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Scottish National Monument - Sunrise
Scottish National Monument - Sunrise
agwright


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Landmarks (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Location: Edinburgh
Date: Dec 4, 2004
Aperture: F5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Sky, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Dec 4, 2004

Scottish National Monument (Edinburgh) dedicated to those who died in the Napoleonic Wars
The National Monument was to become a Scottish equivalent of the Parthenon of Athens, but they ran out of money so the Monument was never finished. Some say that it's more charming than it would have been if it had been ever finished.

Statistics
Place: 13 out of 143
Avg (all users): 6.4604
Avg (commenters): 7.0909
Avg (participants): 6.3298
Avg (non-participants): 6.5741
Views since voting: 978
Views during voting: 306
Votes: 202
Comments: 14
Favorites: 2 (view)


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12/13/2004 12:27:46 AM
Congratulations on your 14th placing. Ancient pillars of great historical import with an expert capture.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/11/2004 11:24:53 PM
Considering the angle of this structure, I think it would have bee better if it were placed in the frame more to the left rather than centered. Otherwise, nice light, and nice silhouette.
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12/10/2004 11:45:33 PM
I like this ver much.
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12/10/2004 10:28:08 AM
GREAT SKY!!
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12/08/2004 11:24:47 AM
Nice color in the sky
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12/08/2004 10:09:20 AM
You know, I'm not certain that a white border is the way to go - has the inevitable consequence of making the image appear darker, and it seem to be to be pretty dark already. black, I think, would have given a greater sense of looming against a lightening sky. Still, whatever, as we must say these days.

Tonality is good, the hint of haloing from sharpening perhaps is an annoynace in such clean lines, and between a silhouette and a dark sky: I would guess the radius setting needs reducing, to something like 0.6 or 0.5, to get rid of that. A guess, though.

Perhaps I should critique the image itself now, hhaving done the technicalities and the border? Well, perhaps my priorities in terms of subject speak more eloquently than my words ... it doesn't do it for me, much, I fear. The size of the thing seems reduced, I'd want a sense of an enormous sky, and an enormous monument against it, and this feels jus too weak, too reduced. Wider angle lens, closer shot - just as much momument and more sky? Don't know, but I feel it cries out for something like that.
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12/08/2004 06:52:07 AM
great mood and excellent composition
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12/07/2004 11:25:55 PM
It is a beautiful shot, my only beef is the cropping? 8
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12/07/2004 01:02:01 AM
The colors certainly help the image. Nice work.
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12/06/2004 10:04:39 PM
Great silhouette and nice colors. 8
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12/06/2004 09:47:27 PM
I really like the colors, one of my favourites so far. I just really dont think that white border really suits it well.
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12/06/2004 07:56:12 PM
Little on dark side and centered,8
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12/06/2004 02:10:13 PM
Tony, I guess!!?? Very nice shot..we've had some good sunrises recently and this is well captured.
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12/06/2004 12:37:26 AM
great pic.-GL

yeah for the Scots
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