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Reality sucks
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Challenge: Landscape V (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S5 IS
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Date: Nov 18, 2009
Aperture: F7.1
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/15, 1/40, 1/100
Galleries: Landscape, Photojournalism
Date Uploaded: Nov 21, 2009

 I was warned that this photo would not go over well, and it Probably won't. It's not what people expect in a landscape challenge. It is a very real landscape, however. One that exists in too many places. I probably put way too much work into this for the score it's going to achieve, but I like the point it makes.

-HDR in photomatix basic from 3 JPG exposures.
-Tweaked in half the plugins I own. Nik color Efex, Topaz detail, topaz adjust. Some PaintShop Pro Clarify as well.
-Lots of selective editing to get the sky as smooth as I could and to get the tire detail to stand out.
-I'm very pleased with the composition. I find my eye starts with the tire in the foreground and follows an s-curve up to the line of trees in the background.

I think I did decently with this, but it is not what people are expecting for a landscape challenge, and probably does not have enough visual impact to overcome that. Anticipating a low 5 or high 4 average, with some positive comments from a few folks that appreciate seeing something different. A success for this entry will be to pull in a good amount of comments.

Anticipated critiques:
-DNMC, this shot is about the pollution and tires, not the landscape.
-Horizon is too centered top to bottom.
-Too dark
-Banding/blotchiness in the sky

Come one low voters, bring it on!

Post-challenge notes:
Ended up doing quite a bit better than I anticipated, though it still had it's share of low votes. The very high commenters average (8.1, wow!) tells me this really hit a nerve with some folks. This came in with only a high mediocre average, but was still a very successful entry for me, because it hit it's target audience.

I also want to point out for those folks who feel it is not fair to vote in the challenges that one enters, that the participant's average vote for this entry was a moderate amount higher than the non-participants.

Statistics
Place: 99 out of 136
Avg (all users): 5.4107
Avg (commenters): 8.1000
Avg (participants): 5.4833
Avg (non-participants): 5.3704
Views since voting: 954
Views during voting: 349
Votes: 168
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0

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Olympus OM-D E-M1
Olympus 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro
11/30/2009 10:52:01 PM
I say we need to melt those tires down........and w hat you said is so true..on the way home to Northern MN from Eastern IL after turkey day......the amount of tires I saw just laying amuck was crazy!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Fujifilm X-T5
Fujifilm XF 35mm f/1.4
 11/29/2009 08:16:18 PM
Props for seeing the beauty in the ugly. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/29/2009 03:11:37 PM
Wonderful grim composition. Nice change from the usual 'pretty' landscapes. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M5
Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 8-18mm f/2.8-4 ASPH
 11/29/2009 11:32:13 AM
A grim landscape indeed and very effectively captured and processed to confront the viewer with this unpleasant reality. 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-60D
Sigma 85mm f/1.4 for Canon
 11/28/2009 10:27:58 AM
A modern landscape...this photograph just proves that there are pictures everywhere, beautiful pictures everywhere. Yes, it's garbage, but it's the light that lends the appeal. And the crescendo of the treeline is a nice accent. A welcome break from ultraviolet skies and crunchy grass.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 11/28/2009 08:45:11 AM
I like it in b&w (no vote)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 11/27/2009 11:12:08 PM
a very different perspective...well done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D810
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 11/26/2009 07:03:13 PM
The harsh contrast helps with the harshness of your subject ... good work here
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 11/24/2009 10:18:45 PM
Great visual statement underscored by the title. Great decision on the use of B & W. A good photojournalist shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8
 11/24/2009 08:39:24 AM
Yes, it does, sometimes. Not all landscapes are pretty, particularly not when manmade. Perspective and B&W presentation work well. Might have cropped tighter so the trees (weeds?) progressed up and out of the frame, but the abrupt and visually disconcerting transition is probably more appropriate for the subject. Nice work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D810
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 11/24/2009 01:17:47 AM
Really interesting. Photo communicates well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D90
Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 IF EX DG HSM for Nikon
 11/23/2009 01:01:25 AM
I really like the message you are sending with your shot. The right hand side looks a little bit funny to me how the trees just stop so I would have cropped tighter on that side as the sky is so bland.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX100
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 11/23/2009 12:18:56 AM
lol
This literally made me lol when I saw it. The title drew me in to see what the hell all the clutter was- and that's what it was, cluttered crap.
Interesting take on things, and food for thought.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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