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Urban Poetry
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Challenge: Urban Nature (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM
Location: Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy
Date: Mar 12, 2011
Aperture: f/1.2
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/2500
Date Uploaded: Mar 12, 2011

 An honor to win both the Posthumous Blue and the normal blue. Only 2nd time to have ever happened on DPC (to this day). Thank you!

Also very happy to win a blue ribbon with my favorite lens of all time.

This scene happened in a split second. I grabbed my camera and clicked. Luckily it was in Av mode at f/1.2. The real work was done in post-processing where I spent 2 hours doing very careful dodge and burn to leave the kind of impact on the viewer that I wanted it to leave.

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 105
Avg (all users): 6.9245
Avg (commenters): 8.2222
Avg (participants): 6.9322
Avg (non-participants): 6.9200
Views since voting: 5633
Views during voting: 337
Votes: 159
Comments: 51
Favorites: 14 (view)

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 06/21/2011 05:54:14 PM
Originally posted by yanko:
"This image is special to me because it won both the Posthumous Blue and the usual blue. First time that this has ever happened on DPC."

Actually the first time was in 2007 in Still Life With Motion challenge. ;)


Thank you for the correction! Posthumous and I looked and looked but couldn't find another one. Congrats to you on being the 1st!
 06/21/2011 05:05:44 PM
"This image is special to me because it won both the Posthumous Blue and the usual blue. First time that this has ever happened on DPC."

Actually the first time was in 2007 in Still Life With Motion challenge. ;)
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 06/19/2011 10:03:37 AM
Originally posted by MargaretN:
I think this is by far your best challenge entry and could get published on 1x. Your current profile page mostly represents the preference of a mythical average DPCer and would be unlikely to be published on 1x. Am I right? What do you think? I am interested in understanding what 1x selectors select and why certain images are very successful on DPC but do not get published on 1x.


You probably know more about 1x than I do. If you think this might do well over there, I might try uploading it and see how it will received. I wouldn't care one way or the other. 1x.com isn't a site I hang out regularly. Besides why should I care what style 1x.com likes? I am not going to alter my style just so that it becomes less DPC-like and more 1x.com like. I put a lot more stock into DPC than 1x because it involves a much larger sample size than it does on 1x which is basically what 1 single curator thinks of the images submitted over there.

Message edited by author 2012-02-04 20:02:41.
 06/19/2011 08:31:30 AM
I think this is by far your best challenge entry and could get published on 1x. Your current profile page mostly represents the preference of a mythical average DPCer and would be unlikely to be published on 1x. Am I right? What do you think? I am interested in understanding what 1x selectors select and why certain images are very successful on DPC but do not get published on 1x.
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 04/20/2011 08:46:26 AM
I'm a little slow and just finding this. Absolutely gorgeous work! Everything here is so very appealing to me and the tonal choice is fantastic!
Very well deserved blue ribbons, indeed! Congrats!
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 03/27/2011 08:46:25 PM
Apt title... very poetic image...
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 03/26/2011 08:33:47 AM
Superb,Congratulations.
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 03/21/2011 08:54:14 PM
The coveted double blue - and with pigeons! They remind of European pigeons - are they? I love the one just about to land on the light fixture. Poetry, indeed. Thanks!
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 03/21/2011 06:16:01 PM
Originally posted by nightpixels:
Originally posted by posthumous:
Not the first ( whiteroom has achieved this), but a rare achievement indeed. I was shocked to see this win a blue. I thought this photo was for me. ;)


On which shot? I don't see it.


hmmm... well I did give her a 10 on a red ribbon before I was doing ribbons... but you're right, she's not the one... I know I've done it, though...
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 03/21/2011 04:17:44 PM
WOW :D
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 03/21/2011 03:30:39 PM
Wonderfully full of angst.
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 03/21/2011 01:47:25 PM
I'm so glad this got the blue!!!! :-) I love this image! This is a true piece of art.
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 03/21/2011 11:15:52 AM
An unexpected blue but that makes it all the sweeter. And congrats on the posty blue, too!
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 03/21/2011 10:43:09 AM
This is great, not a typical DPC shot but absoloutley worthy of the blue. Congrats
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 03/21/2011 08:28:05 AM
Originally posted by posthumous:
Originally posted by LevT:
wow, two blues! Congrats Allen a very rare feat (maybe the first ever?). Fabulous image.


Not the first ( whiteroom has achieved this), but a rare achievement indeed. I was shocked to see this win a blue. I thought this photo was for me. ;)


On which shot? I don't see it.
 03/21/2011 05:59:37 AM
I love it! So much! Congratulations!
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 03/21/2011 05:50:52 AM
Originally posted by LevT:
wow, two blues! Congrats Allen a very rare feat (maybe the first ever?). Fabulous image.


Not the first ( whiteroom has achieved this), but a rare achievement indeed. I was shocked to see this win a blue. I thought this photo was for me. ;)
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 03/21/2011 02:46:16 AM
Awesome!! Posthumous and regular! How cool is that! Congrats on both. :D
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 03/21/2011 12:43:00 AM
Well done ! My top vote :-)

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 03/20/2011 11:46:02 PM
Bravo - for a great shot and for making pothumous give his blue to the real blue!
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 03/20/2011 09:36:31 PM
Originally posted by Cyberlandz:
I like the mood of the photo. The selective blur works well, but some of the birds seem oversharpened. Overall a really nice photo.


No selective blur was added, it was the super-shallow depth of field (f/1.2) that created the out of focus area :)
 03/20/2011 09:00:57 PM
Congrats. Very nice photo :)
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 03/20/2011 08:48:12 PM
WHAT an IMAGE!! congrats!
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 03/20/2011 08:47:00 PM
Lovely! A worthy winner!
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 03/20/2011 08:31:27 PM
Two blues! Nicely done.
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 03/20/2011 08:20:49 PM
wow, two blues! Congrats Allen a very rare feat (maybe the first ever?). Fabulous image.
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 03/20/2011 08:17:41 PM
Wonderful image - congrats on the blue!
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 03/20/2011 08:16:20 PM
Blue all around. Fabulous image. Congrats.
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 03/20/2011 08:11:30 PM
Congrats on the ribbon!
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 03/20/2011 08:02:29 PM
Knew you'd win, fave by far, well done.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/20/2011 07:16:01 PM
yes.
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 03/20/2011 06:07:03 PM
Not voting yet... This is lovely, well captured and lovely tones in the processing.
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 03/20/2011 04:58:17 PM
Yes this is how inspiration alights upon us.

Posthumous Blue Ribbon

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 03/20/2011 05:51:19 AM
Very moody, great shot, my top for this challenge
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 03/19/2011 06:18:58 PM
I love the moodiness of your image...it reminds me of a still from a movie.
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 03/19/2011 08:46:09 AM
very beautifully captured and processed
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 03/18/2011 06:46:54 PM
Tones really make this photos!
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 03/17/2011 01:10:59 PM
The real poetry is in your timing -- like the way you've caught that bird in the lower left so close to landing.
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 03/17/2011 11:22:37 AM
I love this one! good luck
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 03/17/2011 07:03:55 AM
I know not everyone likes pigeons but I can't imagine a city without them. So I like this bit of urban nature, with the pigeons in various poses, ready to squash themselves onto tiny ledges. Except for the clever one who gets a lamp to himself ;-)
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 03/17/2011 06:41:23 AM
Great as a photo, a terrible things if you live behind these closed windows! A very telling lovely picture. 9
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 03/15/2011 06:45:59 PM
Probably one of the best images in the challenge. Should do very well. Great work.
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 03/15/2011 08:33:07 AM
Love the tone,hope this gets near the top.
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 03/15/2011 05:26:12 AM
I like the mood of the photo. The selective blur works well, but some of the birds seem oversharpened. Overall a really nice photo.
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 03/14/2011 04:29:40 PM
I love when images, look like sequences. The three flying pigeons really tie this together.
Excellent...
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 03/14/2011 02:47:29 PM
A great moment in an interesting place - well captured.
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 03/14/2011 12:18:30 PM
urban poetry indeed! A very well captured image. This has a wonderful pov and going with b&w is perfect for this.
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 03/14/2011 06:11:20 AM
splendid photo, i will pay more attention to our feathered friends from now on.
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 03/14/2011 06:08:40 AM
wonderful 8
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 03/14/2011 05:57:34 AM
Nice one.
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 03/13/2011 09:10:13 PM
Can't stop staring at this, it's just EPIC. The processing is awesome, love the tones, you have a winner here, truly the best so far, and My pick for the bluey, even though I haven't seen all the photos yet. I'm adding it as a fave.
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