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Dimensional Rift
Dimensional Rift
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Abstract Black and White (Basic Editing)
Camera: Sony DSLR-A350
Lens: Konica Minolta AF 24-50/4
Location: Cambridge, MA, USA
Date: Aug 26, 2008
Aperture: f22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/15
Galleries: Abstract, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Aug 26, 2008

 Strata Center at MIT. Building with hundreds of curved mirrored panels. I had 4-5 really good shots to choose from as this is a great location.

Raw adjustment to WB, Contrast, NR
PP in Gimp
Levels
Channel Mixer for B&W
Levels
Crop
USM

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Very happy about this one. Wow a 6+ and new personal best. Yeah!

Statistics
Place: 26 out of 318
Avg (all users): 6.0126
Avg (commenters): 7.8571
Avg (participants): 5.9861
Avg (non-participants): 6.0345
Views since voting: 1696
Views during voting: 292
Votes: 159
Comments: 9
Favorites: 2 (view)

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AuthorThread
 10/28/2009 07:05:42 PM
very cool!
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 09/09/2008 06:45:01 PM
Critique Club Review:

Color Saturation and Hue: N/A image is monochrome.

Brightness and contrast: The white highlights are very bright and compete for attention. But the blacks aren't quite all the way black. I would have liked to have seen a real inky velvety black in the darkest areas, and perhaps a few more of them. They would help this image really pop.

Focus and depth of field: Both are very well executed.

A little more black and deeper blacks, as mentioned above, would make this image stand out. As it is, there is a lot of gray here. Which, is not bad. But gray doesn't grab the attention as well.

Other than this relatively minor point, a very well executed image, and a well deserved finish in the top 30.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/30/2008 09:55:53 PM
Totally gets the challenge with abstract and B & W. Cool.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/30/2008 08:54:18 PM
I can kind of see it is a reflection image...one that draws definite attention. The composition could have had a little more dramatic angle I feel. The white is almost balanced in the image which sort of take attention away from the center. I would still rate it pretty high because it does justice with the theme.. albeit it will be controversially abstract for some. Good job, could be better.
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 08/30/2008 02:36:28 PM
Salvador Dali smiles over your work. 8.
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 08/29/2008 07:38:15 PM
Great use of reflections. I love these kind of shots. I call it "urban kaleidoscope".
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/29/2008 10:17:44 AM
Can't wait to hear how you did this, I'm assuming you used mirrors or something. It looks brilliant.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/28/2008 05:52:37 PM
awesome distortion!
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 08/27/2008 01:44:55 PM
I like this. Nice use of those crazy reflections.
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