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sign in the sky
sign in the sky
darcy


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Challenge: Road Signs Re-revisited (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G3
Location: downtown st. john's
Date: Jan 20, 2004
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Sky, Urban
Date Uploaded: Jan 20, 2004

 I never really realized just how surrounded we are by street signs until I set out to capture one on CCD for this challenge. They are everywhere, and so many of them are the same - a lot of repetition in my city with one way street signs, and then there's the ubiquitous stop signs and no parking signs...

This was a difficult challenge because of the sheer quantity of the subject - you can't help but get the feeling that nothing you are shooting is very original. The best I could come up with was a playful angle and a nice blue sky backdrop with some fluffy cloud. I like the saturation and the contrast, but all in all, I don't think it's a very exciting shot.

Photoshoping here included the usual suspects - some auto contrast and auto color, some faded gausian blur and some unsharp mask, and a little saturation tweak for taste.

I really wanted to take the blur tool to the lower edge of the sign to dull the sharpness of the edge a little, but those are the rules.

Looking forward to seeing what everyone else is going to have for this one!

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/25/2004 11:14:27 PM
Vibrant.
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 01/25/2004 06:07:13 PM
Great colors
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 01/24/2004 10:33:05 AM
way too much saturation. The color in the sky is cool, but its breaking apart from oversaturation.
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 01/24/2004 03:17:45 AM
Punchy colours. Very different.
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 01/22/2004 10:48:39 AM
Nice! Great capture of contrasting colors. Or is this complimenting colors. Anyhow - good job!
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 01/22/2004 07:24:05 AM
nice composition and color -6
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 01/21/2004 12:38:59 PM
Great color, great angle, and the high contrast lighting is very appropriate. There's nothing to indicate the size of the sign, and that works well here. Great job!
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 01/21/2004 11:08:59 AM
I love the richness of the colours , well done
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 01/21/2004 09:11:23 AM
That is what i call a picture!
Good work!
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 01/21/2004 06:27:20 AM
powerful composition and colors
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 01/21/2004 04:05:36 AM
Love the color of the sky. What is the purpose of this sign, just curious because I never seen this one before.
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 01/20/2004 08:16:06 PM
Very nice composition, saturated colors and sharpness.
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