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Dead or Alive?
Dead or Alive?
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Challenge: Life & Death (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Location: Outside
Date: Jul 27, 2009
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/1250
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Jul 27, 2009

 Found this little guy on the bustling streets of Kurla in Mumbai, India. He probably died of speeding rickshaw shock? Or perhaps a broken heart.. We'll never know!

As suggested, I've cropped the image and have adjusted color and sharpness.

Statistics
Place: 64 out of 75
Avg (all users): 4.4181
Avg (commenters): 3.8571
Avg (participants): 4.0476
Avg (non-participants): 4.4679
Views since voting: 804
Views during voting: 398
Votes: 177
Comments: 9
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Canon EOS R7
Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD MACRO w/Canon Nikon mount
 08/25/2009 04:15:35 PM
Hi from the C Club

Well, you asked for an in depth comment on your shot.

I think it is pretty dead or as close to dead as it could be.

It is actually not a bad shot, it is crisp and clean, leadign lines of curves go well with the pavement slabs. Your processing is pretty good, could use a little more contrast and depth, but your colours are spot on for a rat.

try again, you have the eye for it
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Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM
 08/08/2009 01:23:06 AM
Thank you for your comments. This was indeed a horrible entry.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Panasonic DMC-FZ15
 07/31/2009 02:09:38 PM
He's fakin'!!!
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/30/2009 01:16:44 PM
I'd vote for dead ...
 07/30/2009 10:39:58 AM
Death only is portrayed here.
Sony Alpha a7R III
Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM
 07/30/2009 08:00:49 AM
Unless I am being particularly thick here (and it has been known...) the answer seems rather obvious. Don't really get the photo in terms of the challenge, and if it weren't for the odd title I would have thought you had intended it for the Death challenge. In terms of artistic and technical merits of the image, it seems a snapshot of a dead mouse, nothing more.
Sony DSLR-A350
07/29/2009 11:20:32 PM
its just chillin
Nikon D50
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
 07/29/2009 09:56:23 PM
I am going to say dead.
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 07/29/2009 08:02:16 AM
I see death in the photo, but i don't really see life intertwined.
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