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9th wonder of the world
9th wonder of the world
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Challenge: Architecture III (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 IS USM
Location: nicholson Pa.
Date: May 24, 2006
Aperture: f-5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/200
Date Uploaded: May 25, 2006

 levels, contrast, usm had to make a layer to darken the sky and its reflection- had a lot of trouble with this i am not real good with photoshop thought i might get an intresting shot of this bridge ( which is listed as the ninth wonder) if the light was right rode all around on the bike then found the stream and thought this was the best shot i took

Statistics
Place: 185 out of 281
Avg (all users): 5.3483
Avg (commenters): 5.5000
Avg (participants): 5.1481
Avg (non-participants): 5.5806
Views since voting: 824
Views during voting: 256
Votes: 201
Comments: 5
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AuthorThread
 06/06/2006 05:09:54 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club! :)

This is quite a beautiful scene. I love the reflection in the water. My first gut reaction to the image is that I wish it were wider...my eyes keep searching for the span of the bridge, as the narrow presentation makes it feel sort of cramped. HOWEVER, this presentation also accentuates the height, so I guess it's a catch 22. I love the golden hue of the light, and it appears that you shot it at a great time of day. I would like more light on the trees; perhaps some curves and dodging would bring out the details a bit more. I think some saturation boost might be in order as well. Of course, I'm viewing this from an LCD panel at work so it could all be my monitor.

As far as the challenge goes, I think people were looking to be more "wowed" than to simply appreciate good images of pretty places. It's a great shot, and in a bridge challenge it would probably have placed much higher.

Keep shooting and if you have any questions, please let me know. :)

Take care,
Laurie
Critique Club :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/01/2006 10:05:35 PM
Incredible lighting on the structure makes for the great reflection and your abilithy to capture this so well makes it a great photo!
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 05/31/2006 10:06:45 PM
Great Shot!
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 05/31/2006 01:17:59 PM
Exposure is a bit off. The balance could have been adjusted in post processing by extracting the area that is too dark and brightening it so more detail is visible.
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 05/31/2006 10:26:57 AM
I like the contrast of the hard lines of the bridge versus the trees. Too bad the sky didn't help you out much; the shot could use some "pop."
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