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Guiding Light
Guiding Light
brett2004


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Minimalism (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Houston, TX
Date: Apr 25, 2005
Aperture: F/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1.6 sec.
Galleries: Architecture, Persuasive
Date Uploaded: Apr 26, 2005

 This Church is such and amazing piece of architecture! I have been meaning to take pictures of it for a while now - I just got my 300D and it gave me some inspiration, FINALLY!

The shot was taken at night and overexposed to give the "Guiding Light" effect - although I'm sure I will here about how I overexposed it quite a bit though ;) This was not my favorite shot, but I wasn't really shooting for the challenge either so most were full frame shots. I'm not sure this entry completely fits the challenge, but I am going to give it a shot anyway. Maybe someone else likes it too...

Post Processing:
Default Shadow/Highlight adjustment to bring out red sky a little better
Levels adjustment to add contrast and make light and shadows stand out more
Resize to 640
Unsharp Mask just a little to bring out texture in some of the overexposed bricks better
Save for Web optimized to 148K


Statistics
Place: 401 out of 492
Avg (all users): 4.5269
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 4.3316
Avg (non-participants): 4.7546
Views since voting: 809
Views during voting: 464
Votes: 353
Comments: 24
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/03/2005 09:20:20 PM
Harsh light; the faces of the towers are overexposed. The light on the turrets looks good. You might have been better off framing your shot to include only the tops of these towers.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/02/2005 11:54:54 PM
good framing
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/02/2005 10:58:04 PM
Maybe it is just my monitor, but the lighting looks way to harsh across the middle of the church. 5
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/02/2005 08:59:01 PM
the center of the church is overexposed, could have been great otherwise
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/02/2005 04:15:52 AM
nice photo, not minimal.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/30/2005 10:43:03 PM
Wow, that's extremely dramatic lighting. Looks nearly fake. Great!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/30/2005 10:35:54 AM
I like how the tree silouettes frame the church, it makes the photo have a unique feel
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/30/2005 07:11:49 AM
what a beautiful structure...the light across the middle is a bit too harsh for me....good luck
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/29/2005 10:19:38 PM
Beautiful 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/29/2005 06:58:38 PM
Smaller would add to this.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/29/2005 11:21:09 AM
What a wonderful picture. I love it, just wonder if it really fits the challenge since the church takes up half the frame.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/29/2005 03:12:34 AM
too much light in the middle of the building
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/28/2005 11:50:52 PM
Blown highlights and I feel the light in the background distracts from the photo too. Maybe waiting another 30 minutes to take the picture would have helped.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/28/2005 08:29:50 PM
Night shots are difficult to get the dark areas bright enough without burning out the lighted areas. You have come to a good compromise here
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/28/2005 07:48:21 PM
A little large, I believe. Beautiful photo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/28/2005 07:10:53 PM
I feel as if the subject here is the entire church, not sure if that is correct however. Since this is the case, I feel that you do not meet the requirements of the photo, since it takes up about 40% of the given frame.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/28/2005 12:55:12 PM
Strong subject but i think it is a little large
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/27/2005 10:01:13 PM
I'm sure some will score low simply because of size. I don't mind this, but I am concerned about the blown out highlights in the centre. Better exposure would have scored an extra 1-2 points in my mind. Definately worth going back to reshoot - lovely structure and could have some cracker colouring - I'd also aim to shoot just a touch earlier and get some more complimentary colours in the sky.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/27/2005 06:42:42 PM
cool photo but not for this challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/27/2005 05:20:02 PM
Oh, this is JUST beautiful!!!!!!! So sharp for a night shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/27/2005 04:38:23 PM
The subject takes up a bit too much of the frame for me. Also, the highlights on the building seem a little too harsh.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/27/2005 02:00:21 PM
that spot is over exposed, hurts the eyes a bit.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/27/2005 10:29:34 AM
good composition, but the highligths were burned
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/27/2005 06:51:24 AM
Looks like the highlights have just blown a little
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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