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Challenge: Best of 2006 (Advanced Editing V*)
Collection: Architecture
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Location: Venice, Italy
Date: May 17, 2006
Galleries: Architecture, Travel
Date Uploaded: Jan 6, 2007

 My trip to Italy with my son Brian in May, 2006. Just an unbelievably wonderful vacation and a great chance to spend some bonding time with my older son. I literally took thousands of pictures. I knew I would have to pick one at the end of the year to use for this challenge. So many favorites to choose from but this one stuck out as the "Classic Italy portrait". Maybe not very original or creative but a moment in time that I will remember forever. It was very unusual to find the Grand Canal to vacant of other boats. It is normally very crowded. I was lucky to be able to capture this single Gondola making its way down the canal towards sunset. Cropped, Levels, Curves, some cloning out of minor distacting elements, sharpened.

Statistics
Place: 158 out of 712
Avg (all users): 6.2717
Avg (commenters): 7.5200
Avg (participants): 6.2264
Avg (non-participants): 6.4198
Views since voting: 1255
Views during voting: 489
Votes: 346
Comments: 27
Favorites: 4 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/25/2007 04:03:06 AM
Yes, very classic. I was in Venice a few years ago too, but I wasn't able, to get a shot like this. Respect! Good luck in the challenge!
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 01/24/2007 05:24:53 PM
stunning. much more enjoyable that the usual travelogue snapshots i've been running across.
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 01/24/2007 04:42:14 PM
Simple and elegant: lovely...
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 01/24/2007 09:25:03 AM
Wonderfully captured.!
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 01/21/2007 01:15:29 PM
gorgeous clear shot
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 01/19/2007 07:31:14 PM
This is a nice shot that would be a great test subject for HDR. If you don't know what I mean, go to this site: //www.hdrsoft.com/
Photomatix offers a free trial version, click on 'Download free trial' to the right of the pic of the Eifel Tower. Above that is 'View examples', click on that to see what this does, including a picture very much like this one! Notice the detail in the sky that your shot could have. You can do this with a regular JPEG, just not as high quality and possibilities.
Another site: //infinitisimo.typepad.com/hdr101/
Hope that helps.
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 01/19/2007 10:52:48 AM
Has a good feeling of depth, good job using the focal point with the river. Like the centered subject in this photo
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 01/19/2007 08:37:18 AM
Such a beautiful city!
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 01/19/2007 08:26:21 AM
I couldn't imagine living there & having to take a boat everywhere I wanted to go!! Neat shot, title definitely fits the picture
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 01/18/2007 01:56:35 PM
Lovely color tones and composition. Back to bump you up to 8.
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 01/17/2007 06:07:15 AM
Just like a painting. Great job.
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 01/17/2007 03:09:10 AM
Absolutely beautiful!
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 01/17/2007 12:12:04 AM
nice shot, with some processing it can easily be a postcard
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 01/16/2007 05:37:55 PM
so cool! Great job
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 01/15/2007 07:40:41 PM
Nice composition, and nice detail re the differant buildings...
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 01/15/2007 03:50:08 PM
Beautiful!
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 01/15/2007 11:51:16 AM
I wish this photo was a bit lighter.
 01/15/2007 08:23:04 AM
peaceful and cultural
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 01/15/2007 03:07:42 AM
classic indeed, great composition. that looks funnn
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 01/14/2007 05:36:43 PM
Nice compostion and detail. Soft colors.
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 01/13/2007 07:29:54 PM
This would make an interesting jigsaw puzzle, I'd hang it on my wall.
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 01/13/2007 07:38:07 AM
Oh I love this! Love the mood. Love the tones and processing! Love the "old" feel to the architecture. This is one of my favorites and highest rated photos!
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 01/13/2007 05:25:51 AM
Beautiful, I hope to visit this city someday. Don't know if it was possible for you, but I think I would have liked this better from a lower angle. 8
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 01/13/2007 04:35:20 AM
Great job. This is a very nice serene shot. I love the colors of the buildings.
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 01/12/2007 05:07:39 PM
Could be a postcard or calendar photo.
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 01/12/2007 03:12:18 PM
aaah, what a wonderful city! lovely light captured here...postcard
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 01/12/2007 12:20:02 PM
Beautiful capture.
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