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Challenge: Hidden Gem: Break Time (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: The Humble Art
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Canon
Location: Tranquility, NJ
Date: Apr 15, 2010
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 500
Shutter: 30
Galleries: Black and White, Blur
Date Uploaded: May 11, 2010

 essay, part 3:

But photography is as transformative as any artform, and as unreliable. The machine is not objective, not true, suggesting to me that objectivity simply isn’t out there, and that truth comes from us. Anyone who takes photographs knows that they lie, finding a mood that was about to come into existence but never did, easily calibrated to bring out an overwhelming darkness that was never there. So where does the transformation, the lie, occur? Inside the machine?




original notes:

calculation to b/w, burned some distracting specs, rotate to straighten horizon

Statistics
Place: 392 out of 521
Avg (all users): 4.9103
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 4.9018
Avg (non-participants): 4.9318
Views since voting: 1383
Views during voting: 243
Votes: 156
Comments: 16
Favorites: 9 (view)

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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 03/23/2014 10:19:48 PM
I still love this.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
 01/02/2013 09:53:15 AM
this is gorgeous
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 04/13/2012 06:27:41 AM
me 3
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Samsung Galaxy S9/S9+
Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA
 04/13/2012 06:23:19 AM
Just spotted this, you and sheep, this one is awesome.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/03/2011 02:26:13 AM
yes!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot S95
 12/30/2010 01:02:34 PM
I had a rib steak for dinner last night, it was good, not this good.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
12/30/2010 12:56:30 PM
crazy..
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-10D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
 12/30/2010 12:05:26 PM
this is great...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 05/30/2010 09:47:32 PM
yeah i like...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Ricoh GR III
Pentax DA 18-135mm F3.5-5.6ED AL [IF] WR DC
 05/19/2010 01:00:39 AM
Frightening - I am afraid you know exactly what you are doing. So full of allusion. Deer. Pamplona. Cattle. Trains. Deportees. And you weren't thinking that at all. Very disturbing.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 05/19/2010 12:42:32 AM
Oh my! I didn't get the chance to vote this challenge (I was in Las Vegas, don't you know, waiting for 4 women in their 70s to decide which buffet and when...) But this is breathtaking, literally. A true gem indeed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM
 05/14/2010 01:07:12 AM
I hate that I like this photo. Gave it a 9.

Message edited by author 2010-05-19 22:41:08.
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 05/12/2010 07:28:50 PM
This has a scary sense. Silence of the Lambs!! I love it. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 05/12/2010 11:02:36 AM
this is amazing. I like it when a more "artsy" picture is allowed to have a chance, sometimes the subject/theme pictures are a bit too posey and contrived for me. this one gave me shudders, like a dark dream. 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 05/12/2010 03:31:42 AM
There is something so dark and foreboding about this image. Well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D800
Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 EX APO IF HSM for Nikon
 05/12/2010 03:06:11 AM
DPC = Crisp clean and no motion blur. This to me however is an image I have seen many times in the Outback during shearing time. Old dark buildings and constant movement. Well shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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