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Preserving The Past
Preserving The Past
BrianR


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Challenge: Free Study XV (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Maryborough, Australia
Date: Nov 25, 2006
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Cityscape, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Nov 30, 2006

 Thanks for all your comments, for those that tought it was tilted, the veranda above the buildding name is a perfect horizon with the top of the frame,the natural fall of the hill was brought in doing this, the shot was taken from a low position and raised to bring in the skyline creating the effect of the building protruding from the frame, the color cast was created using hue/sat and selective color to bring in the feel of the era, the tree in the top of the frame is deliberate for composition and distance framing. IMO this was creative photography, but it would seem voters could not see this, or believe there style should be seen in every photo.

Put a frame around this and hang it on the wall how would it stand out.

Preserving The Past

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Place: 446 out of 501
Avg (all users): 4.9877
Avg (commenters): 4.1667
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Votes: 162
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 12/08/2006 08:18:14 AM
hey, you beat me! Guess the DPC voters like odd colors more than product shots! :-)
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 12/07/2006 10:17:00 PM
I think you have been hammered quite a lot with this image mate, and I can see where they are coming from, but I like the processing, as it give this a "historic aged" feeling to the image.

The slant is due to the hill which the building sits on.....but can see why others found this to be a little off putting.

Be proud of this image Brian, as I really like it, but I am somewhat biased, due to the fact, it is of my home town.....
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/07/2006 02:15:02 PM
I would really like this image more if the horizon wasn't crooked.
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 12/07/2006 02:12:38 PM
Gee, the thumbnail is very strong in this image.....
My only suggestion is that I like to see its horizon not on the slant, but straight.....
I love the eerie effect that you have achieved with the processing, and again it is my home town, so I like that very much.....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/07/2006 11:27:59 AM
odd lens distortion
strange white balance/color
tree growing out of the top of the frame
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  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/07/2006 09:39:20 AM
colors don't seem right to me ... not natural ...
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 12/06/2006 09:34:13 AM
A little too overprocessed for my tastes.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/03/2006 08:21:00 PM
the crooked horizon is a makred weakness here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/03/2006 04:20:29 PM
This has real odd coloring to me. ALso it is tilted too much.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/02/2006 07:26:38 PM
This shot might have been better if it didn't seem like the camera was slightly tilted.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/02/2006 12:01:45 AM
Interesting colours, keep an eye on your lines, you've got the photo slanting off to one side here.

Curiously, the top of the building does seem to be in line. Maybe they constructed a wonky house. It's different.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/01/2006 02:09:45 PM
Is the tilt intentional? If so, I'd go for more of a tilt or just straighten this out.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/01/2006 01:43:54 AM
I like this, only problem for me is that it's leaning so far to the left.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/01/2006 12:57:24 AM
Nice sharp image. One of my pet hates is images which slant. Why not either straighten in post processing or hold the camera straight in the first place.

Compositionally you also chopped off the front wall at the left.

From a competition perspective these are cardinal sins and would be marked down severley. In DPC it will get away with such errors, but you should be made aware to help you in your next submissions.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/30/2006 10:24:10 PM
Difficult shot to assess - the strange light is quite interesting, but there's something strange going on in the sky, and cutting the bottom left corner of cthe building is an odd thing to do. Filling just one corner with foreground foliage is also a touch random - it can work, but generally requires more of a full frame around the image to not look like a mistake. In the end though, it's just a full front of a building, with, for me, not enough interest to make an impact: the strange colouring just seems like an attempt to win something back from an OK but not spectacular shot.
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