM
Interesting capture, nice composition too. I think it would have looked good in B&W or sepia. You don't have to mention that it wasn't staged though.

Good luck...
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Sony DSC-P73
 04/12/2004 04:50:25 PM
Glad you put that title with it, I don't think I would have gotten it without it.
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Minolta DiMAGE S414
 04/12/2004 04:39:20 PM
HAHAHA! The wheel look like it could use some help of a lottery winner. 5
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Minolta DiMAGE S404
 04/11/2004 10:20:03 PM
nice idea, nice title...
i don't know if cutting both upper and lower edges of the wheel is a good thing, but anyway, nice
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Olympus C-300Z
 04/10/2004 02:08:30 PM
Pretty good coincidence. Lovely shot. I think I would have cut off one end of the wheel, but not both. Otherwise, excellent.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 04/08/2004 07:39:06 PM
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Canon Digital IXUS 200 IS
 04/08/2004 10:42:35 AM
another "retired", "old" and "rusty" all together...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Minolta DiMAGE X20
 04/07/2004 09:19:39 PM


Canon PowerShot A70
 04/07/2004 01:46:34 PM
I love this kind of "found" image. The framing of the wheel top to bottom is great with the rim just reaching each edge
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