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Susquehanna River Vantage
Susquehanna River Vantage
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Challenge: Urban Landscapes (Classic Editing)
Camera: Kodak DX6490
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Date: Oct 4, 2003
Aperture: 3.0
ISO: Auto
Shutter: 11.31
Galleries: Cityscape, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Oct 7, 2003

 A day late and a buck short on this one - my town is a tough one to shoot since the river is so wide and the buildings aren't as many or neat looking as, nyc for example. I wanted to get somewhere else - really wanted to use the shots from san fran from last weekend!!! - but alas that is dpc, and this is the best I could do on short notice.

Tech notes - I overexposed this one on purpose - before you say anything - because I really wanted to bring out the reflections on the water - the capitol building is so lit up compared to anything else that much over 2 seconds will blow it out - and leave everything else really dark. So you kind of have to live with it being blown out and work from there. I've taken shots from here before, but never with the bridge in frame. I just did it for me to see how it would turn out, and I think that it works really well to lead your eyes in and add detail.

I cropped it some to take out some sky because we can't do panorama's here ( or that's what this would have been) but as you can tell that's what i was going for on this shot - I intentionally wanted to pull back and shoot from far away.

All comments are welcome, thanks for looking.

Statistics
Place: 67 out of 279
Avg (all users): 5.7983
Avg (commenters): 6.9091
Avg (participants): 5.6953
Avg (non-participants): 5.9182
Views since voting: 1332
Votes: 238
Comments: 12
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/14/2003 07:01:19 PM
not balanced cropping between top and bottom of subject (the city)
try cropping more off the top, or leave more on the bottom. 7
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 10/13/2003 02:23:56 PM
Great reflections I like the colors.
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 10/12/2003 07:23:13 AM
This would have been better if you cropped out more of the top and bottom. It would bring your eye into the center more....
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 10/12/2003 05:12:47 AM
the shot is understandibly tempting but this picture didn't capture it
 10/11/2003 09:53:37 PM
I find this a very stunning photograph. Wonderful lighting and color. Very crisp and clear, terrific view. I really like the reflection captured in the water. Good job!
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 10/11/2003 05:44:37 PM
the city is too small perhaps?
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 10/10/2003 02:10:24 PM
Beautiful. Wonderful clarity, colors, and teriffic composition. Should be in the top three for sure.
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 10/10/2003 01:41:51 PM
very nice shot, if this were my pic I think I would have tried to get just a little more definition, or detail, into the sky and the water by lightening it up
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/09/2003 08:45:11 PM
Very nice.
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 10/09/2003 07:58:12 AM
pretty velvetty blackness
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 10/09/2003 01:38:05 AM
Very Nice
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 10/08/2003 03:23:37 PM
Too bad about the blown out highlights. Other than that, very nice composition, and very nice reflections
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