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Central Park Bench
3rd PlaceCentral Park Bench
daisy77


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Unusual Viewpoint (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: New York City
Date: May 23, 2004
Aperture: f9
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/15
Galleries: Still Life, Black and White
Date Uploaded: May 23, 2004

 Taken on sunday evening in Central Park. Inspired by a similar previous photo I have taken.

In PSE1:
remove color
increased contrast and decreased brightness
crop
tiny amount of cloning
spot burn

Statistics
Place: 3 out of 186
Avg (all users): 6.8313
Avg (commenters): 8.2105
Avg (participants): 6.5579
Avg (non-participants): 7.1972
Views since voting: 13648
Votes: 166
Comments: 48
Favorites: 25 (view)

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 10/11/2004 09:04:56 AM
A most impressive image. here, the photographer used a clever angle to find the heart of this subject and nail a ribbon. Good work.
 06/08/2004 06:58:33 AM
wonderful!
 06/06/2004 03:05:14 PM
Congratulations ! A very interesting point of view ! Very charming ...
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 06/04/2004 06:57:05 AM
Congrats on your first ribbon Margaret!
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 06/03/2004 10:19:59 PM
was this near the upper 60s/lower 70s on the west side? i think i may have seen you with your camera the other day.
 06/02/2004 12:39:29 AM
This is realy good stuff! Well done! ...but don't be happy for long... i'll be soon entering the competition... kiddin' :)
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 06/01/2004 05:00:34 PM
I have a confession to make... When I looked at your photo I originally gave it an eight. Then I looked at it again and thought that there wasnt too much substance in the shot. I then changed it to a six. Only after i looked at it about thirty more times after the competition ended did it really start to grow on me. I would have liked to see a sharper image but really its a great shot... I think I got my vote wrong. Sorry. Congrats on the ribbon
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 06/01/2004 01:07:32 PM
I knew there was a ribbon somewhere in that Central Park trip :o)
CONGRATS Daisy!!
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 06/01/2004 04:50:02 AM
Congratulations on the ribbon, an interesting perspective brought to life.
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 06/01/2004 12:56:51 AM
Well done! Congrats on a well deserved ribbon! :D Excellent work!
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 05/31/2004 06:45:36 AM
well deserved ribbon! congrats!
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 05/31/2004 03:36:23 AM
Great shot. Congrats on the ribbon. Now, stop gloating, or I will have to say... That your mother smells of elderberry and your father is a hamster... :P Good job.

Message edited by author 2004-05-31 07:44:48.
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 05/31/2004 02:52:51 AM
Congratulations on your ribbon Margaret,
Thoroughly deserved for a very good submission.

Gordon
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 05/31/2004 12:53:51 AM
I really like this it works very well Congrats on your ribbon!
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 05/30/2004 10:00:25 PM
Nifty shot. Congratulations on your win. I visited NYC in October and I know just where this bench is. Cool shape for a bench. You took a different angle and it worked. Ann
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 05/30/2004 08:54:50 PM
Awesome viewpoint. Congrats!
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 05/30/2004 08:49:16 PM
Congrats on your first ribbon. You deserve it!
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 05/30/2004 08:46:46 PM
Really great stuff, Margaret! Congratulations on the ribbon!
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 05/30/2004 08:16:04 PM
Congratulations, Margaret, on your very well deserved first ribbon! This is a beautiful picture, it was my favourite in the challenge.

Ursula

Edit: It's Margaret, not Daisy :)

Message edited by author 2004-05-31 00:32:31.
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 05/30/2004 08:14:02 PM
Margaret, it's a shame I didn't vote on this challenge! I saw this angle myself during the outing, but did not take the time to shoot it. Yours is better than mine would have been anyway! Congratulations on your first ribbon! I can say "I knew her when..."

Message edited by author 2004-05-31 00:14:48.
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 05/30/2004 08:11:26 PM
Great viewpoint in this photo, congrats on the ribbon...
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 05/30/2004 08:11:16 PM
Margaret,

HUGE congratulations on your 1st place win here with this terrific shot! WOW, wonderful!
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 05/30/2004 08:03:04 PM
Big huge wonderful congrats on your first Ribbon, m! Proud of you! I am so happy you re-did it with the D70 for this challenge and I was sure it was yours! RoB
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 05/30/2004 08:01:55 PM
Congrats Daisy! I love this image!!!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/30/2004 04:37:21 PM
Nice geometry - the B&W really works well here.
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 05/30/2004 03:15:55 PM
Great angle. Love the B&W treatment.
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 05/30/2004 01:51:15 PM
Very nice, but the leaves in the top right corner are distracting. (9)
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 05/30/2004 01:42:04 PM
I like it.
 05/30/2004 10:55:54 AM
This is beautiful, the connection to the challenge is obvious, this is the best example I saw so far in the challenge where the unusual point of view is ment to enhance the composition. The circles, the lines, also good choice to make this b/w. I don't think it would worked so well in colors. 10.
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 05/30/2004 10:05:14 AM
A different view through a common object. I like the choice of black and white for this one. Nice grain to the image. The leaf in the foreground is a bit distracting. I might have actually removed it from the tree. Very nice! 9
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 05/30/2004 09:51:05 AM
Having it dead center throws me off... Bottom right corner would've gotten a higher score from me. Neat idea I'd like to see you try again.
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 05/28/2004 09:03:23 AM
Great perspective!
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 05/27/2004 12:37:16 PM
I don't know what it is about this one. i keep coming back to it - it might not be the best picture this week, but it is certainly my no.1 favourite. it's completely met the challenge, has originality in spades, and i'm definitely attracted to it. after voting, you should put the colour one on your portfolio, for i would be interested to view it. this would have been great for the centre challenge. i might have been tempted to snip off the leaves in the immediate foreground - but then it's an interesting feature, so i'm glad you didn't. this is great, get's a 10 from me and hopefully it will make the top 10.
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 05/27/2004 09:39:30 AM
Nice idea. 9.
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 05/26/2004 06:00:53 PM
very nice capture! this is definitely an interesting viewpoint. My only nitpick is the leaf in front that's just out of focus, and sort of blocking the bench. otherwise, excellent!
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 05/26/2004 11:44:55 AM
Yes, very good perspective and mood!
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 05/26/2004 07:59:29 AM
Love what you saw and captured here. This certainly is right on target for the challenge. 9
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 05/26/2004 05:47:28 AM
Nice perspective.
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 05/25/2004 06:12:15 PM
9 I love . love .love it!!
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 05/25/2004 04:17:31 PM
Something I would never have otherwise seen: thank you VERY much for this . . . unbelieveable viewpoint. It's gorgeous!
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 05/25/2004 01:47:31 PM
Would have been a great one for "centered", too! Great composition and use of B & W. 8.
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 05/25/2004 01:09:03 PM
Fabulous display of proportion.
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 05/24/2004 11:31:19 AM
You have made a great shot out of nothing here. The leaf is a little distracting but still a 9. Good luck
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 05/24/2004 10:23:01 AM
awesome, best bench I've seen in a while, 9
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 05/24/2004 03:29:42 AM
They have those benches in Central Park too? =]
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 05/23/2004 11:55:28 PM
Very interesting photo. Perfect example of viewpoint and how looking at something as mundane as a bench in a different way can reveal art.
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 05/23/2004 09:40:00 PM
This shot could use for a little bit more depth of field on the bench. Also this image looks very similar to the type of shot I took last August for the Desolation challenge.
 05/23/2004 08:38:31 PM
like the patterns
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