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18-JUL-2004 Traveller

The Agony of July * Traveller

I was looking for a nice, bucolic, richly green image that, in fact, is currently my wallpaper...but I couldn't find it...even though it is my wallpaper...lol...and ran across this series that almost got me banned from DPR...quickly the thread ran up to 150 and Phil deleted all of it. If anyone is too offended by this let me know...I just wanted to re-work these with some greater photoshop skills.

PS
Actually, I think now that I'll delete the other two in a day or so. But this, this as a tragic stand alone, this one I think I'll keep in the Challenge.

Canon EOS D60 ,Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM
1/750s f/4.5 at 200.0mm iso100 hide exif
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Date/Time18-Jul-2004 16:39:15
MakeCanon
ModelEOS D60
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Focal Length200 mm
Exposure Time1/750 sec
Aperturef/4.5
ISO Equivalent100
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Canon DSLR Challenge25-Oct-2006 10:28
Dearest Karen: Fourty years has gone...and the memory still haunts you. Amazing when you think about it, yet I am glad I could call this back up inside of you. Maybe this is why I like this image as totally representitive of the "sport." Best Wishes, Traveller
Karen Moen24-Oct-2006 06:14
I witnessed this spectacle in Barcelona in the 60's and found it repulsive. I find no joy in watching an animal being tortured to death. It is amazing that they can still stand before the final sword thrust. Afterwards, outside the bullring, hangs the carcass being skinned. You have captured the brutal reality of this "sport." Voted.
Canon DSLR Challenge21-Oct-2006 15:31
I thought that might be the case - no criticism intended if that is what you were after - you achieved it. Pretty powerful statement on man's inhumanity - and this coming from somebody who spent a good deal of her life on a farm, where animals regularly 'go-to-work' and around hunting and fishing all my life too. . . But the older I get the less tolerant I've become, to the point where even the sight of raw or rare meat brings an instant gag reflex. You have a heck of a capture with this. Cindy
Canon DSLR Challenge21-Oct-2006 15:18
Dear Cindy, the image is purposefully bright and harsh, (I could of course make it anything I want), but the operating room effect was something I wanted and, to a degree, added. Harsh, lonely, hot arena...needs bright and cruel light. Best Wishes, Traveller
Canon DSLR Challenge20-Oct-2006 20:14
Well Traveller, it is a very powerful image, the expression on the bulls face tells it all . . . a calendar? Like Sharon there is no way I could look at it for a month - I find a moment too much. But I could see it on a calendar devoted to bull fighting for those that enjoy this type of thing . . . or maybe published by PETA.

*the background is a tad on the bright side for my eyes - but maybe that is what you were after to intensify the impact.

Cindy
Canon DSLR Challenge20-Oct-2006 15:53
Dear Sharon: I hadn't thought of that...but the image has always had a sway of power over me, and with possible differing tiltes...Lonliness in the Arena and variations thereon. It's kind of high-key...but it could make you wonder every morning...what will today be like? Best Wishes, Traveller
elips20-Oct-2006 14:26
A well done image, Traveller, but I don't know that I would want to look at it for a whole month on a calendar. ~Sharon