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Ice skating under Rembrandt's watchful eye
Ice skating under Rembrandt's watchful eye
Azrifel


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: City Life II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Nikon
Location: Museumplein, Amsterdam NL
Date: Jan 3, 2006
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/400s
Galleries: Urban, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jan 3, 2006

Temporary ice skate floor at the back of the Rijksmuseum. The portrait on the wall is a sketch of Rembrandt.

Editing:
Curves adjustment in Nikon Capture

Photoshop 6:
- FM Chroma Noise Reduction
- Rotate
- Crop
- Curves
- Channel Mixer to monochrome
- Curves
- Levels
- Contrast USM
- resample
- USM 120% 0.3px
- Lab mode, only keep lightness channel
- Grayscale mode
- RGB mode
- save for the web

Statistics
Place: 37 out of 173
Avg (all users): 5.9710
Avg (commenters): 6.9048
Avg (participants): 5.6962
Avg (non-participants): 6.0433
Views since voting: 1165
Views during voting: 523
Votes: 379
Comments: 21
Favorites: 1 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/10/2006 10:09:02 AM
Beautiful b/w skating adventure.
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01/09/2006 12:20:31 PM
This is quite appealing picture one would expect to see in one of Disney's christmas movies. Except that urban Rembrand.
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01/09/2006 12:11:12 PM
Excellent contrast and focus! Great capture.
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01/08/2006 12:46:45 PM
I don't know that I would have chosen black and white for this shot (then again, I didn't see a color version). With all of the lines in the background it almost looks more like scaffolding at first glance rather than an old building. Still, its a fun shot of life in the city. Well captured.
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01/08/2006 07:51:50 AM
gud
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01/08/2006 05:56:11 AM
This is a wonderful shot showing people in motion without any severe blurring
(would have loved to see you use a zoom on the two tykes and the pigeons, Ithink that would have been an excellent shot)
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01/08/2006 02:51:11 AM
I like how everyone is just enjoying or going about their skatingm without a care in the world.....
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01/08/2006 02:46:22 AM
A good fun shot, the two kids in the left foreground along with the urbanised pigeons make it.
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01/06/2006 10:16:11 AM
I like the b/w and the flatness and feel the white expanse in the foreground works well. Good catch with the pigeons too. Nice going.
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01/05/2006 11:24:13 PM
Now, this is the ideal city life, wonder if b/w was the right choice since this is really happy colorful times..?
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01/05/2006 05:04:42 PM
great black and white. very city life like!! well done
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01/05/2006 07:53:43 AM
Great shot, love the high contrast here which really makes this shot jump out of the screen. Like this one a lot, well done!
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01/04/2006 06:30:17 PM
fulfills the challenge well, but the composition is not as striking as some others.
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01/04/2006 05:52:01 PM
Composition is ok. The choice of subject matter is ok. The image quality is ok. Has potential of being really creative. - 5
01/04/2006 04:38:33 PM
I like the choice of black and white, good contrast. Nice image. Good luck in the challenge.
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01/04/2006 03:53:44 PM
i like the high contrast. good pic.
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01/04/2006 10:17:32 AM
I like this shot its well composed, even though there is a lot going on in it, it's not too much.
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01/04/2006 08:13:47 AM
I think I would have liked it better in color.
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01/04/2006 08:05:50 AM
he he nice. The ice however is a bit washed out. 7
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01/03/2006 08:40:20 PM
What I miss about this picture is the colours that I imagine are there. I don't see this where I live and miss it here.
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01/03/2006 08:33:37 PM
I like the pidgeon in the foreground. LOL He caught my eye. This is nice. Love the contrast. I can't relate - it was 86 today in Texas. UGH 8
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