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Auckland "Hypodermic" Sky Tower Lit for Chrismas
Auckland "Hypodermic" Sky Tower Lit for Chrismas
gruvin


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Landmarks (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: Sky Tower, Auckland, NZ
Date: Dec 5, 2004
Aperture: F/4.5
ISO: 250
Shutter: 1 second
Galleries: Cityscape
Date Uploaded: Nov 30, 2004

Auckland Sky Tower (AKA: Auckland Hypodermic)

Shot in the pouring rain under an umbrell. Thank you Lea for holding the small unbrella while you got soaked!)

Post:
Rotated for perspective correction
Levels
Selective burn and dodge
Selective Hue (not the tower)
Unsharp Mask

Statistics
Place: 85 out of 143
Avg (all users): 5.4631
Avg (commenters): 5.5556
Avg (participants): 5.2000
Avg (non-participants): 5.6944
Views since voting: 1325
Views during voting: 296
Votes: 203
Comments: 11
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/11/2004 06:53:44 PM
Pretty awesome! Taken at just the right time of early night - with plenty of dark blue left in the sky.
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12/10/2004 07:21:41 AM
Very nice colors and a good subject for this challenge. There appear o be some large spots on the right side of the photo, as if there are water spots on the lens or some muted lens flare. But regardless, the shot came out really well - good job.
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12/10/2004 02:05:11 AM
Now that's a familiar sight!! Love the colours and composition of this image.
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12/09/2004 03:55:48 AM
nice colors, soft focus
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12/09/2004 01:08:50 AM
Nice choice of a landmark with some color. The stuff below is obviously distracting and doesn't help things but you can't much help that yourself.
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12/07/2004 12:39:07 PM
good photo, the 2 streetlights at the bottom are quite distracting.
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12/07/2004 11:25:51 AM
Cool foto, the colors are great.
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12/07/2004 04:40:13 AM
I very nearly used the Sky Tower as it was the first idea that came into my mind. It is nicely lit and the green & red compliment each other. There appears to be dust or moisture spots in the sky which is a shame because I like the way you have exposed this.
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12/07/2004 12:37:48 AM
I like the intense colors of the tower, but I can see some large connecting lighter circles in the sky, from post editing?. Make sure your monitor is calibrated correctly, unless it was intentional.
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12/06/2004 09:58:59 PM
Great tower, but I'd prefer a litle less foreground, like cropping off the bottom half inch or so.
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12/06/2004 02:21:42 AM
The buildings and lights in the foreground add nothing but distraction. you could have cloned them out or made them darker -or better yet, tried a different angle on the tower.
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