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Challenge: High Contrast (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: The wrong side of the tracks
Date: Sep 4, 2005
Aperture: f/13
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Cityscape, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Sep 4, 2005

Well...there are a lot of ways to look at high-contrast--I'm guessing this is more the DPC way than the landscape I had entered. Guess I'll just have to put that one up as a print.

I love scrounging around the ruddier sides of the town--this was taken of a building undergoing renovations. The pigeons still hold the majority of RealEstate--but not for long.

Processing--first time I've tried making layers with multiply and vivid light (80% +/- on both). Flatten, crop, resize-then bump the heck out of the Master Hue/Sat so my lovely colors aren't compressed away on the upload, sharpen (75%, .5, 3)


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Place: 163 out of 343
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Votes: 236
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/11/2005 07:03:56 PM
Some good areas of high contrast.
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09/10/2005 06:07:50 PM
good use of strong light to create contrast on this old building..good shadows and hard edges.
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09/10/2005 04:38:51 PM
Well textured, rustic subject yields a good opportunity for contrast in the traditional sense. The slight barrel distortion (tapering towards top) is distracting in such a squared viewpoint though and could have been adjusted. While the subject is good and the lighting is strong, I would have liked to see just one extra element of intrigue to set it off, such as a person or animal in the foreground - like someone walking a dog with a shopping bag.
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09/10/2005 01:28:10 AM
Good contrast, nice coloring that you brought out.
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09/09/2005 09:51:28 PM
I like the linear architecture of this shot. The lighting is nice. The green is a good contrast to the red brick but maybe not high contrast. Good luck!! 7
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09/09/2005 09:00:40 AM
I love this shot. Too bad you couldn't have taken it at a different time of day to rid it of those shadows then reworked it using some cool effect filters into a black and white or sepia. Where is this?
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09/08/2005 03:44:30 AM
i like the colors a lot, but why not straighten the building in p/p?
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09/06/2005 10:39:08 AM
Interesting old building made more interesting by the contrast created by the sunlight and shadow.
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09/05/2005 07:55:36 PM
Not crazy about the tones or composition here, but it is a technically well executed shot. You've got nice deep shadows and the highlights aren't blown out.
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09/05/2005 05:42:31 PM
Love the photo, dig warehouse buildings - I do think this could benefit from some editing. At first glance, this appears slightly tilted to the right. In addition, it could use some crop...either while taking the photo, or post-editing. For example, consider the light on the lower left hand at top...it's just sort of sitting there without a purpose. Do you include more around it, to use it in the composition, or do you completely crop it out? Likewise with the shadow of the door that bleeds off the lower-left hand side.
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09/05/2005 01:12:28 PM
there's alot to like in this shot. the high contrast definitely helps add to the mood. you're going to hear that you should have slightly rotated ccw and adjusted the skew at the top so that shadow line on the right was more parallel.
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09/05/2005 12:49:11 AM
i like it 8
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