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Inspired by "Going Somewhere" by Wingy
Inspired by "Going Somewhere" by Wingy
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: First Entry (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 2010
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Tamron AF 18-270mm F/3,5-6,3 Di II VC LD Aspherical [IF] macro for Nikon
Date: Jul 14, 2010
Date Uploaded: Jul 15, 2010

 As usual, I probably over-analyzed the challenge description to death. By far the hardest thing about his challenge was choosing an image to reshoot (my own first entry didn't inspire me...)! I spent days looking at first entries (which in and of itself was a fascinating, not to mention time-consuming, exercise). I also found it quite difficult to find an image I wanted to reshoot, in a challenge that would fit the reshoot.

Regardless, I'm quite pleased with this image. The only thing I kept changing my mind about was the dark area on the far right, which only contains the stairs at the bottom. I cropped them out and it just didn't look right, so I put them back in. Then took them out. Then did this little exercise several more times and decided to leave it in. I just hope that my entry does better than the original :-)

Shot at the fabulous Bradbury Building in LA. I took a ton of images, but liked this the best.

Converted from RAW
Cropped and straightened
Curves
Levels
Hue/Saturation
Added border
Saved for web

[POST CHALLENGE]
Surprised (and pleased) this finished as well as it did. I took a chance with the "loose" interpretation, which clearly hurt the scoring. But delighted that the image itself pleased voters. Thanks everyone!

Statistics
Place: 25 out of 76
Avg (all users): 6.0750
Avg (commenters): 5.6667
Avg (participants): 5.8649
Avg (non-participants): 6.1687
Views since voting: 992
Views during voting: 219
Votes: 120
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0

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 07/26/2010 10:00:43 PM
probably my favorite in the challenge. well done.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/25/2010 05:46:42 PM
A great image in its own right but as an 'inspired by the original' piece - I think the articulation is a little weak.
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 07/23/2010 05:18:25 PM
the scene is really good but i think it just goes dark very fast,it would have been so better if the light went out a bit smoother...nice job anyway!
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 07/20/2010 08:46:08 AM
This is a beautiful shot but I don't see the connection to the original other than a reflection. Love the golden colortone.
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 07/19/2010 05:50:28 PM
From this perspective I would have liked more light around the newel post on the right.
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 07/19/2010 12:23:55 PM
wonderful reflection in the tile...just a touch dark on the far right...but a very intriguing picture
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 07/19/2010 12:11:25 AM
I see very little resemblance to Wingy's shot. Wingy even mentions in his details that the windows were an intricate part of his photo.
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