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Niles Canyon Railway
Niles Canyon Railway
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Challenge: Bridges (Classic Editing)
Camera: Sony DSC-F717
Location: Niles Canyon, Alameda County CA.
Date: Mar 3, 2003
Aperture: 4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Architecture, Travel
Date Uploaded: Mar 9, 2003

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Statistics
Place: 18 out of 229
Avg (all users): 6.6078
Avg (commenters): 7.3077
Avg (participants): 6.5385
Avg (non-participants): 6.7297
Views since voting: 1679
Votes: 204
Comments: 31
Favorites: 5 (view)


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02/14/2004 10:13:34 AM
Why you put "helpful" only on good comments? :)
04/28/2003 11:59:24 AM
Is it ok to use masking like this in a challenge? I'm not trying to DQ you or anything, I can only achieve this effect with contrast masking. I would love to learn how to do it right out of the camera.
03/30/2003 07:25:48 PM
Really amazing processing -- I certainly wish I could do the same!
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03/19/2003 05:17:11 PM
Hurts my head - sorry for the low score, but I can't LOOK at it.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/12/2003 07:34:03 PM
This is a fantastic shot. I love the perspective, the clarity, the contrast and the strong receding lines that draw the viewer into the picture.
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03/11/2003 05:28:39 PM
Fuzzy focus but I like it. Colors comfortable.
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03/11/2003 05:07:12 PM
Almost looks like a painting. I dont mind that there are soft points in this photo. I like the emotive effect you have achieved. Nice subtle detail in the wood grain, and the composition is brilliant! Well done!
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03/11/2003 12:21:21 PM
wow beautiful!! the soft colors are awesome, looks like a painting. 10
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03/11/2003 11:47:01 AM
INteresting but fuzzy
03/11/2003 06:36:21 AM
Nice warm/soft colors on this one, I can almost forgive the bland sky :). Did you use a soft filter?
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03/11/2003 06:09:51 AM
very well composed with the low camera angle - making good use of strong leading lines and interesting textures - good DoF throughout the shot although the white sky is less appealing. It does construct a triangle that encourages focus to the main bridge though, so I think it still works. I get the feeling that neatimage was used on this, to get the blurry but still sharp effect - not sure how much I really like that though I've started seeing it quite often. If it wasn't done using neatimage, I'd like to know how you processed the shot to get this effect. A good study of an old bridge.
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03/11/2003 05:12:46 AM
lovely. great perspective.
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03/10/2003 09:13:12 PM
out of focus
03/10/2003 04:43:30 PM
Nice photography of an old unused railroad bridge. I like the woody gran that I can see directly in front of the lens of the camera, but the rest of the photo seems completly out of focus. Is this soft focus? Looks terrible. . .you've ruined a good photograph.
03/10/2003 04:24:30 PM
wow.. this looks dreamy.
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03/10/2003 09:44:47 AM
Hurrah for colour, at last. Is this a slightly wide-angle shot? Whatever, I love the effect. The DOF might be a little deep, or the focus is in the wrong place for me, or something. Maybe composition? I need to think about this a bit more ... 8 for now :-)
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03/10/2003 09:37:13 AM
blury and dark needs some light
03/10/2003 08:42:01 AM
A nice angle of view and the contrast in colour between the bridge and green foliage is nice too.
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03/10/2003 08:27:48 AM
Interesting angle and I like the earth colors too...I do wish the sky wasn't so blown out and also find the metal plate in the background to be distracting.
03/10/2003 08:06:31 AM
this is a good image, i like the way that the wood flooring was captured, good job
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03/10/2003 07:17:46 AM
Nice shot! I'm not certain what effect you used, but it really adds an almost surreal effect to the scene.
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03/10/2003 06:22:28 AM
Nice Pictures... but did U used layer in photoshop ???? I will assume you did not.
Like the image and the color composition.
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03/10/2003 05:32:53 AM
very nice i like the soft foucus 10
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03/10/2003 05:24:32 AM
I like this shot allot. I really like the point-of-view you used here. I assume you placed the camera on the ground for this shot. Usually I prefer sharper images but I really like the soft focus touch in this picture. Nice greens and I really like the leading lines here. Beautiful country side! Good luck with the challenge!
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03/10/2003 04:30:32 AM
Gorgeous -- excellent use of soft focus and wonderful color. Would LOVE more detail on how this was accomplished and post-processed. 10.
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03/10/2003 04:02:04 AM
The sky is way too bright, but theres not alot you can do with it except revisit the site when its less overcast. Excellent composition, perhaps a tad soft, and needs the near horizontal in sharper focus.
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03/09/2003 08:57:23 PM
Interesting perspective. Almost abstract, but it's still quite pleasing. This may have been good to just go black & white with a sepia the color of the wood.
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03/09/2003 08:23:54 PM
This is really gorgeous! How did you get such an awesome effect? It almost looks like a painting. Out of all of these amazing bridges, this is truly one of my favorites. It's amazing.
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03/09/2003 07:31:47 PM
Amazing colors. One of my favorites so far.
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03/09/2003 07:29:51 PM
Fantastic colors and texture!
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03/09/2003 07:17:38 PM
This is a really nice image, but somethign seems strange about it... It looks very soft, but that soft feel seems to work :) - setzler
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