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Challenge: Urban Landscapes II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Canon
Location: Paris
Date: Aug 13, 2007
Aperture: f2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 0.8s
Galleries: Cityscape, Urban
Date Uploaded: Aug 13, 2007

 Post challenge:
My very first challenge submission. Thank you very much for the comments and the votes.

To answer some of your questions:

- Yes, this is Notre-Dame, the famous cathedral in Paris.

- Yes, I did use a tripod.

- The couple is very small in the picture, I know. I would have loved to show them bigger, but that wasn't possible without changing the entire composition. And it was all about the combination of cathedral and river bank. And it was the Urban Landscapes challenge, after all. ;)

- About the passing boats with the floodlights: I made sure they were as far away as possible when I took the picture. I don't understand why they have all those lights. The river bank is so beautiful in the evening; I find the light very "romantic". These floodlights destroy everything. And when you're sitting at the river having a picnic, nothing is more annoying than boats passing every few minutes, shining floodlights at you and yelling incomprehensible words through loudspeakers so that you feel like a prisoner on the escape. This is what the scene looks like with one of those boats:



Not nice. ;)

A cleaned-up version (I removed the trash can) is available as print.

Statistics
Place: 35 out of 176
Avg (all users): 6.3019
Avg (commenters): 7.3571
Avg (participants): 5.9839
Avg (non-participants): 6.4333
Views since voting: 1513
Views during voting: 273
Votes: 212
Comments: 15
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 08/25/2007 08:26:00 AM
really great, i must say
(actually, i didn't even notice the couple :D )

did you make it with a tripod? or handheld? 0,8s is rather long
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/21/2007 02:52:23 PM
Nice composition
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 08/21/2007 05:46:29 AM
Nice lights, trees look unreal. I don't know what to offer for assistance.
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 08/21/2007 01:56:20 AM
beautiful picture - got nothing more to say
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 08/20/2007 02:36:17 PM
I like the inclusion of the people. well seen.
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 08/20/2007 02:22:47 PM
nice shot
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 08/19/2007 07:02:21 PM
very nice tho i would like to see the couple a little more
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 08/19/2007 12:09:22 PM
You achieved a great exposure on the quays (and I know it's not easy :) )
Did you take advantage of one of the full-of-lights passing boats?
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 08/19/2007 08:50:52 AM
Notre Dame??
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 08/17/2007 09:28:03 PM
tres belle! :)
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 08/17/2007 04:53:39 PM
Ah the memories!!!
Nice night shot, grat detail and control.
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 08/15/2007 05:17:44 PM
beautiful photo..:)
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 08/15/2007 03:27:42 PM
Dang! I almost missed the couple by the waterfront. That really changes the context of this photo. Nice job seeing that and bringing it into the image to add a sense of scale. Good work controlling the exposure on those lights as well. Good luck in the challenge.
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 08/15/2007 10:50:26 AM
Beautiful scene. Welld one.
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 08/15/2007 08:27:36 AM
lovely image...would make a great postcard...the people really add...8
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