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Smiling gas station owner
Smiling gas station owner
kakaopor


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Gas Stations (Basic Editing)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S6000/6500 FD
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Date: Feb 15, 2009
Aperture: 3.7
ISO: 200
Shutter: 3.7
Date Uploaded: Feb 17, 2009

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Place: 130 out of 135
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Views since voting: 782
Views during voting: 638
Votes: 243
Comments: 7
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/24/2009 09:20:42 PM
I was prepared to low vote this as a shoehorn from the thumbnail view, but she DOES have a gas station on her shirt. Fits the challenge in a unique way, IMO.
02/20/2009 08:24:54 PM
how old is that owner??? light in the lower left is a little harsh...otherwise good
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02/20/2009 12:16:11 PM
nice shot
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02/19/2009 10:54:35 AM
Background is distracting, eyes aren't sharp and lighting is dull and feels really forced to fit the challenge.
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02/18/2009 05:42:13 PM
Very forced entry IMO
02/18/2009 12:34:26 PM
Funny!
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02/18/2009 12:38:46 AM
Hmmmm, yes, you have tried to tie this to the Challenge with the title, but that doesn't really work for me. She looks a little young to be a gas station owner. The shirt does have connections to the title, so I can see that meets the challenge. Not a fan of the angle of the shot, the stance, the background, or the colours.

Meeting the Challenge more strongly and in a more obvious way, photographing against something that is not distracting (plain wall perhaps, or just the curtains, not the roof as well) PP the colours will all help later challenges.