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Sears Tower in Chicago
Sears Tower in Chicago
meyers


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: 30 Seconds or More (Basic Editing III*)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS
Location: Chicago, IL
Date: Jun 19, 2006
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 30s
Galleries: Cityscape
Date Uploaded: Jun 20, 2006

In Aperture, straightened the image and did auto-exposure, then sent the image to Photoshop.

In Photoshop, I adjusted the levels for the whole image to darken it, bumped up the saturation by +10, and cropped the image to a 6x7 ratio.

Finally, back in Aperture, I exported the image, resizing it to fit within 600x600 (down from 640x640 to meet the file size requirement).

Apple Preview displays my EXIF data with this file; hopefully you guys can read it too. I wanted to submit my original for validation, but I cannot find a link to do that. Do I need to wait until voting has started?

Statistics
Place: 90 out of 170
Avg (all users): 5.3325
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.4667
Avg (non-participants): 5.3000
Views since voting: 1106
Views during voting: 550
Votes: 385
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/26/2006 07:52:09 PM
Good skyline, but the very, very foreground seems to be the focus point here. The background seems a bit blurry.
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06/26/2006 08:39:45 AM
the sears tower itself is blending into the darkness, and seems like it needs more exposure. 6.
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06/26/2006 08:38:57 AM
nicely done, no blow-out on the lights. I like that
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06/25/2006 02:46:04 AM
"WOW" factor here..... I love it.....
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06/24/2006 09:54:55 AM
City scapes are always nice and this one is very nice. A 9 from me!
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06/23/2006 04:54:41 PM
Hey! Who has invaded MY city!!! You went after 11pm, if you had gone before the antennae on the tower would have been lit. Good composition, it is a tad dark, making it hard to distinguish the buildings from the sky in places, but good job otherwise.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/22/2006 10:40:38 PM
Nice photo...but kinda boring.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/22/2006 04:13:33 PM
The sky's complete and empty darkness really takes away from the composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/21/2006 09:36:26 AM
Meets Challenge:2
Aesthetics:2
Technical:2
Wow:0
Originality:1
Total Score: 7
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