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Blue Escape
Blue Escape
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Challenge: Abandoned Buildings (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Olympus C-5000Z
Location: Downtown Hartford, CT
Date: Apr 9, 2005
Aperture: Landscape
ISO: Auto
Shutter: Auto
Galleries: Cityscape, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Apr 9, 2005

 Went around town and found this beauty just as I was heading home. A couple of Parking Lot attendants let me park for free while I staked out the photo.

I set the camera for higher contrast and medium sharpen.

Post processing was levels, reduce yellow saturation, increase the saturation on the blues and reds. I also increased the hue a bit and sharpened once with PS. I also resized and saved to file size.
I feel like I may be getting better. At least I'm having fun.

Statistics
Place: 212 out of 500
Avg (all users): 5.2359
Avg (commenters): 6.2857
Avg (participants): 5.1117
Avg (non-participants): 5.4425
Views since voting: 969
Views during voting: 374
Votes: 301
Comments: 10
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AuthorThread
 04/19/2005 08:33:57 PM
Thanks everyone for your comments. I agree with e201 that the photo needs more resolution, I should used a USM or sharpened to return the texture to the wall. Maybe that is what ReallycolorBlind meant. I'll keep trying.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/19/2005 06:20:20 AM
This image was taken at a very nice angle, i like how you caught the stairs in the image, and the brick wall. Its neat that you can tell that it is abandoned becasue of the boarded windows.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/18/2005 09:38:56 AM
Nice artistic interpretation on this challenge.
There is beauty in what society calls an eyesore.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/17/2005 10:50:08 AM
nice shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/16/2005 02:40:00 PM
The title fits.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/16/2005 08:37:54 AM
Seems to lack detail and resolution - which has killed a sense of texture in those bricks.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/14/2005 05:46:37 PM
Very good composition. Nice patterning. I'm not sure what it is, but it just lacks that little extra something that could have made this a great photo. (if I could figure it out, I'd tell you) I still like it though and I think it's going to do well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/13/2005 11:33:27 PM
Great composition with the fire escape to the right. Just enough bright blue sky to lend color to an otherwise drab brick building.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/13/2005 07:11:08 PM
Great composition and use of the contrasting sky.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/13/2005 08:37:09 AM
very nice. the lines, the blue. I like this shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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