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Challenge: Free Study 2013-11 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Lens: Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)
Location: Oakland, California, USA
Date: Nov 9, 2013
Aperture: 3.51
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/626
Date Uploaded: Nov 28, 2013

 Shot through the windshield of my car while stopped at a signal. Intrigued by the juxtaposition of the sign and the old car combined with the two meanings of "facility."

-Handheld, manual mode
-FL 432mm (35mm EQ)
-Clone out bit of stray car along left edge
-Channel Mixer > Monochrome Mode
-RGB Curve
-Green Curve to tint (intended to emulate selenium toning)
-Crop from left and right to square
-Resize
-USM at 88%/0.8 dia/TH = 5 (applied twice)
-Enlarge Canvas to make border
-SaveAs JPEG at 97% quality = 280KB

File: OldCar_IMG_8952-gsSQb-DPCusm97

Statistics
Place: 112 out of 155
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Avg (commenters): 6.8571
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Views since voting: 381
Views during voting: 171
Votes: 100
Comments: 8
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 12/09/2013 04:42:02 PM
Great sign and I like how you processed this. I would have cropped out the bottom left corner and I would have eliminated the black border. whe I first looked at the car I didn't like the roof but the more I look at it the more it fits the image.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/07/2013 05:47:19 PM
Nice ride! I love that old look to that picture.
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 12/07/2013 11:12:22 AM
The sign makes it. Great
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 12/07/2013 08:36:59 AM
What a great capture!
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 12/05/2013 03:40:47 PM
Get off my asphalt!
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 12/05/2013 09:32:25 AM
Perfect vehicle for the area.
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 12/03/2013 06:37:09 AM
Ha.
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 12/02/2013 04:18:01 PM
LOL! Excellent capture. Nice conversion, too. IMNSHO, could have stronger blacks.
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