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Cloud Gate in the Rain
Cloud Gate in the Rain
meyers


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Challenge: Reflections Without Mirrors III (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
Location: Millennium Park, Chicago, IL
Date: Nov 6, 2006
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/1600
Galleries: Cityscape
Date Uploaded: Nov 6, 2006

 It was raining, which left streaks on the steel sculpture, and sapped the area of vivid color. In Photoshop, I used Auto Curves, then desaturated by -25.

Maybe this would have been a better Self Portrait entry..

There is a stain toward the middle of the picture from something which was on the sculpture itself, which I'm sure I'll get all kinds of comments pointing this out.

Statistics
Place: 236 out of 365
Avg (all users): 4.9471
Avg (commenters): 5.5000
Avg (participants): 4.7692
Avg (non-participants): 5.0855
Views since voting: 827
Views during voting: 292
Votes: 208
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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 01/23/2007 08:55:54 AM
Another terrific picture. You eye moves through the entire frame both on the inside and the outside. It is a beauty and the light and people add a very interesting depth. I'm surprised this one did so poorly, I'm guessing people thought it was some sort of mirror.
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 12/28/2006 08:38:56 PM
This is a fantastic abstract. I can't quite make myself see the sculpture, but what I do see are 2 halves of a banana surrounding the face of an alien penguin who is holding a tube up to his nose. Through the tube we see other penguins on the icy water. Fantastic!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/14/2006 02:00:16 AM
Very attractive. A lovely unusual puzzle
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 11/13/2006 09:56:51 AM
Took a while to recognise (?) what I'm looking at. I still don't, but I can see reflections distinct from whatever it is that's reflecting them now. I'd give it five, but 6 on account of the evident ambition.
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 11/09/2006 11:33:57 PM
worped. twisted. abstract. I like it well done.
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 11/09/2006 07:48:36 AM
just can't tell what is going on. i see the reflection, but can't tell what of? and have to assume it's mirrored.
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 11/08/2006 03:37:39 PM
I don't know what I'm seeing, but I like it.
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 11/08/2006 11:32:32 AM
What the heck is this?
 11/08/2006 07:35:04 AM
Beautiful image, but isn't that a mirror?

BTW - your REALLY short ;P
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