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23-NOV-2005 Jeannie M. Burleson

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Canon EOS 20D ,Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC
1/2500s f/2.8 at 50.0mm iso200 hide exif
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Date/Time23-Nov-2005 17:14:57
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 20D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length50 mm
Exposure Time1/2500 sec
Aperturef/2.8
ISO Equivalent200
Exposure Bias
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Canon DSLR Challenge29-Nov-2005 01:40
What a great abstract, Jeannie.... found by your great photographic eye :-) Markjay
Mikel Featherston28-Nov-2005 22:35
I like it!
Canon DSLR Challenge27-Nov-2005 22:23
Gotcha Grant... :) LOL

Thank you so much for your thoughts on my piece. This has been a difficult topic for me, but I feel like I am starting to understanding it a little bit more. Well, maybe just to recognize it when I see it. Still having problems producing it. I'll keep working on it. This has been fun! -- Jeannie (jburly)
Guest 27-Nov-2005 02:21
Touché...I guess I was looking for some way "into" this image. I suppose the reason that this doesn't excite me is that the taillight is centered but off-kilter. Also it is blurry and sharp. And close-up but far away. I guess I would like it more if you just showed a little bit of the light or a little bit of the car but the light is too small of a compositional element to be a texture and too big of an element to be an interesting focal point (see Gayle's red leaf in her second entry). I think there is potential here but that you need to push it in more of one direction or another.
ctfchallenge25-Nov-2005 14:43
I like the play between good and evil. With the red light keeping each at bay. theFly
Canon DSLR Challenge25-Nov-2005 04:39
Thanks for the comments, guys. Glad I might be finally getting "it". :) This has given me some other ideas that I'll work on this weekend. Olaf, I'll play around with the color & see how it looks.

Grant, why should my thought process affect your opinion of the work? I remember someone saying this once:

"In Minimal art what is important is the phenomenological basis of the viewer’s experience, how he or she perceives the internal relationships among the parts of the work and of the parts to the whole."

Sound familiar? ;) I appreciated your comment on my "Brick" shot. You didn't know any thought process there, but your comments helped me understand why it just didn't work well with the theme. It is definitely going to be replaced. Is this photo different? Would it work with a certain explanation, but not work with another? Just curious. -- Jeannie
Guest 24-Nov-2005 17:41
Jeannie, I think I prefer this version, but I would like to see some shading in the white of the car (not burned out highlight white). It would make it less minimal, but a more interesting photo in my opinion.
Guest 24-Nov-2005 17:27
I could comment more thoughtfully on this if I knew your thought process.
Canon DSLR Challenge24-Nov-2005 14:13
Jeannie....This is GOOD! Nice work...much better w/o the green!

Cheers,
:-D
Canon DSLR Challenge24-Nov-2005 12:39
can't decide wich one of your images I like best, I am leaning for this one. great shot! Minimalistic and still needs no text explaining wat is actually is. Minimalistic photography...