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Pensive Sentinel
Pensive Sentinel
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Sentinel (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Nikon
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Jan 29, 2011
Aperture: f/ 10
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/50 sec.
Galleries: Architecture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jan 30, 2011

 A portion of City Hall against the Municipal Services Building in Philly.
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Post Challene: Thanks or the comments, votes and HM!
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Post Processing:
Camera Raw Adjustments in PSElements 6.0:
Exposure +0.30
Fill Light 15
Blacks 8
Clarity 45
Vibrance +7
Saturation +7
Transform Distort to straighten horizontal and vertical of left building
Crop 3 times
Layer adjustment for levels, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation
Adjust sharpness
New layer of levels and layer of gradient map converting to grayscale
Opened levels dialog and adjusted the RGB channels
Flatten
Resize
USM
New layer, Topaz Adjust Vibrance default, merged down 75% opacity, normal blend mode
New layer, adjust color curves, increase contrast default, merged down full opacity, normal blend mode
2 more crops
Resize
USM

Statistics
Place: 5 out of 128
Avg (all users): 6.6288
Avg (commenters): 8.4615
Avg (participants): 6.3030
Avg (non-participants): 6.9545
Views since voting: 1884
Views during voting: 237
Votes: 132
Comments: 20
Favorites: 4 (view)

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AuthorThread
 02/11/2011 03:09:35 AM
I love this shot!!! Wonderful! Congrats!
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 02/07/2011 11:28:04 AM
I rarely fave during voting... this is just too wonderful to have passed up. :)

Congrats on HM!

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 02/07/2011 10:27:03 AM
Surprisingly good for that lens! Would have thought there'd be a lot more barrel disto unless you shot at 50mm? Great elemnts in your work, wd on HM. 9!
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 02/07/2011 12:09:40 AM
This was my favourite one. I gave you 10. I love the composition and the perfection o the lines.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/06/2011 05:23:38 AM
Great Photo. 1 of my top 3. Nice job.
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 02/06/2011 05:02:19 AM
I believe this is top-5 material. Love the compsition, the framing, and the B&W.
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 02/05/2011 06:10:20 PM
I like the comp and bw processing.
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 02/05/2011 08:17:29 AM
Doing a sentinels job as the centuries pass
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/05/2011 06:34:27 AM
Smart framing. Telephoto was a good idea for this.
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 02/04/2011 03:02:08 AM
Great shot. Very little distortion and superb comp, exp. Well done.
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 02/03/2011 04:37:15 AM
Really great composition with some very strong lines. Great choice for B&W. Top 5 with an 8!
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 02/02/2011 11:05:19 AM
Great shot.
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 02/01/2011 03:37:43 AM
Beautifully seen and composed! 9
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 01/31/2011 04:41:46 PM
nice composition and b/w tones
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 01/31/2011 01:08:18 PM
nice composition!
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 01/31/2011 10:32:02 AM
This is stunning. I like the starke differnecs between the two buildings; they seem to compliment each other. Then you have all those straight lines against the curves of the columns and swags. This is a magnificent image! You have a great eye to have caught this.
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 01/31/2011 10:17:12 AM
one of my favorites of this challenge.
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 01/31/2011 09:41:44 AM
This is a great image. One of my favorites of the challenge.
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 01/31/2011 09:36:04 AM
Great composition. I just wish that the photo was cut from the top a bit more, to the top of the second column and get more of the suffocating feeling. 9
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 01/31/2011 07:13:29 AM
Oh GOLLY! I LOVE this! Magnificent! (not voting, though)
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