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Challenge: Pollution (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D2H
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Nikon
Location: NYC
Date: Mar 9, 2008
Date Uploaded: Mar 9, 2008

 It was a top 20 finish so I shouldn't complain but i actually had higher hopes for this one, was hoping for top 10 :(
I really liked this one for some reason!

Taken from the top of 60th & Amsterdam, facing SE, looking at midtown.

PP = curves/levels, doing everything to keep the highlights looking good...

Note - cities are HUGE emitters of pollution... from the vast amounts of power needed to run them to the cars and congestion. I think this shot was on point with the challenge and respectfully disagree with those who thought otherwise!

Thanks for all the votes and comments!

Statistics
Place: 19 out of 127
Avg (all users): 6.3967
Avg (commenters): 7.6154
Avg (participants): 6.3023
Avg (non-participants): 6.4171
Views since voting: 1934
Views during voting: 433
Votes: 242
Comments: 23
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 03/26/2008 01:21:39 AM
you needed to see the specific pollutants , and this would have made top 3 for sure.
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 03/19/2008 08:01:02 AM
Adam, great job on the top 20 and on keeping us in the second place! :)
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 03/19/2008 02:44:33 AM
Great top slot goes the Adamski this week, glad that challenge is over my head is all blurry. THANK YOU FOR SAVING OUR ASS THIS WEEK, we remain 2nd
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 03/19/2008 12:39:11 AM
All right buddy way to keep us in the race, not that any of us but cptpoland gave any real help. Better luck to us next week.
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 03/19/2008 12:21:47 AM
ppl often have to think outside the box .. unfortunately a lot of the ppl who do think outside the box dont vote in our challenges !! .. excellent image and screams pollution to me .. :)
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 03/19/2008 12:17:06 AM
This was my favorite of the challenge and I had hoped it would do better than it did. I understand where you are coming from regarding those who didn't feel it met the challenge. It was spot on!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/18/2008 05:52:44 AM
I personally don't think it is really true to the theme, but it is a spectacular photo nonetheless. Beautifully composed and the exposure is brilliant
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 03/17/2008 01:31:18 PM
The city certainly has lots of pollution, but I really don't see that illustrated here. My impression on seeing this image is not "pollution", but rather "nightlife". I feel it's a shoehorn, however it is a really nice image. Good enough that, in spite of the shoehorn, it still gets a good vote from me.
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 03/17/2008 12:51:53 PM
i don't see the emissions
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 03/17/2008 12:23:57 PM
The wide angle gives this image sooooo much appeal, looks great.
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 03/15/2008 02:49:41 PM
Very nice! So far it my Fav!
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 03/14/2008 09:55:40 AM
Great angle and perfecct time of day with both some natural light and artifical.
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 03/14/2008 01:29:01 AM
What an incredible perspective you have in this shot. I like the leading lines here, as well as the twilight sky.
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 03/13/2008 09:50:03 AM
Good shot very interesting and busy i really like the streets
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 03/13/2008 09:35:56 AM
This must have been a tought shot. I like the colors and the detail in the buildings. It does seem a little fuzzy though
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 03/12/2008 11:02:32 PM
Beautiful views from 10 Amsterdam ave!
if I had known when you are taking the shot, I would have stood on my roof waiving at youÆ’º ¡K lovely photo, a bit of a stretch regarding ¡§pollution¡¨ nonetheless a very good shot. Good luck in this contest.
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 03/12/2008 09:43:00 PM
A very nice photo, but not really pollution related
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 03/12/2008 09:11:21 PM
Beautiful.
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 03/12/2008 02:10:25 PM
very nice exposure. i like that you shot this in an evening ("twilight" zone) to have that beautiful sky instead of during a night in complete dark.
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 03/12/2008 10:59:44 AM
Good shot, I think it may be great in HDR which isn't probably allowed on this challenge though.
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 03/12/2008 03:07:27 AM
Too bad the building on the left has been chopped off. I would have liked to have seen more sky. It may have worked to tilt the camera just a little to the right (clockwise) to pull in the the top of the building. Still a nice photo.
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 03/12/2008 02:56:09 AM
beautiful superwide angle and perfect exposure...bet the full size image looks amazing
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 03/12/2008 12:32:43 AM
Beautiful shot!
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