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Reaching for the sky
Reaching for the sky
PhilipDyer


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Challenge: Architecture II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Date: Jan 14, 2005
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Urban, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Jan 15, 2005

 Looking up at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building. I took this with the Canon 300D kit lens. Am I the only person who actually likes that lens? ;-)

In Photoshop, I adjusted levels and curves, then tried a high radius USM to make the building stand out against the sky.

Statistics
Place: 30 out of 225
Avg (all users): 6.2431
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 6.2453
Avg (non-participants): 6.2400
Views since voting: 1443
Views during voting: 262
Votes: 181
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 05/24/2005 12:40:07 AM
I think perhaps this is a little underrated. There's a little blotchyness in the sky but overall this is a very compelling photo.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/23/2005 03:23:18 PM
feels like the movie Metropolis - feels a little too sharpened for my taste. great work
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 01/23/2005 02:33:11 PM
Nice perspective and color.
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 01/21/2005 06:17:45 PM
This is a nice clean sharp image. The perspectives used here give me the sense that the building rather than reaching for the sky is actually collapsing or falling to the right. The lighting on this side of the building produces some heavy shadows and a rather dim subject against a bright sky. A 7.
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 01/20/2005 10:54:47 AM
Well done on finding a way to effectively display the architectural essence of what would have seemed to me an overwhelming subject. The perspective, cropping, and the use of light and colour are highly sympathetic ... the architect would have been very pleased with what you've done here. I like the building & love the photo. 8.
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 01/19/2005 09:30:55 AM
Absorbingly detailed. Good angle to keep interest
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 01/18/2005 06:37:55 PM
I'm not a huge fan of the point your camera skyward type architecture pics but you did it nicely and pulled of a pleasing image. Lots of patterns and lines, good color and nice diagonal viewpoint.
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 01/16/2005 10:32:05 PM
great photo
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 01/16/2005 08:06:22 PM
WOW! What a perspective. Terrific job.
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