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"back to that same old place, Sweet Home Chicago"
"back to that same old place, Sweet Home Chicago"
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Challenge: Your Corner of the World II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: The City Of Chicago
Date: Oct 1, 2005
Aperture: f9
ISO: 200
Shutter: 5.0 sec.
Galleries: Cityscape, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Oct 2, 2005

 well lets see,

_raw conver._

custom wb
sharpness brought up, noise reduced.
sat. a tad bit more.

_PS_
made a mask for the sky and gave it a gussain blur or 30.1
then adj. the city with-
USM, several diff. sharpness tools
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cloned out some spots in the sky and reflections from the window i took it through
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cloned out the ever so slightest bit of a line left over from the sky's mask
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boardered by enlarging the canvis several times.
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end of edits
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it is my sweet home and i lov it, the city is a really great place and just looking down on it kinda put this wow sence in your mind...its hard to imagen how such a great big city builds from small to monster, but its very cool....

anyway i hope the res. shows up with enough clarity....its a pretty big file as a tif. and well i'm not sure this will be such a great looking image at a small size...but its all i've got.

thanks for all the views votes and comments. your commenters r really spical ppl.

(with nothing better to do...lol...naw but really...

Statistics
Place: 58 out of 299
Avg (all users): 5.9847
Avg (commenters): 6.8571
Avg (participants): 5.8462
Avg (non-participants): 6.1899
Views since voting: 1202
Views during voting: 309
Votes: 196
Comments: 19
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 04/22/2006 02:09:00 PM
Just checking some profiles before Chicago GTG on May 6th. This one is great. I am hoping that we get the same view and I learn from you. From where this was taken? Did you use tripod?
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 10/13/2005 08:27:50 AM
Beautiful night shot of "my town" (well, I never lived there, but I was born there at Michael Reese--I grew up in Gary, Indiana). I am mixed about the tilt, I really like the dynamic it adds, but it draws attention to itself too, perhaps because it's not tilted enough to say: this is purposefully tilted (though I am sure it was).

Overall, a great night city scene: hope you have a big version of this hanging on your wall!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/09/2005 09:08:22 AM
I love the perpsective and colors with a wonderful sense of motion. 10
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 10/07/2005 06:00:36 PM
looks great..!
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 10/06/2005 08:14:45 AM
Nice, but if it was straight, it would be even better!
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 10/06/2005 07:22:28 AM
Wow, love the city light picutres. Thats a big town. Sometimes when there is this much in a picture, its hard to really get the "punch" from it. Mabe crop in from the top and left more.
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 10/05/2005 09:27:43 PM
Ahhh, I miss Chicago :-) Really nice pic. It definitely shows the hustle and bustle of the city, as well as the magnitude of your corner of the world :-) Well done! The horizon seems slightly tilted to the right, but overall I really like this shot.
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 10/05/2005 07:09:21 PM
i love this town...nice colors!
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 10/05/2005 02:05:33 PM
seems a little tilted to the right. great idea, though.
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 10/05/2005 10:37:50 AM
wow..chicago looks good here...small buildings but quantity. not including sears tower of course. you could of over exposed this a little more
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 10/04/2005 03:09:29 PM
thank you for sharing this beautiful corner of your world. spectacular!
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 10/04/2005 06:39:41 AM
is this in focus, or may eye playing a trick.
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 10/04/2005 04:08:47 AM
Good height, but a little soft?
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 10/04/2005 02:16:13 AM
7 - I like the motion on the streets. I have a feeling that this image looks 10X better blown up by 10X
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 10/03/2005 08:35:28 PM
i like the tilted horizon. good shot.
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 10/03/2005 07:36:35 PM
My kinda town, Chicago is...
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 10/03/2005 02:14:26 PM
Very cool. 9
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 10/03/2005 06:46:29 AM
Nice perspective on this but it seems a tad soft. The horizon not being parallel is kind of interesting. I like it. 7
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 10/03/2005 03:28:57 AM
I bet you get a few people say the horizon aint straight.. personally it dont bother me at all I like the shot and believe it adds curvature .. the earth is round after all. -6-
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