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The Lights Of Johkang
The Lights Of Johkang
Justin Evans


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Implied Lines (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Kodak LS443
Location: Johkang Temple, Lhasa, Tibet
Date: Oct 18, 2004
Aperture: F8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/181
Galleries: Interior, Rural
Date Uploaded: Oct 20, 2004

 I shot this in an exterior subterannean chamber of Johkang Temple in Lhasa, Tibet. Tibet is a photographer's dream!

I made the following Photoshop alterations:
- increased the blue and red saturation approximately 10%
- increased overall saturation approximately 10%
- exaggerated overall contrast about 10%
- minor cropping to enhance the overall composition
- added a subtle black and red double border

Statistics
Place: 129 out of 173
Avg (all users): 4.9650
Avg (commenters): 4.9000
Avg (participants): 4.9266
Avg (non-participants): 5.0110
Views since voting: 807
Views during voting: 304
Votes: 200
Comments: 18
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 11/09/2004 01:11:41 PM
Originally posted by Falc:
Tremendous idea spoiled by the small submission - use the 640pixels


I did...and the website wouldn't allow the submission because the file size was 15K too big.
 11/09/2004 01:10:21 PM
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Message edited by author 2004-12-07 15:48:58.
 11/09/2004 01:04:51 PM
Originally posted by gibun:
why so small... great pic, would have done better if bigger.


Read below. Like most of the comments on "the pic is too small" I was forced to submit a very small photo by the site. The original is far larger.
 11/09/2004 01:03:37 PM
Originally posted by graphicfunk:
returning for comments:
Here you are not taking advantage of the image size allowed. Bumping up on composition strength.


Actually, I am limited by the file size. I attempted to upload a larger picture that was 640X? and the website would not allow it to be uploaded. I spent 45 minutes resizing the picture DOWN by 10 pixels and submitting it until I finally created one small enough that the website would allow it.

The original is approximately 2K vertical by 1.5K horizontal.

Message edited by author 2004-12-07 15:49:43.
 11/09/2004 12:59:38 PM
Lee -

The original photo as well as the retouched version I did in photoshop is much higher resolution. However, when I attempted to upload a version that was 640x? it was too large. I had no choice but to make it smaller.

Regardless of resolution, if it exceeds a certain file size then I can't submit it!

I want you to evaluate my work for THE WORK, not the resolution.

Message edited by author 2004-11-09 18:24:25.
 11/07/2004 12:22:20 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club

Hey, Justin. I think that this image is very well done both technically and compositionally. Unfortunately, I do think that i loses some of its impact due to the small size of it. As most of your comments stated, the size was a little bit too small for people to get an accurate understanding of exactly what was going on in the shot.

BUT DONT LET THIS DISCOURAGE YOU M'BOY! :) Keep submitting...but try to make the shots a little bit bigger as your camera is more than able to make a 640 pixel sized shot. If you need help resampling, you can view the Tutorial about it or give me a PM.

So go out there and take some more shots. If you are in Tibet, DPC viewers and voters will be more than eager to see a part of the world that we rarely get a look at and that we don't understand.

Lastly, I think this shot is slightly underexposed, although I could se how the blown out candle flames could be a problem. So my advice to you would be to just try again. Good diagonals btw---really strengthens the composition.

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to PM me.

Thanks for submitting---looking foward to seeing more from you,
Lee
 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/31/2004 12:34:15 PM
returning for comments:
Here you are not taking advantage of the image size allowed. Bumping up on composition strength.
 10/29/2004 08:48:13 AM
why so small... great pic, would have done better if bigger.
 10/28/2004 08:17:28 PM
Nice subject. Maybe need a bigger pic next time. Not a fan of the red border.
 10/28/2004 05:18:28 PM
Nice lighting, almost dreamlike.
 10/27/2004 05:27:30 PM
To small the really evaluate but I think you had a good idea here
 10/26/2004 06:34:22 AM
To me, to much contrast, kind of over blows the shot.
 10/26/2004 05:27:28 AM
bigger next time please :)
 10/25/2004 02:06:58 PM
Nice composition and technical execution. I would like to see more of it. If your camera can sustain a higher resolution, a large image would be better in my opinion.
 10/25/2004 11:30:45 AM
Its well done picture dancing lights and reflections but small size always work worser.
 10/25/2004 08:13:50 AM
wish the picture was bigger. but from what I can tell nice shot..
 10/24/2004 11:01:15 PM
Tremendous idea spoiled by the small submission - use the 640pixels
 10/24/2004 08:42:59 PM
Wonderul concept! There are a couple things I think would greatly improve this shot: The picture needs to be larger and I think it might look better in horizontal format. Superb contrast and the flames are lovely!


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