Flattery: Imitation

Challenge #45 in the Ways of Seeing series. Hosted by jezsik.

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"Good artists copy. Great artists steal." Most of us got where we are today through the positive influence of other photographers. Some images inspire us to create new ideas, but many are so brilliantly executed that we can't help but want to replicate them. Show us your best effort recreating a great image.

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Saturday, 29th May, 2010 (GMT)

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Saturday, 5th June, 2010 – Friday, 11th June, 2010 (GMT)

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Saturday, 12th June, 2010 – Friday, 18th June, 2010 (GMT)

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Flood observers

by jozso


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Idea of Thomas Hoepker's "Young people on the Brooklyn waterfront on Sept. 11" http://www.slate.com/id/2149675 Here, young people are looking the flood down under the Calvaria hill where a small town was in danger and already hundreds of people had to leave their houses. Top of the hill was a safe place ...

Camera:	Sony Alpha DSLR-A900
Lens:	Fish eye
Submitted:	Friday, 11th June, 2010 21:44 (GMT)
Taken:	Friday, 4th June, 2010
Focal length:	16 mm
Shutter speed:	1/640 sec
Aperture:	F5.6
ISO:	250
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Views:	251

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