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Challenge: Free Study 2007-01 (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: Woodlawn Cemetary ... Detroit, MI
Date: Jan 1, 2007
Galleries: Architecture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jan 26, 2007

processing was pretty simple mostly because I'm not very good at it yet ...used Photo Impact for this photo, but just got CS2 ...

played with levels, curves, brightness, contrast ... converted to B/W ... dodge/burn some areas ...

I'm at work and don't have the original to fill in the aperature/ISO/shutter info ...

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02/08/2007 02:04:40 PM
The technicals: Hmm, we could go a few ways here. The gutsy way is to lowers the contrast on the picture on purpose to juxtapose with the name "Gray". If you did that, I would have almost overdone it to make the intent obvious. Otherwise, I would have added more contrast to the picture. You are in the middle. My guess is that it involves your conversion technique to B&W. Have you learned how to do it with the channel mixer? This is probably one of the best methods and is far superior to "convert to grayscale".

The feel: this is a nicely composed shot. I like the quiet feel of the picture. The only possible improvement would be to shoot at a different time to try to get some detail from the sky. It's either completely blown or was a completely overcast day.

The game: I bet a bit more processing on the shot would have taken this from the 5.3 range to the 5.7-5.8 range.
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02/02/2007 05:22:11 PM
I like this B&W expecialy with the name on the building fits perfectly.
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02/01/2007 11:14:31 PM
mmm would like to see the sky darker on this... 7
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02/01/2007 08:12:27 PM
Really like this shot, Love the angled look of the building. IMO a bit more DOF to really bring out the building would have been nice. But still a great shot. 7.
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