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Solitary Street Lamp
Solitary Street Lamp
markwiley


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Lamp (Basic Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Location: Chicago
Date: Jan 13, 2011
Aperture: 4
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Urban, Street
Date Uploaded: Jan 13, 2011

 I left for work early this morning with this street light in mind. I like the blue in the sign/sky and the white of the reflection in the windows/snow/graffiti with the bit of green from the pole. Overall I am pretty happy with how this one turned out. The camera was hand held and I used a flash mounted on the camera -- I probably should have used a tripod. There is some stuff going on in the sky that I do not know how I could have avoided or fixed.

In terms of editing, I just straightened, adjusted levels and saturation, and reduced noise.

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Hooray for the top 20 finish. I appreciate the comments. Some commented on the processing, but I did very little because I have little idea what I am doing. This is just the 5th challenge I have entered and so it is about the 5th picture I have tried to seriously process. So much to learn. After submitting this I figured out how to save images in the submission size that are much more crisp. Damn. This might have done a little better had I known earlier. Oh well, happy with the finish (it helps make up for my abysmal rubber duck finish).

Statistics
Place: 20 out of 90
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Avg (commenters): 6.6667
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Avg (non-participants): 5.9756
Views since voting: 1175
Views during voting: 286
Votes: 174
Comments: 5
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/23/2011 12:51:42 PM
What a mood. The lamp does nothing to cut through the gloomy, bleak atmosphere. It shines anyway. Superb.
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 01/23/2011 12:28:53 PM
Such great processing here... I love the blacks against the colors. (not voting)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/22/2011 06:54:30 AM
Nice image,hope it does well.
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 01/21/2011 05:59:50 PM
Nicely pp'ed.
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 01/18/2011 11:34:57 PM
intresting but i would use a more intense compotition, the lighting on the building is great
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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