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Challenge: Leading Lines III (Basic Editing III)
Collection: People
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Location: Atlanta, GA
Date: Sep 19, 2006
Aperture: 5.0
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Abstract, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Sep 19, 2006

 This is an awning over a walkway across the CNN parking lot in Atlanta, GA, USA. I went with B&W because the colors of the cars were distracting. I used the channel mixer in particular to change one bright red car black. Unlike my geometry entry, after converting to B&W, this time I remembered to use curves to enhance the contrast.

The trickiest thing was getting the contrast up while not making the curves in the awning into total jaggies. They're still a little jagged, and I expect some folks will comment on that.

That's also why I couldn't sharpen it anymore - the jaggies really pop out. That's the down side of how I used USM to make the stars pop in my shot Starry, Starry Night.

Statistics
Place: 90 out of 294
Avg (all users): 5.5855
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.8421
Avg (non-participants): 5.4188
Views since voting: 795
Views during voting: 241
Votes: 193
Comments: 5
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 09/27/2006 06:30:02 AM
Wow, Jeffrey! I think this is a very strong photo! I was on vacation so I totally missed this challenge, but I would have rated it very high. I just love the geometric, abstract look to it :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/26/2006 07:28:00 AM
The overhang and shadow lead you right down that path. I think this is a great use of B&W.
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 09/23/2006 12:51:12 PM
Lines, lines all over the place... Nice
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 09/23/2006 05:39:33 AM
A mundane scene made interesting. Well done.
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 09/20/2006 11:22:08 AM
Meets my interperatation of the challange well. I like how you can follow that center pole all the way down.
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