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Challenge: Beauty (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: New York City
Date: May 25, 2005
Aperture: f3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/800
Galleries: Architecture, Persuasive
Date Uploaded: May 28, 2005

 Applied curves, bumped saturation and selective desaturation, bumped contrast, dodge and burned a bit, cropped and sharpened.
Sitting at a Starbucks while in NYC for a couple of days, I was looking at how beautiful the buildings were..but found the billboard kept dominating my view. It got me thinking...

Statistics
Place: 90 out of 255
Avg (all users): 5.6417
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 5.4351
Avg (non-participants): 5.8618
Views since voting: 1243
Views during voting: 404
Votes: 254
Comments: 18
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 06/06/2005 08:57:40 AM
Originally posted by rgo:
I think this was beautiful. Hope you realize that there are those who feel that this is much, much better than 90th place.


I agree! Congratulations on a great shot :)

Alex
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 06/05/2005 08:32:23 PM
I'm normally not a fan of selective desaturation, but here it works brilliantly. Had I noticed this one during voting I would have given it a 9.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/05/2005 08:09:19 PM
I think this was beautiful. Hope you realize that there are those who feel that this is much, much better than 90th place.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/05/2005 07:55:07 PM
Very cool shot! Great use of selective desat to bring out the beauty of the scene. Well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/05/2005 06:56:02 PM
Very clever and a great result!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/05/2005 01:27:14 PM
No! Its a giant ! Wonderful view! The BW works very well. Good luck!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/04/2005 03:47:45 PM
Nice capture but I have a hard time calling a billboard "beautiful" 5 for an interresting image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/04/2005 06:55:48 AM
I really like this. Good application of selective desaturation, it works especially well in this shot. You've combined a lot of elements here and I think it's paid off - a 9 from me and best of luck with this challenge!

Alex
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/03/2005 02:38:40 PM
I really like the use of selective desaturation in this image, very effective, nicely done!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/03/2005 10:08:35 AM
classic work, well done, bumping up
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/01/2005 04:55:24 AM
I'll be surprised if this isn't DQ'ed, but nice concept.
Glad to see you are still here. I do like this one. Beauty in the midst of the grayness of the buildings.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/31/2005 08:14:01 PM
Beauty is a subjective thing, I know. In my scoring and comments I'm trying to score based on NOT whether or not I would think a particular subject beautiful, but on whether the photographer has succeeded in creating a beautiful photo. I look for the elements of color, lines, focus and dof interest, lighting, and a certain element of grace and lovlieness. I'm looking for a unique and creative appeal for the highest scorers. The description says to create a photo that makes the viewer think "that's beautiful", so it will undoubtedly be very subjective. (This is what I'm putting at the start of all of my comments, and I hope it is helpful.)

That being said, this is one of my favorites so far. I'm not a fan of selective desat, but I like it here a lot. The whole concept of media and portrayal of beauty is captured in a very creative and unique way. Perfect placement of her "peeking" between the buildings. Good job!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/31/2005 07:30:49 PM
unique composition, giving the viewers a peek at the peeking model in the ad. The desat is nice, although I feel it doesn't need to be that strong for the statement to be made. 10.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/31/2005 01:32:44 PM
good shot.
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 05/30/2005 01:30:39 PM
Wow this is good!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/30/2005 08:10:51 AM
05/30/2005 06:27:54 AM
...peek-a-boo...great image...beautiful B & W and color...hard vs. soft...masculine vs. feminine...one of my favorite pictures in the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/29/2005 10:43:32 PM
different, cool
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