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Challenge: Bicycles II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Sony DSLR-A100
Lens: Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED Zoom Lens for Sony Alpha
Location: Quebec City
Date: May 10, 2008
Aperture: f6.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Urban, Transportation
Date Uploaded: May 11, 2008

 Shot in Quebec City, in the Petit Champlain area of the Old Town that sits at the foot of the legendary Chateau Frontenac. Quebec City is celebrating its 400th anniversary this year. The town is really in a festive mood. If you have been waiting for the perfect occasion to visit this spectacular city, now is the time!

PP include:

- Image cropped, rotated
- Levels
- Curves
- Saturation boosted a bit
- Exposure slightly corrected
- Resized, sharpened and border added.

Thanks fo you feedback!


*Post Challenge: This is great! First top 10! I played with the angle on purpose here, to give the illusion of the bike being on the ground. Seems to have fooled some anyways ;-) I too wished that someone would have stuck his head out the window at that moment!

These bikes are everywhere in the Old City. Here is the original shot and an outtake:





Statistics
Place: 9 out of 139
Avg (all users): 6.5411
Avg (commenters): 7.8095
Avg (participants): 6.4000
Avg (non-participants): 6.5906
Views since voting: 2184
Views during voting: 434
Votes: 231
Comments: 27
Favorites: 0

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 05/21/2008 10:22:02 AM
congrats on a top 10 finish !
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 05/21/2008 01:04:23 AM
What a surprise when my niece came from Quebec with a couple of pictures of this building...
Of course, not as fancy as this nice composition of yours, which already was one of my favorites here in this challenge. Well done!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/20/2008 01:42:40 PM
I like this image, having the bike on a wall is a nice twist and the angle makes it look like it could be on the ground.
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 05/20/2008 12:58:13 AM
sweet
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 05/18/2008 12:38:12 AM
Cool shot. Great color contrast.
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 05/17/2008 04:58:11 PM
Whoaa...now that's different! I like how you've rotated the shot. Nice colours too.
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 05/17/2008 11:18:44 AM
I love your colours, your sharpness, the lighting - it's all excellent. My only issue is that I imagine the bike is on the side of the building, and given your composition / perspective, this doesn't appear to be this way at all. Maybe a different angle...?
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 05/16/2008 06:58:06 PM
This is great (I wish someone's head was stuck out of the right window )
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 05/16/2008 06:12:19 PM
i love the angle of the shot and the fact that the there is no color like the bycicle so that it pops!
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 05/16/2008 10:20:00 AM
Very ugly bike in my opinion, takes away from the picture.
 05/16/2008 09:45:59 AM
This is catchy!
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 05/15/2008 12:36:59 PM
wish you would've played with this angle a bit more but it's pretty neat nonetheless!
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 05/15/2008 10:40:26 AM
Really nice shot. That said, the context, in your image, is such that it almost looks like there are windows on the ground. I'm wondering if shooting it from the side, rather than below, would have been a better choice as you could more easily see that the bike was on the side of a building. Just a thought but it really is a good shot.
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 05/15/2008 09:59:00 AM
Very creative makes you think how you did that
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 05/14/2008 09:56:10 PM
Very interesting! I love the color of the bike as well.
 05/14/2008 08:52:25 PM
Kudos for a unique and very interesting set-up.
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 05/14/2008 08:37:25 PM
All-terrain is not an exaggeration here. I like the bold green and this certainly has some surprise value to it.
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 05/14/2008 02:27:10 PM
Huh... very interesting... The bike's colour REALLY makes it stand out and made me stop and think for a second. I love the perspective and composition.
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 05/14/2008 12:22:03 PM
Great concept and execution. Would be a top 10 for sure... my 9
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 05/14/2008 10:23:25 AM
Amazing shot.. good job!
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 05/14/2008 10:10:56 AM
What a cool shot....10
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 05/14/2008 09:37:28 AM
still wondering about this shot. Very creative
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 05/14/2008 09:33:20 AM
Very strange!How you manage that?
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 05/14/2008 09:24:24 AM
Really cool idea i like the contrasting colors and bizarreness of this photograph.
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 05/14/2008 08:13:05 AM
I definitely liked the concept but think that a less constricting crop could have added some more perspective to the shot.
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 05/14/2008 01:22:26 AM
HUH???? This is amazing... please give a explination when the challenge is all done or at least please let me know.
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 05/14/2008 12:03:47 AM
lol awesome color for a bike
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