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Delapidated
Delapidated
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Challenge: Harsh Environments (Expert Editing)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: Docklands Melbourne Australia
Date: Dec 26, 2006
Aperture: F7.1
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Cityscape, Urban
Date Uploaded: Dec 25, 2006

 An old garage door at docklands in Melbourne. I can imagine lots of activity here before WW2. It has been abandoned for a long time.

Started out with just some sharpening and dodging and burning, levels, USM etc...nothing really expert about this it all...

Then I experimented with a layer of texture from an old peeling door I took at the same place and did all sorts of things to that layer which can be seen here and there. I pleayed with the shadow/highlight settings as well as blurring and sharpening. Then added a gradualted layer to give that reddish hue to the top.

What is missing is some feature other than the garage door...a human of some kind. So I added a gull I shot on the same day.


POST: Oh well, the seagull didn't work out. I started at 6.2-6.3 for the first 48 hours and then it sunk like no one's business! Overall I liked the image, but the voters did not, so that's how the cookie crumbles...

Statistics
Place: 39 out of 116
Avg (all users): 5.9729
Avg (commenters): 6.0667
Avg (participants): 5.7167
Avg (non-participants): 6.0683
Views since voting: 1080
Views during voting: 368
Votes: 221
Comments: 17
Favorites: 0

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 01/05/2007 07:11:57 AM
I think if you had put you in here somehow rather than the gull. But then I am a self portrait junkkie I guess. The gull just seems an odd fit. The colors and processing are pretty cool (the blur on the left seems a bit odd). Get on in there next time man - even if you were curled up into a ball lying on your side covered by a newspaper. Hey - maybe thats my next challenge entry right there. I will make sure to wear the derby. Good work Enzo.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/04/2007 11:21:44 PM
Very cool color tones in this photo and some really cool overall vibes. Well done!
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 01/04/2007 07:17:06 PM
Well three things that I dislike about this shot.

1. The black top and bottom just don´t make sense to me, don´t really care for them.

2. The seagull looks totally fake and out of place, don´t get why you put it there.

3. The selective blurring, especially on the left side of the photo are not making this a better photo in my opinion.

I do like the grain and coloring and the look of the image though and voted a 6 in spite of all three issues I have with this shot.
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 01/04/2007 05:19:09 PM
This is my favorite type of editing, first excellant choice of a place to shoot, 2nd the editing is right on. Is this like an urban acid type? Great work.
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 01/02/2007 03:00:24 PM
i love the image, could do without the bird, tho.
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 01/01/2007 09:26:58 AM
Excellent post processing and a nicely seen and captured basic photo to begin with.
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 12/31/2006 07:04:42 PM
Do not appreciate the processing... Sorry.
TC
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 12/31/2006 02:47:50 PM
Looks a little cut and paste to me.
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 12/30/2006 12:14:29 PM
had preferred not to include the seagull. OOF area at left distracts a bit
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 12/30/2006 01:13:03 AM
I like it except for the black smudges near the bottom. I'm not voting but if I were, I'd give your photo a 9.
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 12/29/2006 03:57:49 PM
the border draws my attention away from the pic
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 12/29/2006 03:06:40 PM
this is a very nice image. love the desolate lonesome feeling this evokes but the bird just does not fit here for me.
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 12/29/2006 01:58:00 PM
Happy New Year! - 8
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 12/29/2006 07:45:30 AM
It's dilapidated all right, but the High Definition has smothered all that lovely patina and it's ended up being dreamlike and surreal, and not gritty or harsh at all. The blur also makes it difficult to see what's going on in terms of perspective. I can't make out if the "vehicle wheel" sign is in the distance or part of the wall alongside the red corrugated iron.
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 12/29/2006 01:44:28 AM
like the photo, but not the border or the random gull
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 12/29/2006 12:44:29 AM
Nice colours and grunge feel. 7
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 12/29/2006 12:15:25 AM
amazing image... great colors, contrast, and lighting. i like the bird extending into the border... i think the asymmetric border is a little distracting, but it remains a great image!
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