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Genesee Night View
Genesee Night View
juliejold


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Black & White IV (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-7D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Location: Rochester, NY
Date: Apr 2, 2011
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 640
Shutter: 1/4 sec
Galleries: Cityscape, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Apr 3, 2011

 Adjusted levels, converted to B&W, dodged and burned, and sharpened in Photoshop. Taken underneath the Fredrick Douglass Susan B. Anthony Bridge in Rochester, NY.

Statistics
Place: 152 out of 230
Avg (all users): 5.2721
Avg (commenters): 6.5000
Avg (participants): 5.2955
Avg (non-participants): 5.2373
Views since voting: 795
Views during voting: 264
Votes: 147
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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 04/21/2011 04:21:45 PM
Thank you for all of the comments!
 04/16/2011 05:23:29 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club

I was quite surprised when I go this image to critique that you had only scored a 5.2 in the recent B&W challenge. I cannot help feeling that was a little harsh, but the competition was quite stiff. I certainly remember it from voting, so that's good as it clearly made an impression.

I like the way you have depicted what can be a fairly common subject by making it appear to be slightly abstract. I think the very heavy blacks in your post processing have done this. I have to say, I rather like this as it is, but can imagine there are some voters who would have preferred to see a bit more detail in the shadow area and so this probably contributes to the score.

Overall I think this was rather well done and am surprised it didn't do better.
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 04/12/2011 02:45:20 AM
Very nice scene. I'd like to see you emphasize the abstraction further, take it where it belongs, in the realm of who knows what, increasing the mystery by decreasing the clarity of the scene. Let us form it where we will in our minds, apply our own constructs to the form. Those spotlights and the ribs of the bridge beg for it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/10/2011 06:46:37 PM
Nice, I have a Daytime view here. I like the lights reflecting on the river and just touching the bridge supports enough to give them some definition yet keep them dark and mysterious. The underside of this bridge reminds me of a spine and ribs.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/05/2011 10:09:01 PM
I like it but I want to go in there and rearrange it all to mess it up ;) Maybe a bit more tonal range would have been good, but a night shot it is.
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 04/04/2011 02:18:06 PM
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