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Gabriel


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Challenge: Architecture V (Basic Editing)
Camera: Pentax K20D
Lens: Soligor 21/3.8 in T4 mount
Location: La Défense, France
Date: Jun 4, 2009
Aperture: F/8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Urban, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Jun 6, 2009



[Jun. 12th, 2009 06:35:17 AM]

This is a vertical view of the inside of the Grande Arche de la Défense (near Paris). You are in fact looking at the roof.

It is shot with a graduated sunset filter, and changed into negative.

[Jun. 14th, 2009 04:10:59 PM]

This picture might help you to understand what your are looking at:
Wider shot

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 153
Avg (all users): 6.9437
Avg (commenters): 8.8750
Avg (participants): 7.0526
Avg (non-participants): 6.9038
Views since voting: 6969
Views during voting: 389
Votes: 213
Comments: 57
Favorites: 41 (view)


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07/30/2009 06:33:54 PM
Still love it everytime it comes up, awesome image dude..........!
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06/19/2009 04:06:18 PM
Fascinating work - your choice for processing took an already extraordinary shot to a whole other level. Good work, and congratulations on your blue, very well deserved.
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06/19/2009 10:18:53 AM
Great choice to invert the image.
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06/19/2009 09:48:36 AM
WOW! beautiful composition and creative uses of available tools to produce a stunning image, a well deserved ribbon. Congratulations.
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06/18/2009 10:28:15 PM
Very, very, VERY nice :)
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06/18/2009 06:47:56 PM
... and I just looked at your original which in itself would have made a magnificent entry.
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06/18/2009 06:46:02 PM
I wish I had known that this was a shot of a real building, I honestly thought you had taken a picture of some 3D graphics image on a computer screen.

Wow what a picture, it really highlights to me that photography can be 100% bona fida art.
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06/18/2009 10:23:08 AM
That is an insanely impressive shot.
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06/18/2009 09:22:43 AM
Proof positive that there are no limits to what can be accomplished by a skilled photographer.

*blown away*.

I thought there was a pad of paper involved here.
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06/18/2009 03:49:32 AM
Originally posted by ti_evom:

Looks like something out of Tron. The negative conversion was genius for this shot. I think your score suffered because most people didn't know what it was (abstract + negative = poor score on DPC). I for one am glad to see something totally different take the blue. It's a nice change of scenery. Oh, and that Soligor is pretty sharp. Not bad for an old M42 screw mount.


I absolutely agree pure genius. Congrats on the blue & into my favs
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06/18/2009 12:31:27 AM
Looks like something out of Tron. The negative conversion was genius for this shot. I think your score suffered because most people didn't know what it was (abstract + negative = poor score on DPC). I for one am glad to see something totally different take the blue. It's a nice change of scenery. Oh, and that Soligor is pretty sharp. Not bad for an old M42 screw mount.

Message edited by author 2009-06-18 00:35:05.
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06/18/2009 12:20:32 AM
quite remarkable

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06/17/2009 10:41:14 PM
Congrats on the blue! FYI, I almost never like negative images, but you've shown it can be done effectively. Nice.
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06/17/2009 10:05:39 PM
amazing, looked like computer graphics at first glance.
nice work
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06/17/2009 09:34:14 PM
This is nothing short of spectacular for this challenge. Congratulations on first place with this amazing photo!

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06/17/2009 07:51:53 PM
Fabulous.
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06/17/2009 02:07:19 PM
Wow. This is damn innovative for a blue ribbon. Well done.
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06/17/2009 11:24:48 AM
This is fantastic!
Usually I'm not really into architecture, but this photo gives a whole new perspective! Almost like a blue-print.

Congrats :D
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06/17/2009 10:41:13 AM
Beautiful :)
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06/17/2009 09:33:51 AM
Beautiful image/congrats
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06/17/2009 09:17:05 AM
Beautiful image!! Congrats on your Blue.
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06/17/2009 08:35:05 AM
WOW - that's great. Congrats.
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06/17/2009 06:53:40 AM
Very good entry. This makes me think of an engineering or science magazine. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I like it very much. This has qualities that make it look less like a photo and more like something that was rendered. Interesting to look at, and I really enjoy the contrast between the organic black membrane (reminiscent of a bat's wing perhaps) and the various gridlines. Well done.
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06/17/2009 06:14:09 AM
Outstanding job. Extremely inventive work with a wonderful vision to see the possibilities.
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06/17/2009 06:08:45 AM
This is absolutely terrific, excellent idea to convert to a negative. Added to my all-time favorites.
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06/17/2009 06:03:15 AM
I agree with Lutchenko this is very different from the standard DPC. Incredible, instant fave.
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06/17/2009 04:51:56 AM
Wow! This is great! I love it! Congrats on the ribbon!
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06/17/2009 04:44:44 AM
This is one of the best images I have ever seen here and whilst the blue is very well deserved indeed I think this should have done better from the vote standpoint.
All of my 1s were scrubbed so it's a mystery as to why you end up with four 1s.
Fantastic work Gabriel, can't wait to see the next one
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06/17/2009 02:32:20 AM
wow, really cool shot! congrats on the well deserved ribbon!
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06/17/2009 02:16:40 AM
Clever, clever work. I hadn't picked up on the negative. Definitely my pick for the blue though. Congratulations!
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06/17/2009 02:08:36 AM
This is a GREAT shot! I absolutely love the feel of this. Well done, well done!
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06/17/2009 01:50:49 AM
Totally bizarre! NIcely captured and big congrats on our ribbon!
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06/17/2009 01:19:20 AM
Congratulations on your blue ribbon!! Great shot!!
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06/17/2009 12:56:10 AM
Congratulations on winning with this fantastic image, Gabriel. Very well deserved.
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06/17/2009 12:55:04 AM
a bold entry and you were rewarded with a blue, great to see this on the front page, original and wicked cool
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06/17/2009 12:25:46 AM
Wow! What a fantastic image. Congratulations, Gabriel!
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06/17/2009 12:25:36 AM
It reminded me of that movie, "Tron". I love it (the shot, not the movie). Congrats! :)
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06/17/2009 12:08:45 AM
this is freaky! very surreal, magical almsot. great job, reminds me of the beginning of "how its made"
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06/17/2009 12:04:39 AM
YAY! This was my pick to win! Congratulations on your ribbon.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/16/2009 07:47:40 PM
Blue in my book! Fascinating amount of detail
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06/16/2009 03:46:41 PM
Wonderfully taken, processed and, and..... where is it? LOL top 5 surely 8
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06/16/2009 12:34:06 PM
Great use of lines... inverted colors works here...
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06/14/2009 09:34:06 PM
Very cool. Excellent geometry, in an abstract kind of way - love the composition!! 9
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06/14/2009 06:17:18 PM
Incredible lines and photo treatment! A 10 from me...
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06/14/2009 11:40:20 AM
just awesome - i anticipate a ribbon for this one
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06/14/2009 10:33:52 AM
A ten from me. This is very interesting. I'm not sure what I'm looking at... most likely not actual archtecture, but it seems to fit the challenge perfectly, regardless. Good job. (voted earlier, now back to comment)
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06/13/2009 08:55:32 PM
Looks like a front pager. I'll be curious to know what this is how and you did it in Basic Editing.
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06/13/2009 02:24:13 PM
Great geometry and perspective. Cool shot!
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06/12/2009 04:47:04 AM
Great idea and its something I've never seen before. I can't wait to hear the story behind this shot.
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06/12/2009 04:33:06 AM
This is simply outstanding. It just works, fantastic, love the blues the lines and the composition and the crop. 10 from me.
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06/12/2009 01:17:01 AM
Now that's wild and crazy. looks like a cad rendering.
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06/11/2009 08:02:44 AM
wow...awesome...a potential winner...love the border :) 9
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06/10/2009 11:26:42 AM
OMG, this has to be the weirdest picture i've seen in the challenge, i love it, this has to do well, this is going in my favorites and it's a 10 from me
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06/10/2009 10:16:01 AM
Oh wow this is really cool!!
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06/10/2009 07:37:46 AM
Like the fact that this kind of looks like some sort of graphic, and not a 3D thing. Very cool!
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06/10/2009 06:50:09 AM
Great abstract shot.
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06/10/2009 01:57:08 AM
No idea what this is but it looks cool
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