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Challenge: Architecture III (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: boyle heights
Date: May 24, 2006
Aperture: 22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 30 sec
Galleries: Cityscape, Architecture
Date Uploaded: May 24, 2006

searching for a cover photo for an album.
found a great vantage point above LA.
took 40 shots of the setting sun behind
the downtown skyline.
crop, levels, spot editing to remove dust &
errant houses, clone 1 twinkly light,
sat. boost for jpg conversion, save for web.

Statistics
Place: 164 out of 281
Avg (all users): 5.4124
Avg (commenters): 5.2000
Avg (participants): 5.2617
Avg (non-participants): 5.5977
Views since voting: 696
Views during voting: 266
Votes: 194
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0


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06/06/2006 10:18:53 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

This is lovely...good composition overall, good color. The trail of lights leading the eye up into the frame and into the tall buildings is nice. Your long exposure with a small aperture has given you great points of light. Overall, I get the impression that the image could use some contrast and saturation in the center part...perhaps selecting the sky and then inverting the selection to everything else in the image, then boosting the contrast and saturation a bit might give it more "oomph." I hope that makes sense. :)

Challenge-wise, I think voters were looking for more specific details in architecture rather than in a general form, such as with a whole skyline instead of just part of a building. That's neither here nor there, because voters are always unpredictible. ;)

You've scouted a great location for skyline shots...I'd go a bit wider and really play on the color and contrast for the most drama possible.

Take care,
Laurie
Critique Club :)
 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/02/2006 10:48:50 AM
Wow! This is MY kind of architectural photo! I love how each little sparkly star is so crisp and clean. . .not blurred together and misty! This is a BEAUTIFUL photo!
05/31/2006 06:07:16 PM
Great Shot!
05/29/2006 05:44:43 PM
Great cityscape. Nice and clear.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/29/2006 01:00:02 PM
not original at all... almost out of subject
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/29/2006 08:46:19 AM
Really nice, but too much black in the foreground, i'd have positioned the skyline a little lower in this shot, especially with the sky giving off such wonderful colours.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/29/2006 04:45:12 AM
It's a cityscape (a nice one, though), not an architectural shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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