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Sunset Storm
Sunset Storm
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Challenge: Window View (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Sony DSC-F717
Location: 19:25 to Enfield, Bethnal Green, London
Date: Apr 5, 2004
Aperture: f3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Cityscape, Urban
Date Uploaded: Apr 5, 2004

 An ominous cloud system sweeps across the City lit by the setting sun.

The surreal glow and magnitude of this weather condition is difficult to convey in a photo. Frustratingly, I couldn't get off this train to take more photos as there was some serious theatre going on!

The scene was reminiscent of the skies I've seen in some images of the Blitz. Very little editing other than some minor dodge and burn.

Statistics
Place: 20 out of 135
Avg (all users): 6.1724
Avg (commenters): 7.6667
Avg (participants): 6.0795
Avg (non-participants): 6.2674
Views since voting: 1639
Votes: 174
Comments: 20
Favorites: 6 (view)

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AuthorThread
 04/22/2004 01:56:24 AM
Thanks to everyone for the comments on this one - much appreciated.
 04/19/2004 07:15:17 AM
Lovely shot Jon...deserved a much better placing.

Gordon

Message edited by author 2004-04-19 07:15:49.
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 04/19/2004 01:39:44 AM
This was such a stupendous shot. Should have doner better. Going in my favorites.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/18/2004 01:01:35 PM
pretty city....I wonder what the bullet shaped building is? great colors too
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 04/16/2004 09:41:08 PM
This one made me stare for quit a bit. This looks like it should come with a soundtrack.
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 04/16/2004 06:21:15 AM
Awesome shot! Looks unreal, great colors, I assume you were in a train :) Good job - 10
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 04/16/2004 01:53:08 AM
looks like some sorta futuristic city on another planet. kind of reminds me of sim city as well. interesting sky too.
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 04/15/2004 08:24:59 AM
Love the transition in the colour of the sky and the slight motion blurring.
Don`t know if the window frame would have been more or less distracting than the reflections.
Nice work..good luck
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 04/14/2004 03:53:00 PM
Normally this would have been a boring grayish cityscape. But the right time, right place mixed with a photographer with an eye, creates an image with mood and power. Nice composition on the fly. Like the angles and the sense of force created by the onset of the storm. I do however wish the colors were more vivid and the edges sharper. But understandable shooting through a tented window (I would guess) on the fly.
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 04/14/2004 01:49:50 PM
The colors are so rich - 7
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 04/13/2004 10:21:14 PM
This is my favorite photo in the challenge. Excellent work. 10
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 04/13/2004 05:25:40 PM
Out of Liverpool Street heading up towards Hackney, yes? I live in Bow, and think I probably have photos taken at almost exactly the same time - from very nearly the same angle, just a little further away - the placement of the gherkin and the Nat West Tower (as it shall ever be called), are almost exactly the same as the view from my window as I sit here typing ... really quite a creepy effect. I rmember that contrast of yellow/orange and blue light, and that weather front that swept across ... how very very wierd to see this here.

Good shot too - especially love the fact that the only reference to a window is those reflections, and yet it's so clearly taken through a wndow.
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 04/13/2004 12:30:09 PM
Love to know your settings on this one...very striking. Unbelievable light and mood. Fantastic, the best of the bunch.
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 04/13/2004 11:05:17 AM
Whereas a lot of these shots seem to be taken from a window for no reason other than that's what the challenge asked for, the window here actually serves a purpose. Mixed with the motion blur, you really get the feeling you are riding in a train, and the lovely pastel tones make this image really work. Great job!
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 04/13/2004 02:24:28 AM
Very cool image!!! I love this one, except that: There's no window frame. Otherwise it's great. You should clone out the reflections at the top of the shot and sell this one to train enthusiasts.
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 04/13/2004 12:34:00 AM
captivating
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 04/12/2004 08:20:39 PM
very impressive and dramatic
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 04/12/2004 04:37:00 PM
What an incredibly moody piece! very nice work. Only wish the position of the crossing framwork was higher in the image.
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 04/12/2004 01:23:20 AM
Great photo..8
 04/12/2004 01:14:02 AM
What a wonderful sunset. Although this is a "window" contest" .. I sure hope you were able to shoot the real scene. Well done!
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