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06-MAY-2008 Traveller

Welcome to Maya

Northern Most Tip of Cebu

I think hi-key may be a good solution to convey the heat, the dusty dirt and unpaved roads...but always hot, like a fist and oppressive like an angry boss.

(Conversely, looking at this several hours later...I may bring too much personal history to the image. It represents hot to me, but equally this could just be a bright and happy summer's day.)

Canon EOS 350D
1/60s f/16.0 at 38.0mm iso200 hide exif
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Date/Time06-May-2008 20:19:26
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ModelCanon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
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Focal Length38 mm
Exposure Time1/60 sec
Aperturef/16
ISO Equivalent200
Exposure Bias-1.00
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Canon DSLR Challenge15-Jun-2008 22:23
A couple of things...I have grown fond of this and think that it conveys...something and does it well. There is an ambiguity not found in more specific shots, Bob, such as your Dragon Fly...but that's why they are different and require even different lenses.

I did try to hold the sign lettering constant with a little magic wand work....but it looked fake. More to the point, the sign WAS faded....though not necessarily hard to read. This is why I changed the Title to Welcome to Maya to help the viewer. If one looks at this a beat or two longer, then I say Good.

Lastly, this supposed to look like over exposed film...and I think it does, though the histogram is still too far with a higher right side.

Busy can be good.....lol

Best Wishes, Traveller
Canon DSLR Challenge15-Jun-2008 15:41
I think Sharon has 'hit the nail on the head" Trav.... it is the problem of not quite being able to read the sign but one feels compelled to try?

Perhaps bring up the sign's comtrast so it is easier to read and one might then 'move on' figuratively speaking?

~ Regards Bob
ctfchallenge15-Jun-2008 13:39
This does convey oppressive heat to me, Trav. I like the tiny person in the road and the leading lines pointing to him. The only thing I would change is the word Maya on the sign, if it was easier to read my eye wouldn't spend so much time on the sign. Over all I find it very evocative. ~Sharon
Canon DSLR Challenge15-Jun-2008 05:50
Interesting Trav... I'm not sure that hi key works as well for a 'busy' image.

This does look bright and happy as in 'a sunny day' but I think it just looks 'burnt out'.

I like the trees and the path with the cyclist but I feel the foreground stuff is just a distractor?

I'd be interested if the opinion of others because 'High Key' really is quite subjective... when it becomes ' a normal image' with blown highlights and eventually to the opposite extreme 'low key' and when that simply becomes a high contrast 'under exposed' image?

Me no no? but I like the general idea of this ~ Regards Bob