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Challenge: Rivers & Streams (Advanced Editing VI ("Time Lapse"))
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
Location: Staten Island, NY
Date: Jan 11, 2008
Aperture: 11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 5 seconds.
Galleries: Landscape, Rural
Date Uploaded: Jan 11, 2008

 This photo made me depressed all day long. The water was very polluted and it stunk pretty bad. The scene might look nice to some, but this is actually a photo of the former NYC dump. Living here in NYC makes it hard to find a stream or small river, and I figured I walk over to the marshes. Although they closed this dump down years ago, it still smelled there, and so I only took a few shots. I should have put some extra gas in the car and drove up to the East river or Hudson. This was taken at 6:15am, the sun was not up yet.

PP: Some curves to compensate for the contrast raise. Highlight adjustments and a little cropping to eliminate the sidewalk.

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Place: 90 out of 208
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Views since voting: 909
Views during voting: 310
Votes: 193
Comments: 9
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 01/21/2008 07:04:13 AM
A nice Kill there.... always wondered what a Kill was when I arrived in NYC. I thought for a while it had something to do with the Mafia of Staten Island - immediately I associated ditches with dead bodies... In fact, so I understand, the word Kill is derived from the Dutch language, early settlers in NYC, and means ditch.

Message edited by author 2008-01-21 10:28:11.
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01/20/2008 10:21:23 PM
but what does it look like in color
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 01/20/2008 06:26:06 AM
Lovely black-and-white, well converted :)
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 01/19/2008 02:39:59 PM
Very simplistic and effective.
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 01/18/2008 08:59:43 PM
I like the b&w, but the water looks almost too smooth.
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 01/16/2008 01:48:13 AM
nice choice for B/W though I'm not a fan of the gradient shading so evident from top to bottom, I realize this type of PP is done alot here
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 01/15/2008 10:06:12 AM
like the feeling of silence here
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 01/14/2008 03:37:28 PM
Stunning - it's the sharp reflections of the grasses in the water that take this from being really nice to great imho. Also one of those shots where a clear sky really works in a very simple but beautiful composition.
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 01/14/2008 02:33:07 AM
Very calming shot.
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