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La PIazza Dell' Arte
La PIazza Dell' Arte
debitipton


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Challenge: Selective Desaturation (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Canon EF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Location: Larimer Square -- Denver
Date: Jun 19, 2004
Aperture: 4.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/45
Galleries: Performance, Photojournalism
Date Uploaded: Jun 20, 2004

Chalk artist in Downtown Denver. Wonderful show, hopefully they finished before the rain began!

Statistics
Place: 12 out of 227
Avg (all users): 6.3350
Avg (commenters): 7.5625
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Views since voting: 1731
Votes: 203
Comments: 22
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05/16/2005 08:55:42 AM
I love this! Interestingly, I desaturated some of the photos I took at the chalk drawing except for the art like you did on this one!! I haven't posted them anywhere yet. Great minds think alike :)
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06/27/2004 11:26:04 PM
Hey - check you out! I really loved this picture and should have commented on it during the challenge, but I was busy showing a lovely family around Tokyo. ;-) Congrats!

Message edited by author 2004-06-28 05:24:18.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/27/2004 03:01:16 AM
Very very good.....Pleasantville-like idea of colouring the world. I'm afraid the hair colourisation detractsfor me....takes away the simple beauty/consistancy of the concept
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06/26/2004 09:46:56 PM
Wow, I love it! it's original & the color job is very well done!
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06/25/2004 10:50:03 AM
Pretty good. Should have cloned out the cloth on the left and the "v" shaped thing at the top. I'd have played with the B&W levels a little to more contrast, darker road, etc.
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06/24/2004 06:33:01 PM
Personally, I'd have desaturated the hair as well. The colour may be interesting, but it draws attention away from the artwork.
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06/24/2004 08:18:17 AM
I think this is a brilliant idea and it's been nicely done. I like the red highlights in her hair, but I am seeing some blue around that part. This little bit of blue is bothering me a bit. Otherwise I think it's a very good image.
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06/23/2004 01:57:37 PM
AWESOME. I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!! 10
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06/23/2004 12:16:06 PM
Great subject and composition. Your selected areas of desaturation really emphasize the feelings in this photo. The juxtaposition of the "artist" against the cold urban backdrop is nice..... 7
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06/23/2004 08:43:20 AM
thr red hair draws attention away a little bit, but i still love it ... great shot
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06/22/2004 05:01:26 PM
What beautiful artwork on the sidewalk. Ah, to be so talented.

I like the composition of this shot but for my taste, too much was left in color. Maybe if you had just left the artwork in color and desaturated everything else it would make a bigger impact to me. The oils being colorless yet so much color, but from where? See what I'm talking about? Just a thought. This is a lovely shot and I hope you got the artists name so you could offer them a print of it. As is a 6
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06/22/2004 01:24:54 PM
this is a very clever use of desat - though i wonder why you elected to to keep her hair with the red highlights and the slightly blue pastelly shirt coloured. i think it might have conveyed more of an impact if all but the artwork was B&W. i love the idea though, and technically the shot passes muster too - focus and composition is top dog! though, being unfairly picky, the patch of white in the extreme lower left corner is a bit distracting. that aside, well done. 8.
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06/22/2004 08:50:03 AM
What an original idea. I love it! Great colors and I love that you kept some of the chalk in the boxes color, very nice detail as well as the red in her hair. Nice take on the challenge.
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06/22/2004 03:46:19 AM
Fantastic use of color. I really like that you desaturated multiple items and kept the photo interesting. Bravo.
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06/21/2004 05:47:54 PM
Very nice! My favourite so far! 10
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06/21/2004 02:05:54 PM
Really great colors and composition, gets a 10 for its originality. Good luck...
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06/21/2004 10:25:54 AM
Beautiful! Was his hair really that color? 9
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06/21/2004 09:42:56 AM
This is just a beautiful picture. I love the colors. The only little nitpick is the red in the hair, which appears on my monitor to be a bit oversaturated, but it doesn't detract that much. Great image.
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06/21/2004 06:29:58 AM
very nice shot
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06/21/2004 03:12:21 AM
Great job with the photo.
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06/20/2004 10:39:38 PM
A poor choice of a picture to use in this challenge. There is no single object or set of object to highlight ....... and what you have in color, there is waaaaay too much of. If you had desat the whole pic and just left that hair red, that would have worked.
06/20/2004 10:36:44 PM
Pretty good, would've liked the shot to have less colors however, maybe just the artwork, for example.
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