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Tonawanda: Gateway to the Erie Canal
Tonawanda: Gateway to the Erie Canal
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Where You Live (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: Tonawanda, NY
Date: Apr 24, 2004
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Vintage, Water
Date Uploaded: Apr 24, 2004

This one will be interesting. Out of the camera this image was rather flat, but I liked the wide stretch of water in front of the bridge. It was late afternoon and overcast, so I was able to get a full range of tones in Canon raw mode. I knew, of course, that it would need coaxing and tweaking.

I like grayscale and duotones, but am a complete beginner when it comes to applying the concepts in PS7. This image was first adjusted via levels, then converted to grayscale. I then converted to duotone with a slight blue-ish tint. After a slight contrast adjustment, I converted back to RGB.

I then started playing around with selective colors, specifically the white, gray, and black 'colors', manipulating the black and cyan sliders until I got the effect here.

I have no idea how this one will be received in the challenge. All I know is that I like it, and that it took a little doing to achieve it.

To all who view, vote, and/or comment: Thanks!

-len

Statistics
Place: 159 out of 176
Avg (all users): 4.6477
Avg (commenters): 4.2273
Avg (participants): 4.3942
Avg (non-participants): 5.0139
Views since voting: 1140
Votes: 176
Comments: 24
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/02/2004 11:11:11 PM
Wow. I don't like the red so much but it does make for an impressive effect. The buildings seem far away when I focus on them but the color effects you used help to mask that distance. Perhaps putting the bridge (lock?) higher so that it sits closer to a thirds line would help me with this. Regardless of the scoring it is a unique approach (or at least one I haven't seen in challenges in a long time). Way to get out of the box on this one.
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05/02/2004 01:33:32 PM
good composition good photo all the way around 7
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04/30/2004 09:31:53 PM
The special effects make it look more like the gateway to the bowels of hell. I wonder what this says about your feelings for your home town.
04/30/2004 04:32:53 PM
It's a striking image. I'm not sure what you've intended by the angry sky though. It's quite heavy handed for what seems like a pleasant view, and the 'drama' seems out of place here to me.

It's a good composition too, so I feel a bit frustrated by this.
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04/30/2004 01:00:13 PM
Interesting and creative attempt; personally I'm not drawn to the color choice.
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04/29/2004 02:35:44 PM
FAR too much fun with photoshop! It's certainly a dramatic shot, no question there. Purely on a personal taste, the way that the image has been so editted seems a bit excessive, but then i'd imagine there are others who will no doubt totally dig what you've done. I do acknowledge that it's been altered skilfully - the red in the water is an especially good touch. I wouldn't have polarised the buildings - I think that's thing that i can't quite digest. Sky is gorgeous though - I would have been tempted to crop it with two thirds sky, rather than two-thirds water. it just seems a little unbalanced. good brave effort though. 6.
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04/29/2004 11:14:27 AM
Looks more like the EERIE Canal! NICE efects!
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04/29/2004 11:00:47 AM
Hi!
Nice concept but I feel that the desatuation and the red color detract from the overall feel of thepicture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/29/2004 10:02:41 AM
Cool effect...
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04/29/2004 08:44:09 AM
Sorry, this is too abstract for me, though I am sure others will love it.
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04/27/2004 04:51:32 PM
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background 8
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing 8
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc.? 4
How well does it meet the challenge: 8
Total Averaged Rating 7 Autool
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/27/2004 01:20:59 PM
Not fond of your coloration, it maybe artistic, but rather boring. 4
04/27/2004 12:32:03 PM
I'm no fan of the processing done here, I'm afraid.
04/27/2004 11:12:57 AM
If you had not messed this up in PS it would have been a good photo. I am sorry but I donĂ¢€™t see any photographic integrity here at all.
04/26/2004 08:21:46 PM
I think I'd personally have coloured it all in, rather than leaving the land in monochrome. There is some appeal for me in the effect, probably especially in the shade of red you've chosen ... but perhaps (and I'm searching for the right words to express my feelings about it here) it's rather more about the effect than the photograph.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/26/2004 07:13:51 PM
Nice capture - interesting concept. The black and white buildings with the red work well, but do seem a bit "unnatural."
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/26/2004 04:20:56 PM
I don't care at all for the unnatural colors. It looks like this was a lovely shot to start out with.
04/26/2004 03:39:32 PM
Is this near a nuclear power plant...? :)

I'm not sure I'm fond of the effects here. I'm not sure I understand the point behind them (I feel there should be a *point* to doing something like that).
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/26/2004 01:24:56 PM
I don't like the color combination at all.
04/26/2004 12:11:55 PM
Why the red color? I think it draws my eye to the color and I cant seem to focus on the picture
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04/26/2004 09:46:46 AM
I know my coment may sound cliche but it look too much like digital art to me. (3)
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04/26/2004 12:37:26 AM
Cool effect. I'm not crazy about so much water in the foreground.
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04/26/2004 12:17:44 AM
I'm not sure it was a good idea to change the colours. I personally don't like it, but it's purely a question of different taste.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/26/2004 12:13:38 AM
too bad its a negative


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