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Challenge: Free Study XIV (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Challenge Entries (most)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Location: Washington, DC
Date: Oct 19, 2006
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/80s
Galleries: Cityscape, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Oct 20, 2006

 I had just finished playing Ultimate Frisbee (go Fighting Pacifists!) and driven to where we were having dinner.

I looked up and there was this church, with the last light of the day making it stand out against the sky.

Editing was mostly a matter of cloning out the halo that came from the camera's sharpening. Did a little perspective correction. Then I used curves to increase the contrast, cloned out the top of a streetlight in the trees, resized, saved. Noise reduction. No cropping.

Statistics
Place: 430 out of 625
Avg (all users): 5.2253
Avg (commenters): 6.1111
Avg (participants): 5.1458
Avg (non-participants): 5.5263
Views since voting: 714
Views during voting: 243
Votes: 182
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0

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 11/08/2006 07:09:25 PM
i like this alot, as just a picture it is really stunning, but to get the higher score i think it was just missing something, its a great building and the lighting really is amazing as well as the blue of the sky.
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 11/08/2006 04:27:39 PM
Actually the tree edges adds some texture to help balance the smoothness of the building. I love photographs at this time of day and this captures that beautiful light well.
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 11/08/2006 03:00:07 PM
Apparently you should have cut down the tree. :-) Colors in this are wonderful - you did a really good job of capturing the light at that time of day. Very good detail on the structure as well!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/07/2006 02:57:23 PM
great shot
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 11/06/2006 03:06:38 PM
The silhouetted tree is not interesting. Also, too much of sky with no clouds or other interest.
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 11/05/2006 05:12:13 PM
This works for me...
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 11/05/2006 01:02:38 PM
Excellent composition and very pleasant perspective transformation to remove trapezoidal effects. or, you have a fine tilt-shift lens. Becautiful complementary colors of sky and masonry. Superb! (9)
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 11/04/2006 12:29:13 AM
really like the change in the shade of blue. i would have maybe preferred this if the tree wasnt in the way of the building but short of cutting it down there wasnt much you could do about it.
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 11/02/2006 04:14:39 PM
I like the color contrast in this.
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 11/02/2006 03:22:47 PM
Beautiful light and color. Next time, chop down that tree. ;)
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 11/02/2006 03:30:10 AM
needs something else
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 11/01/2006 05:58:30 PM
The color of the sky here is nice, as is the fading light on the structure. I feel that the treetop in the foreground is somewhat distracting.
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 11/01/2006 03:15:26 AM
Beautiful building.
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