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Well Framed?
Well Framed?
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Challenge: Free Study 2007-02 (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
Location: Northgate Arena, Chester, UK
Date: Feb 17, 2007
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/320s
Galleries: Urban, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Feb 25, 2007

 Taken outside Northgate Arena, Chester.

This is an overlay of two different RAW conversions of the same capture generated in Lightroom. A normal conversion for the bricks, and a seriously pulled version for the girl and the background to avoid them being blown out.

After that levels on the bricks to spruce them up with a slight desat to stop them looking too artificial. Shadows/highlights and some levels on the girl to make her a bit more 3-dimensional and levels on the background to dull it down.

Flatten, resize, sharpen, border, save for web.

Statistics
Place: 211 out of 624
Avg (all users): 5.8538
Avg (commenters): 6.5556
Avg (participants): 5.7388
Avg (non-participants): 6.2703
Views since voting: 858
Views during voting: 305
Votes: 171
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/07/2007 03:11:23 AM
Love th idea - Would love to play with those - Could be many opportunities in there. Maybe getting the person to stand in the ring would have blocked out those white signs in the back that compete with the head of the girl too much. I think we should be seeing more of this place in future pics - It's great.
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 03/07/2007 12:20:58 AM
very well framed. Really an interesting picture - I keep coming back to look again. 7
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 03/06/2007 09:09:56 PM
Wow too cool of a shot, great idea and great eye for picking this out. I am sure most would just walk by, but you did a great job capturing this. Nice work.
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 03/05/2007 11:11:05 PM
Sweet framing! This is really cool. Good job having a person in the middle instead of something boring.
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 03/04/2007 07:55:16 PM
this is a bit like an optical illusion. It is hard on the eyes to look at for too long!!! 7 for creativity
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 03/04/2007 08:59:49 AM
Creative shot with nice repeating pattern. But I hate the sign behind the model!
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 03/04/2007 02:34:55 AM
Excellent use of leading lines....too good 8
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 03/03/2007 09:46:52 AM
Cool shot. My eye was immediately drawn, however, to the fact that you are slightly off center -- slightly to the left (not the model, the photographer). I mean, on the second brick wall, you have 1.5 brick lengths on the right and less than 1 on the left. This is carried on to the third wall. Maybe this was your intent. Maybe I am too left brained and demanding of order and symmetry. But it jumps out at me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/03/2007 05:56:59 AM
This is a really nice concept. Looks like some good light. The only suggestion I have is that I'd move her up a couple of places so that we can get a better look at her.
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 03/02/2007 02:10:38 PM
good find, great dof use :)
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 03/02/2007 09:17:54 AM
would like to see the lady in about 3 windows.... :)
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