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Unthinkable 100 Years Ago
Tiberius


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Challenge: 100 Years Old (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Challenge 2009
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: Beijing
Date: Mar 6, 2009
Aperture: 8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Travel, History
Date Uploaded: Mar 8, 2009

 Tian'an Men - The Gate Of Heavenly Peace. Built in 1420.

Statistics
Place: 147 out of 184
Avg (all users): 5.0688
Avg (commenters): 4.0000
Avg (participants): 5.0143
Avg (non-participants): 5.1111
Views since voting: 1594
Views during voting: 292
Votes: 160
Comments: 4
Favorites: 0

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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G
 03/16/2009 02:42:57 PM
I left a comment in the forum thread that mentioned this image but also wanted to add that I think the foreground detracts from the image and sort of disrupts it by chopping off the legs of the tourists, and that yellow/red line just kinda looks like police caution tape or construction tape or something and also just sort of doesn't work for me. Having said that, the more I look at the image the more I do like it. The guard standing there in the middle overseeing the people moving through seems sort of reminiscent of the authority vs the people conflict that resulted in that massacre years ago, and I like how he is aligned with the portrait of this emblematic Chinese historical figure. In fact the top 80% of the shot is pleasing.
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 03/16/2009 09:35:24 AM
The main subject seems to be the giant photo of Mao. I don't pay much attention to titles as I feel entries should mainly stand on their own, but in this case I thought "Unthinkable" referred in some way to the presence of the photo. I didn't recognize the locale so could not consider its history. I assumed the tourists were an unavoidable element in the photo.

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Apple iPhone 16 Pro
Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA
 03/16/2009 03:19:28 AM
Tiberius, I may not be the best person to comment on your image, because actually I gave this a highish score (7). I think possibly the one comment you did get is helpful from a technical point of view. You could have cropped it a bit differently to exclude the foreground. As you said in the forum post,I think most people probably did not recognise it as Tian'an Men Square and as you say, focused on the picture of Mao, thus not finding the connection to 100 years old very easily.

I personally thought it was an interesting take on the challenge and am sorry and surprised it did not do better for you.
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Nikon D610
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 03/12/2009 10:42:02 PM
Less foreground
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