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Published: 2008-08-17 17:44:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 2556; Favourites: 47; Downloads: 32
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Myself sitting in a snowmobile underpass tunnel beneath Great Northern Road in Sault Ste. Marie, ON.Location of photograph: [link]
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Thanks, and thank you for the
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No problem. You have a very inspiring gallery!
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you rotated the photo to give the feeling that he is falling to the light? or just because it stayed nice?
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I rotated it just because I enjoyed the composition more that way.
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theres an underpass there?? im going to have to check that out. i had no idea. lol
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Yeah, it's actually a pretty good spot for photos, I've found.
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Thanks, and thank you for the 
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Thanks, and thank you for the
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I didn't know we had a snowmobile underpass...?
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Haha yep, I think I heard about it on sootoday a couple years ago. I was walking in the area and happened to remember it, so I checked it out, and it's really a pretty cool place for photos.
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Where is it exactly? What landmark is it near, if any? I went looking for it today and couldn't find it.
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Did you look at the Google Maps link I posted in the description?
Off hand, I don't really know the names of any of the businesses around it. But from the road, it looks there's a small creek overgrown with grass, and you have to go down a bit of an embankment to find the entrance.
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Yup, checked the map. Still couldn't figure it out. I guess I'll just have to spend a day walking around there. Hah!
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Technically and overall composition, I love this photo. I really like this view and warm glow emanating from the tunnel's end. However, I think you could've done more with the person and how he's positioned. Right now, the way he's sitting and hunched over, he's almost positioned like he's playing a video game instead of basking in the glow. Maybe if he was sitting a bit more relaxed and turning his face just a little bit to the right, so we still can't discern his facial features, but can see more of the glow that's reflected off of his face.
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Thank you for taking the time to really comment, I appreciate it. I agree with you about the positioning of the subject (who is actually myself). I would have very much preferred to have been standing up for this shot, as if I were walking toward the light, but there just wasn't enough room in that tunnel for me to be standing and still get the composition I wanted. I just tried to sit in a natural-looking position, and this is how it turned out. I hope to go back and re-shoot this at some point and see if I can get the shot to work with me standing in the tunnel now that I have a wide angle lens.
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