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Melethia


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Collection: Scenes and things
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Date: Apr 21, 2007
Galleries: Black and White
Date Uploaded: Apr 28, 2007

Viewed: 837
Comments: 45
Favorites: 11 (view)

 The Dom in Cologne. Used all sorts of stuff on this - tonemapped the single image, converted to B&W, used Idnic's "moving the light" bit, dodged, burned. Massive editing for me! Probably should be my April Free Study but entered something else instead.

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 09/27/2009 11:00:09 PM
Wowser Deb - very impressive.
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 09/27/2009 01:05:41 PM
Puncture the sky. Wow! Can't believe I haven't seen this before...
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 01/03/2009 09:11:15 AM
great job on the processing, very moody scene
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 02/28/2008 11:10:54 AM
The scale is amazing! I love the exposure in the sky! This one just jumped out at me as I was looking at your portfolio. Really nice!
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 06/25/2007 02:41:32 PM
WOW!!! This is absolutely STUNNING!! I LOVE IT!! The processing is just intense, I really like the tones and almost high contrast feel in this. Fantastic work!!

EDIT for typo...

Message edited by author 2007-06-25 18:42:53.
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 05/30/2007 11:37:00 PM
My kind of photo! This really feels sinister, like the end of the world is being plotted or something, fantastic capture and edit.
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 05/28/2007 12:52:54 AM
Very cool! The gentleman in the foreground really adds to the composition. I love your BW conversion.....it really looks great!
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 05/10/2007 04:00:28 PM
i wasnt so intrigued by the thumbnail, and overlooked it a few times, today i decided id open it up,
so glad i did.
this is incredible!
and so dramatic

remind me to go with my instincts more often
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 05/05/2007 03:32:43 PM
I'm just now getting to page 11 out of 19 for this thread lol. Love the dark tones, perfect for an old structure. Of course the sky adds to that deep and serene feeling. Love what you did with the moving the light!
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 05/05/2007 04:33:38 AM
wow..I always think dodging and burning is overused..because people aren't always using it like this...wonderfully explored and full of dramatic life...amazing!
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 05/05/2007 04:10:59 AM
Well - I love this shot. Not really diggin the square crop. The square crop just takes away from the massiveness that is this pic. Love the heavy editing. Has a Gotham City kind of feel. Excellent work Deb.
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 05/04/2007 10:33:44 AM
Really like the PP on this one. Very nice. I like the dark and gloomy stormy night feel to this, Melethia.
The menacing swirling clouds really helped you out too. Amazing job.
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 05/04/2007 09:23:50 AM
I whole heartily agree with posthumous, crop to square format getting rid of the top. That image is magical (fav material :)!
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 05/04/2007 09:12:29 AM
All gothic cathedrals look the same from this angle. For me, all your crazy processing was the key to getting something memorable from this shot. You've made it... well... more gothic. It also reminds me of German silents, Fritz Lang with far more detail.

The only thing is that eventually I notice the man on the bottom and I realize you're trying to feature him in some way. For me, the competition between man and cathedral cancel each other out.

I can't help but notice that if I "crop" off the top (by scrolling down) to be approximately square, the man becomes the focal point and the picture is just astounding and strange and unique. My kind of picture!
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 05/04/2007 05:34:13 AM
This is amazing! You did a wonderful job editing!
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 05/04/2007 05:01:42 AM
This is amazingly - almost chilling - brings to mind the movie from the 80's Ghostbusters - powerful skies - WOW!

Really like the man sitting dead centre in the front, think he's fabulous, if only his head was less light!
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 05/04/2007 03:40:27 AM
just fantastic.
a great moody sky, great texture in the building.
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 05/04/2007 02:20:14 AM
Debs...Blimey you come in late and then blow us away with an image like this...clear off we dont need your sort here ;-)

What a fantastic image, for me one of your best. I love the perspective and you really get a feel of the spire of the Catherdral towering into the sky

The PP you have done gives a real 3D feel and those wispy white clouds are magnificent

An imposing shot without being over powering. The placement (be it lucky or otherwise)of the chap at in the bottom middle of the frame is great. You can follow a percendicular line up from the top of his head to the very peak of the spire and again for me this just adds to the sense of grandeur of the architecture if you compare the two elements

If your APril Free Study is better than this I cant wait to see it
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 05/03/2007 07:40:16 PM
Perfection!
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 05/03/2007 06:30:54 PM
I'm so glad you submitted this. What a beautiful, powerful and emotive image. Nicely done!
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 05/03/2007 04:56:34 PM
Holy Toledo - that is really outstanding. Yes, you should have saved that for a challenge. But hey - we are all enjoying it. Incredible.
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 05/03/2007 03:11:06 PM
Very dramatic!!! This is excellent.
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 05/03/2007 02:37:26 PM
Deb!!! This is absolutely fanTASTIC! It is other-worldy and haunting. I can't get over how dramatic it is. I just keep looking at it thinking, "WOW!!!!"

Goin' straight to my favorites!

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 05/03/2007 02:15:15 PM
This is a great shot, and wonderful persepective!
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 05/03/2007 02:05:27 PM
hi deb ... tried to comment earlier but dpc wasnt available .. have to go out NOW, but wanted to comment on yours before i went out ...
this photograph is FAR OUT .. great perspective thing happening here ... and you have an excellent lens .. there is so much going on ... the building the people .. the contrasts are excellent .. there is so much DRAMA .. i reckon this is one image that looks heaps better as black and white .. all mine look better in colour!! .. black and white is sooooo hard!!
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 05/03/2007 01:54:59 PM
Amazing shot, love tonemapping to B&W it really has a devistating effect
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 05/03/2007 01:18:21 PM
A intensely amazing shot.. definitely one to be proud of..
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 05/03/2007 12:53:12 PM
Beautiful!!
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 05/03/2007 12:16:58 PM
Extremely nice. What dramatic elements in this one. Great conversion and perspective.
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 05/03/2007 12:03:18 PM
This is a great shot. Has a very Gothic feel to it. The whole image is just very powerful.
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 05/03/2007 12:03:06 PM
Such a dramatic looking shot, well-suited to the subject. Great. :)
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 05/01/2007 07:00:58 PM
Deb - This is just not fair. Stunning image with fantastic perspective. You make me sick! ;-)
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 05/01/2007 06:41:07 PM
mmmmm.
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 04/30/2007 02:53:29 AM
Wow, Deb!!! Awesome job... just awesome! Gotta love that lens, eh?!
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 04/29/2007 05:49:43 PM
Oh Deb. This is utterfly fab. The POV and the rich tones. Man - awesome work on this one. (wish you were coming to the gtg)
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 04/29/2007 05:36:42 PM
This is simply a stunning shot Deb. The architecture grabs my attention then the people allow me to look the entire image over without even thinking. Good stuff.
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 04/28/2007 10:09:18 PM
This is so so powerful, and a very moody emotive image here, and I just love it.....Veru impressive thats for sure..... Well done.....
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 04/28/2007 09:57:35 PM
awesome, reminds me of Yanko's stuff. did you choose the grey point on the sky converting from raw?
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 04/28/2007 09:19:06 PM
gusty work, love to see more.
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 04/28/2007 08:58:14 PM
holy magnolia!!!
jaw
dropping
wow girl. wow
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 04/28/2007 07:14:12 PM
Nice work, Deb! I like juxtaposition of a man and a tower.
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 04/28/2007 04:33:28 PM
this is a stunning photograph - the dodging around the man sitting in the foreground is perfect. It looks like the cathedral is going to suck him straight up to heaven!
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 04/28/2007 04:07:22 PM
Well if Sevil gets a wide angle in NYC then I will have no alternative but to get the 15mm fisheye ;-). That said, I concur that this is a rather lovely work of architecture and you have made your photo of it almost like an icon.
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 04/28/2007 01:34:23 PM
Wow, this is fantastic shot, what a great angle here and sky is amazing, love the use of B&W here, excellent clarity and tones.
Bravo!!
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 04/28/2007 01:11:28 PM
beautiful composition, i love the dramatic sky above the cathedral. this wide angle lens is working really well for you, deb. your pictures make me want to get one for myself :)
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