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Financial District - upside down
Financial District - upside down
HeiSch


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Challenge: Upside Down III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Hoboken across from NYC
Date: Oct 11, 2008
Aperture: f 8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 4.5 sec
Galleries: Urban
Date Uploaded: Oct 12, 2008

 NYC Downtown
Using a mirror to create this reflection.
I wanted to try a mirror on something different than feathers :)
it was way more difficult than I thought, the angle of the mirror had to be so low that I had difficilties havin the mirror parallel to the city. Once I had had it half way decent, the wind picked up and started to move the mirror enough to blur the images.
CP for better reflection control and boost colors.
Timing: right at sunset, which is reflecting in the buildings (shot taken away from the sun)

I hope you like it.

Procesing

straightened on water line of mirror image
flipped, not rotated to the view towards the city would be the same and not reversed when rotated

Then the usual s/h, levels curves, contrast, ni, usm,
preparation for web resize, usm, add borders, save for web
I cold not clean up the reflections on the water (basic editing!)

Statistics
Place: 13 out of 170
Avg (all users): 6.3977
Avg (commenters): 6.8182
Avg (participants): 6.5208
Avg (non-participants): 6.3516
Views since voting: 1574
Views during voting: 325
Votes: 176
Comments: 20
Favorites: 0

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 10/22/2008 09:29:12 AM
Great work, I'm glad that your effort paid off. Congrats. You had this challenge figured out from the beginning. Dido Julie on the scoring.
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 10/22/2008 08:48:07 AM
Great shot H, I don't understand all those 1,2,3,4 votes. You should have this as a print.
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 10/22/2008 06:27:55 AM
Very nice alternative approach to the "city reflected in the water" type shots. Congrats on top 20.
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 10/22/2008 06:13:01 AM
Thanks for explaining how you achieved this in your notes, what a clever and well executed idea!
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 10/22/2008 12:23:05 AM
so it was a mirror! huh. I was wondering how that was achieved. Very nice, shame on those 4 '1's, whats that about
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 10/22/2008 12:11:32 AM
Well done Herr Heisch!
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 10/22/2008 12:10:56 AM
Fantastic work Heisch!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/21/2008 11:18:48 AM
I voted this one high.... Really like it, the colors are great... looking forward to see this one on the front page :o)
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 10/19/2008 01:09:06 PM
I love the detail in the cityscape and the reflection, I am really not sure though if I like that thick band going through the middle, if that had been half the depth it would have been an awesome image, as it is it's still stunning but sits a little awkward. I would love to see this as a straight shot without the reflection it's the sort of thing I could see sitting on a studio flat wall.

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 10/19/2008 09:41:28 AM
The 'bar' of darkness in the middle of the two reflections is genius. LOVELY composition. I hope this is doing well for you.
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 10/19/2008 12:37:24 AM
Love the title, but I'm certainly not the first one to agree with it.
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 10/18/2008 04:46:54 PM
This looks great! I'm curious how this was done.
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 10/18/2008 12:29:33 PM
I can't imagine how you've achieved this! I'm ever so curious! :)
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 10/16/2008 06:34:39 PM
You can say that again.
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 10/15/2008 04:04:30 PM
This one is strange, I can't work out how those buoys are reflected. Awesome shot though, the lights are amazing.
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 10/15/2008 11:53:30 AM
ok first thing first, I absolutely love this picture. The colors in the sky mixing with the warm colors of the city, perfect rule of thirds, stunning. Secondly Im not sure how you achieved this and I hope it was legal
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 10/15/2008 07:18:56 AM
Umh..
 10/15/2008 04:21:49 AM
nice shot!
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 10/15/2008 12:39:16 AM
DAMMIT I WAS GONNA TRY TO DO THIS!!!! Awesome, from Hoboken I presume? the reflection you caught is just great, whats extra interesting is all the space in between.. good luck 9
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 10/15/2008 12:18:12 AM
wow...great image...hope it's legal...great light 8
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