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Not far to go - Stairway to heaven/physical graffiti
Not far to go - Stairway to heaven/physical graffiti
glennc


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Led Zeppelin (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 IS USM
Location: Rijswijk, Netherlands
Date: Mar 2, 2008
Aperture: f8.0
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/1250
Galleries: Urban, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Mar 2, 2008

 Always on the loomout for something with a graphic element, I saw this family winding their way up the stairs of the car park and thought that my 70-300mm lens was up to it. It cried out B&W with a bit of gritty noise.

Process steps in Lightroom:
Light crop
High contrast B&W preset
Increase exposure and add more black
Add back a little yellow to make it more B&Cream
Export
Process steps in PS:
Clone some silly black dots on white wall plus one odd refection bottom right
Resize
Sharpen
Add noise




Statistics
Place: 80 out of 139
Avg (all users): 5.6627
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.5231
Avg (non-participants): 5.7500
Views since voting: 868
Views during voting: 302
Votes: 169
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 03/10/2008 06:29:19 AM
This should have placed ALOT higher!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/09/2008 07:00:03 PM
Very good motion, the whole image feels "alive" with movement and life.
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 03/09/2008 06:49:25 PM
Great capture. everyone is either coming or going.
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 03/09/2008 05:46:10 PM
I really like this photo and the feeling I get from it. I think this is a good example of street/urban photography. Awesome!
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 03/09/2008 04:58:37 AM
This has something very compelling to it. I'm amazed how many people you got in the frame, looks like emergency stairs but way to crowded for one. The top right character is rather intriguing, he's pointing to somewhere I really can't make out his face. In fact the only clear face is the one on the center left, all others are hidden.
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 03/07/2008 04:50:22 PM
I really like this, the repeating pattern of stairs with the human variations at every turn keep intently looking around the image.
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 03/07/2008 12:52:02 AM
great take on the stairway to heaven idea, really like the b&w conversion and the noise. only thing id have wished to be diferent would be to not have the boys arm across his fathers face, but still a great shot
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 03/05/2008 09:09:38 PM
I like the combo of stairway with graffiti. But it's a little busy. It's hard to identify the subjuct. Is it the guy going up the stairs, the person in the white jacket, the boy. It should be the stairs but that is 3rd or 4th on the list when initially looking at the photo.
 03/03/2008 03:13:25 AM
Nice!!! 10
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