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Daybreak over the City
Daybreak over the City
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
Location: Harbor Island, San Diego, CA
Date: Dec 29, 2008
Aperture: 6.7
ISO: 200
Shutter: variable
Galleries: Urban, High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Date Uploaded: Mar 10, 2009

Part of a 3x by 3x HDR Panorama processed in Photomatix and tweaked in Lightroom. Taken at 6:22AM from Harbor Island aiming east over the city of San Diego.

Statistics
Place: 225 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 6.0853
Avg (commenters): 7.0556
Avg (participants): 6.0581
Avg (non-participants): 6.2432
Views since voting: 992
Views during voting: 686
Votes: 504
Comments: 59
Favorites: 1 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 06:01:30 PM
Good colors and DOF!
03/17/2009 05:40:57 PM
Somehow the tree makes me chuckle, but the scene is gorgeous - story book material!
03/17/2009 04:57:09 PM
The yellows and blues are a little cartoonish, but maybe that's appropriate for some tropical places.
03/17/2009 11:33:38 AM
I love the composition in this, the yellows and the blues are great together.
03/17/2009 11:22:15 AM
wow! excellent colors. this is really quite pretty. the cityscape is very pretty-9
03/17/2009 10:44:27 AM
Incredible. I love the detail in the foreground and the silhouette in the background. The angles are great. 10
03/17/2009 08:40:01 AM
nice leading lines, good color
03/17/2009 06:58:19 AM
A beautiful golden glow in the sky that goes nicely with the blues in the water. Shame you didn't straighten your horizon.
03/17/2009 02:37:09 AM
Nice composition. Lovely processing. 7
03/16/2009 08:01:47 PM
Beautiful shot.
03/16/2009 06:31:45 PM
I'm going to cheeck back to see how you did this.
03/16/2009 08:35:52 AM
I like the composition. I think this would work better with a softer processing.
03/15/2009 11:54:35 PM
wow very blue
03/15/2009 10:08:42 PM
Among the best cityscapes I've seen in recent times. Among best of class this challenge.
03/15/2009 05:58:00 PM
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03/15/2009 08:10:08 AM
very illustrative in feel, the colours are rich and engaging great pov
03/15/2009 07:57:56 AM
The post processing makes this image look computer generated, like a shot from Grand Theft Auto or something.
03/15/2009 05:45:57 AM
this is very nice ;) 7

brano
03/15/2009 02:40:46 AM
nice cityscape with good composition, 7
03/14/2009 03:22:27 PM
Great shot - nice yellow / blue combination with palm tree to offset the concrete and steel jungle of the city.
03/14/2009 02:40:25 PM
Too much software workup.
03/14/2009 01:47:17 PM
Quite a magical capture. Pretty incredible skyline backdrop.
03/14/2009 11:27:57 AM
Nice glowing quality to the sky.
03/13/2009 07:37:32 PM
The golds and blues are very complimentary and pleasing...strong composition as well. A very warm and relaxing scene!
03/13/2009 04:44:17 PM
nice shot- although the artificial lighting from the left takes away from the skyline.
03/13/2009 02:09:30 PM
Nice lower shot. The skyline is very nice.
03/13/2009 12:41:23 PM
LOVELY colors! Amazing colors.

Not voting yet.
03/13/2009 12:17:35 PM
I like the composition here, and the colours. The saturation seems a tad overdone, but I dont mind it too much with this shot.
03/13/2009 11:10:47 AM
Lovely light and composition.
03/13/2009 11:04:30 AM
Amazing capture, your POV and post processing are superb.
03/13/2009 09:33:51 AM
incredible smooth colours and I'm liking the crop
03/13/2009 08:43:23 AM
That skyline is beautiful! The water has a really nice glow too. Wonderful capture.
03/13/2009 08:38:25 AM
Beautiful colors
03/13/2009 06:41:20 AM
very nice capture, I lo like the natural light you have used.
03/12/2009 11:20:09 PM
Just a generally great landscape.
03/12/2009 07:58:49 PM
Exceptional coloring on this one. The sky and the way it's reflected on the water is so perfect. Lots to look at, as well -- the lines make my eyes circle the photo (up the rocks, across the sky line and repeat).
03/12/2009 06:06:14 PM
The light on the skyline, the water and the foreground rocks is all great. Cropped it well and the border adds to it perfectly.
03/12/2009 02:37:53 PM
Love the palm tree on the left. Nice colors and lots of interest. Good detail. 8
03/12/2009 10:17:13 AM
I like the shot. Good crop.
03/12/2009 10:03:52 AM
Lovely sunrise and reflections in the water. Interesting choice with the crop as well. I think it works.
03/12/2009 09:05:45 AM
nice color, reflections. 7.
03/12/2009 08:48:08 AM
cool colors - well done
03/12/2009 03:23:17 AM
Very nice composition...colours a bit too intense for me (HDR?) but really like the comp...
03/12/2009 01:37:25 AM
I like this cityscape.The horizon looks a little skewed but it doesn't detract much from the shot
03/11/2009 10:28:22 PM
nice colors
03/11/2009 08:36:03 PM
great composition, very nice colors.
03/11/2009 07:32:45 PM
nice colors.. reflection and comp good too!
03/11/2009 03:17:21 PM
I could see this on the side of a bus or the cover of a magazine. Great advertising piece for the city. Kind of looks like San Diego from Shelter Island which would mean it is sunrise if that is the case.
03/11/2009 02:49:43 PM
The skyline demands more sky. It's so cramped up there!
03/11/2009 02:22:45 PM
Lovely capture. One nit pick would be that the horizon line looks a little lower on the left side.
03/11/2009 02:02:32 PM
just before sunrise is a beautiful time, nice lines in this image
03/11/2009 12:25:19 PM
fantastic colours, love the framing of the rocks leading to the silhouetted sky scrapers
03/11/2009 11:37:07 AM
I like the beautiful light in the sky and on the rocks and the silhouette of the city, reflecting in the water.
03/11/2009 09:49:58 AM
Great colours and silhouette. I like the foreground rock texture leading down to the tree which then leads into the skyline
03/11/2009 09:42:11 AM
I like the use of complementary colors.
03/11/2009 08:55:23 AM
Here comes a jogger...
03/11/2009 12:36:51 AM
Beautiful colours, a great skyline.
03/10/2009 09:34:50 PM
The colors are so amazing.
03/10/2009 08:35:31 PM
ohhhhh, now that is pretty, so soothing excellent silhouettes...must me Miami???


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