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Day 9 - Millennium Space
Day 9 - Millennium Space
Bruce_the_Robert


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Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
Location: Norwich, England (the Forum)
Date: May 1, 2007
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/160 s
Galleries: Architecture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: May 10, 2007

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Comments: 7
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This had some blown highlights, which I tried to burn, but I still have some problems in the end, I think. It's also the scope; I can't get enough detail in the people while still capturing the size of the building. Suggestions in that regard would be much appreciated!

Processing:

RAW to set white balance; used auto setting and saved as PSD
b&w conversion using channel mixer
burning
smart sharpen (just slightly)
burning some more
levels
resize
unsharp mask (just slightly)
border
save for web

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05/14/2007 09:29:54 AM
Love the perspective in which the angle shows us the lovely and distinctive architecture of the building's roofline. I am not a big fan of the composition as it stands now with the people included in the shot. The star and main focal point of the shot is that roofline with the interesting lines and half circle shapes. That is where the eye is instantly drawn too. I like UNCLEBRO's suggestion of getting the people blurred by using a long exposure time and higher aperture. Not only would it keep that roofline into dramatic relief & make it the main subject but it would add a sense of motion and added visual appeal with the blurred people in the shot. As it stands now the people are in sharp detail and in my opinion it takes attention away from you main focal point. Another suggestion is to just zoom in or crop such that only that dramatic roofline is present in the composition making it an architectural study in lines, shapes and light and dark contrasts.
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05/10/2007 10:52:43 PM
I really like the vastness of this, and the lines really help me focus in on it. Nice image.
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05/10/2007 06:05:24 PM
Well, I have no idea if this will work, but what about if you stopped your apeture all the way down and left the shutter open for a second or something (depending on the meter reading), anyway, the idea would be for a long exposure, but not too long, and get some blurry people walking by?
That could look pretty cool.
or take several shots from the same position with different shutter speeds and combine them in layers and leave the "clear" people in and erase the parts you don't want?
Understand?

anyway, this is a great shot and I kow exactly where it is :-)
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05/10/2007 05:39:53 PM
What a cool building, good perspective on this.
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05/10/2007 01:04:24 PM
nice use of repetition
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05/10/2007 11:22:21 AM
Awesome perspective and great subject. The people are not that important, but you captured the building perfectly. This would have been well suited for the symmetry challenge. Love your tones in this, too.
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05/10/2007 10:28:20 AM
I think it is an awesome perspective photo. Not alot of detail is needed in the people -- only to show how tiny they are relative to that striking, massive building -- which is absolutely BEAUTIFUL! And my guess is that it looks even more striking in black and white.

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