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North sea oil sails through $40 barrel barrier
North sea oil sails through $40 barrel barrier
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Challenge: Newspaper (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S3000
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Date: Jun 20, 2004
Aperture: f8.2
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Photojournalism, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Jun 21, 2004

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Statistics
Place: 99 out of 232
Avg (all users): 5.3234
Avg (commenters): 6.2500
Avg (participants): 4.9806
Avg (non-participants): 5.5361
Views since voting: 817
Views during voting: 337
Votes: 269
Comments: 8
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Canon PowerShot G3
 06/28/2004 10:46:23 PM
Great framing. The positioning of the hoop and boat really provides a nice visual for your headline's figure of speech. A great example of the headline and photo really working together!
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
 06/25/2004 04:57:34 AM
very good photograph with all the elements, thirds, leading eye etc.) but for me there's something that stops it being great...can't define it. Still an 8 from me
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Nikon D70s
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 06/24/2004 11:07:02 AM
Very impressive composition! Minor comments are the slight haze in the distance (maybe use a filter to get rid of that?) and a blueish color cast.
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Canon EOS-20D
Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Canon
 06/23/2004 05:03:30 PM
Hmm, colors look dull. Maybe if it was taken when there was a lot of sun then it would be a better pic. Picture looks really cool(temp.)
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Fujifilm FinePix S7000
 06/23/2004 02:10:19 PM
I can see the concept, be perfect if the tanker was closer. 7
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Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z2
 06/23/2004 09:33:36 AM
i think this picture needed to be more of the tanker, than of the sea--d/t the heading but stilla good photo
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Pentax K100D Super
Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
 06/23/2004 09:03:29 AM
there is a funny "scissor-effect" (dutch expression) here. Because of the "barrier" in the headline, you think the ring or the gate is the aforementioned barrier.
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
 06/23/2004 04:50:05 AM
Good photo (not exactly fitting your headline but oh well) Nice attempt.
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