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They come out of the night
They come out of the night
Jaker


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Darkness II (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D40X
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
Location: Mt bonel Austin Tx
Date: May 2, 2009
Aperture: f4
ISO: 400
Shutter: 30.0 sec
Galleries: Black and White
Date Uploaded: May 5, 2009

 My first challenge in quite a few months. Moved from Orlando to Austin, and lots of roadblocks and changes in between. Finally getting back to my photography and DPC. feels good to be back! :-)

Nothing fancy...
Most editing done in raw conversion.
Gradient map to convert to B&W
Levels
Little burn in the cloudcover.
Crop, resize, save for web.

Statistics
Place: 107 out of 125
Avg (all users): 4.4691
Avg (commenters): 5.5714
Avg (participants): 4.1702
Avg (non-participants): 4.5646
Views since voting: 609
Views during voting: 307
Votes: 194
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 05/13/2009 09:26:57 PM
I knew it was in Austin! Cool shot...
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/12/2009 07:31:00 PM
Reminds me of Manyunk, PA.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/12/2009 06:16:08 PM
Eerie. Well captured. Suits the challenge perfectly.
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 05/08/2009 10:54:32 AM
Back to comment: This image meets the challenge but lacks anything of interest to look at.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/08/2009 08:17:23 AM
You know I was about to give this photo a 4, but I would've been really retarded. The title supports the photo and it is so true...perfect timing.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/06/2009 07:17:21 AM
If there were such a genre as scifi noir (which, by the way there is, but it's more a literary genre than visual) this would be a perfect example of it. A very clever and inventive title matches the details of the image perfectly - one can almost feel the tension as the viewer is brought face-to-face with the mechanical giants coming over the horizon. From a technical standpoint, it's competant, but the foreground is a little busier than is necessary. That being said, everything matches from the subjects to the title. While not to everyone's taste, it is a very worthy entry into the challenge. Well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/06/2009 02:08:37 AM
I think this image could have a much stronger presence as a square crop with about an inch cropped off the bottom and about a half inch cropped off the top.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/05/2009 09:38:56 PM
i like how the lights look like tons of campfires
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 05/05/2009 09:06:56 PM
Interesting choice, to remove color. I think that those antennas emit red light, which might have been more efficient here. Also, while darkness is depicted accurately, the lights other than the antenna ones are working against the overall harmony of the photo.
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