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Town Lake
Town Lake
yanko


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: HDR (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM
Date: Nov 12, 2006
Aperture: f/7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: multiple
Galleries: Cityscape, Sky
Date Uploaded: Nov 12, 2006

 I shot this on the same day as turnover. I had left myself a few hours to edit this but ended up having only 30 minutes to work on it.

Setup:

- Three bracketed exposures (-2, 0, +2 ev)
- Processed via Merge HDR in PS.
- Dodged and burned a bit.
- Minor cloning
- Neatimage
- Crop/Resize
- Smart Sharpen
- Save for web

Statistics
Place: 19 out of 84
Avg (all users): 6.5533
Avg (commenters): 7.9375
Avg (participants): 6.2727
Avg (non-participants): 6.6016
Views since voting: 1767
Views during voting: 686
Votes: 300
Comments: 25
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 11/23/2006 02:48:57 PM
Excellent shot. Congrats on your top 20 finish!
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 11/23/2006 08:23:57 AM
Beautiful colours in this shot, great job!
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 11/21/2006 12:23:54 AM
Back to say that I thought of you the minute I saw the challenge. You taught me so much about adjusting exposure, it just made sense you'd do well here. And you did!
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 11/20/2006 10:49:40 AM
Congratulations! I'm not the least bit surprised -- but happy nonetheless that this photo of one of my favorite scenes did so well!

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 11/20/2006 01:16:18 AM
Seductive blue shades! Congratulations on your top 20 finish.
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 11/20/2006 12:20:00 AM
Originally posted by Jutilda:
HEE HEE - good one man. And see? I even know it was you.


Well if you throw enough names out there one is bound to be right. :P Thanks for the comment btw.
 11/20/2006 12:17:13 AM
Congrats on the score and top 20! A beautiful shot.
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 11/20/2006 12:06:39 AM
HEE HEE - good one man. And see? I even know it was you.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/19/2006 10:45:48 PM
Looks really nice!
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 11/19/2006 08:16:38 AM
Lovely colors and clarity, nice combination of buildings, bridge, water, and reflections.
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 11/17/2006 02:42:05 PM
Very beautiful color and strong composition. I do wish we they would increase the max pixel length for challenges, this photo would present even stronger at a 720 or 800. Great job!
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 11/14/2006 09:15:06 PM
What a beautiful skyline.

The sky and water are just fabulous, they are almost as one.
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 11/14/2006 11:43:04 AM
great cityscape not on the same scale as some of the photos but still toward the top
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 11/13/2006 11:16:17 PM
Beautifully done. A bit too much of a rather uninteresting sky for my taste. 8
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 11/13/2006 02:54:38 PM
Use of Light:2
Focus:1
Composition:1
Creativity:1
Achieves Challenge:2

I like this photo. Your use of HDR brings out the subtle clouds in the sky well. Good lighting and nice effort to keep the colors in check.
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 11/13/2006 01:26:22 PM
This is a wonderful shot with great coloring and detail. I scored this shot a 7. I dont have alot of complaints with the photo, but one thing I can say is the photo while beautiful doesnt seem to say anything to me other then its beautiful. WHat I'm trying to say in a poor way is that I dont see the main focal point of the photo. My eye goes left to right in the cityscape trying to find a main component to keep my attention and I just dont see it. Most of what I seem to draw on is the bridge however compared to the rest of the photo. Overall pretty well done.
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 11/13/2006 11:41:53 AM
Excellent colours and detail - but I wish you had taken the time to do a little perspective correction too...
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 11/13/2006 11:23:23 AM
Good detail without going overboard. One thing though, the line of buildings is a little too central (IMO). Showing more of the reflection and less sky I think would give the image more WOW (without the vignette effect though).
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 11/13/2006 10:57:41 AM
Wow. So. Gorgeous. It. Makes. Me Cry.
Awesome colors, just so beautiful.
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 11/13/2006 10:07:58 AM
This is very good! Having tried to photograph the skyline over Town Lake several times -- I understand particularly how hard it is to get the correct exposure on that Frost Tower -- it seems that NOTHING keeps it from being over-exposed -- so to me -- you have utilized HDR to perfection -- and I LOVE this beautiful photo!
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 11/13/2006 08:02:16 AM
Richard? Mauri? This is beautiful. Love the reflection and intensity of color. HDR is pretty cool eh?
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 11/13/2006 03:05:16 AM
I love the blue tone. I think it will be in the top 10.
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 11/13/2006 01:23:50 AM
Good tonal range
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 11/13/2006 12:49:04 AM
Gorgeous colors! Beautifully done! Would liked to have seen a bit more range in the land, but still a top pick for me... good luck!!
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 11/13/2006 12:32:52 AM
Very Nicely Done!
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