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24-OCT-2004 Richard Hopkins

Caption Competition (*)

Grand Canyon

This was taken at the Grand Canyon. The happy woman is stood right on the edge posing for a photo, the gentleman in the foreground seems less impressed by one of the greatest wonders of the natural world. There has to be a middle ground somewhere between the two.

I like this photo for it's juxtoposition between the characters, but I also dislike it's composition, however I couldn't easily change that and had to shoot the photo as it happened.

I've called it 'Caption Competition'. I'm sure there is a funny name I could use for the picture, I just can't think of one right now.

Canon EOS 10D ,Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM
1/350s f/11.0 at 70.0mm iso400 full exif

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Rod 27-Jan-2005 11:02
Don't you dare take it down. This shot is way better than anything I've come up with for Eligible. Plus our shots that maybe don't quite work out make good learning tools along with our comments for other people to judge why something works or doesn't. The shots not as bad as my suggested title joke:-)
Richard Hopkins 26-Jan-2005 18:20
You're right Rod, I'll delete it as soon as people have chance to read this comment. I find the expressions and juxtoposition funny, but no effort went into the shot, it is just a snap that I had to take in the short second that it happened.

Cropping doesn't help either as the man then has no space to stare into.
ctfchallenge23-Jan-2005 17:35
How about cropping the sides very narrow? Just at the tips of her fingers. Kind of extreme, but it does tie them together, as much as can be done, and plays up the contrast in their expressions and body languages. - Walt
Rod 21-Jan-2005 19:29
I wonder if B&W & some burning in would help unify the subjects.
Rod 21-Jan-2005 10:51
The only caption I could come up with is "toss it in the bin" :-) There are two good shots in there but at the distance you are from the subjects the man & the lady don't seem connected. The other people looking through the telescope only help to make this look like a snapshot. I'm sure the girls will like this shot:-)
Guest 20-Jan-2005 21:00
I'd suggest, "Back just one more step!"