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Challenge: Abandon Buildings III (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 2011
Camera: Nikon D60
Lens: Promaster 11-18mm F/4.5-5.6 XR EDO AF for Nikon
Date: Aug 4, 2011
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 800
Shutter: Various (HDR)
Galleries: Architecture, High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Date Uploaded: Aug 7, 2011

 I changed my mind about four or five times about whether to enter this shot or not. And edited it about as many times.
I'm curious about how this will be taken. I quite like it, but could definitely see folk not liking it.
This is another late night edit (it's 4:32am here now, blame insomnia!) so I'll probably look at it tomorrow and think it's way too over-done, just like my last free study entry.

I hope it'll teach me not to last-minute edit though. Maybe I should have tried this out on my WPL team before the league.

---after---
I'm surprised this did so well. Very late edit. I really hate the effect it had on the sky. I was going to self-DQ this image because I hated it so much after I got some sleep after processing it. 6.1x is the illusive score I've not had before. Lots of 6.0x and a couple of 6.2x.
Even though I dislike the image, I'm happy with the result.
It dropped a bit towards the end.

Statistics
Place: 29 out of 131
Avg (all users): 6.1400
Avg (commenters): 8.3333
Avg (participants): 5.9559
Avg (non-participants): 6.2927
Views since voting: 1007
Views during voting: 317
Votes: 150
Comments: 18
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 02/05/2012 03:17:51 PM
I loved the angle and the processing.
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 08/19/2011 06:14:25 AM
Any Topaz on this? I'm not a big fan of the sky here but I really do love the building. It looks like that sign is ready to pop out of my screen.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/15/2011 12:12:13 AM
Nice to see this generated some responses. And a nice score as well. Great stuff.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/14/2011 04:35:20 PM
I am not a big fan of heavy tone mapping. I realize that it does generally bring some wonderful enhancement to pictures but a light touch is always my preference. I prefer that things look enhanced but still realistic.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/13/2011 07:16:56 AM
a little too heavy on the hdr
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 08/12/2011 03:39:52 PM
I like this overall, though if I can nitpick, I'm not thrilled with the appearance of the sky.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/12/2011 09:21:34 AM
I have to say---that is cool... The colors are incredible!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/11/2011 05:50:27 PM
very cool use of colors
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 08/10/2011 04:33:01 PM
LOVE this picture! the editing that you did to this really makes the building pop! nice job! 10
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 08/09/2011 03:19:21 PM
Looks post-apocalyptic - love it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/09/2011 05:43:16 AM
Brilliant duo tones great angle...10.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/09/2011 04:29:38 AM
I'm curious where this is at because kino is the Polish word for cinema. Intersting mood in the shot.
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 08/08/2011 11:43:11 PM
Now this is great. My top pick. Wonderful stuff. I hope the ribbon is as blue as the building!
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 08/08/2011 11:39:29 PM
Incredible, grungy pp'ing. Probably too much for it to be considered "photography" but a fabulous image nonetheless.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/08/2011 05:41:34 PM
I really like your processing on this.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/08/2011 12:53:11 PM
Like: The find, the colours in the picture.
Dislike: The sky.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/08/2011 06:52:26 AM
nice photo but the pp really looks a little hesvy here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/07/2011 08:35:15 PM
I like the conversion, in my top picks so far.
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