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Challenge: Water III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: Auditorium Shores, Austin TX
Date: Apr 12, 2008
Aperture: F5.6
ISO: 100
Galleries: Cityscape, High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Date Uploaded: Apr 13, 2008

 I went down to the lake to take some photos of the city, but there was the "Art at Night" event going on along the Congress Ave. Bridge which meant very bright lights were glaring from my normal spot. I hiked up the lake a ways and found another place where I could get to the edge with no trees and brush in the way and the spot lights were behind the trees next to the bridge. I like this perspective as it shows more of the bridge as well as the city.

PP
Six photos exposed from 15 secs to 1 sec at F5.6
ARC and Covert to Tiff
Merge to HDR
NI
32bit -> 16bit; Local Adaptation and adjust curve
Lab Colors
Curves on b channel and the a channel
USM Luminosity channel 300, 2, 1
USM Luminosity channel 50, 25, 5
RGB
Crop
Levels
Curve
Clean up using clone tool

Statistics
Place: 56 out of 207
Avg (all users): 6.1243
Avg (commenters): 7.5556
Avg (participants): 5.8857
Avg (non-participants): 6.2804
Views since voting: 1120
Views during voting: 316
Votes: 177
Comments: 13
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AuthorThread
 04/21/2008 09:11:48 AM
Ron

Nice shot to complete a hat-trick of 6's on the bounce. Fantastic job in terms of not only capturing the reflection so strongly but also on the strength and the integrity of the skyline given all the ambient illumination

Good stuff!!!!
 04/21/2008 12:12:37 AM
Doing good - another 6+ score. Love the slick glass like reflection. My fave part tho is the glow around the building on the left. Beautiful night shot! Something I still cannot do yet. Nice job.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/20/2008 08:21:35 PM
Beautiful shot.
 04/19/2008 10:33:05 PM
like the way the color reflects in the water.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/19/2008 06:19:05 AM
nice
 04/18/2008 08:27:16 PM
I think I've seen about 20 that look
 04/16/2008 11:37:26 PM
Very nice, great colors and great composition.(8)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/15/2008 09:52:03 PM
Really nice shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/15/2008 08:53:53 AM
good night shot with strong reflections and interesting colors
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/14/2008 01:13:37 PM
the reflections are nice, but the buildings are blending into the sky a bit up top.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/14/2008 01:19:33 AM
Beautiful reflections...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/14/2008 12:52:42 AM
Beauty
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/14/2008 12:16:06 AM
Great composition and colors
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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