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Albany from across the Hudson River
Albany from across the Hudson River
Dave Gordon


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Challenge: Something New II (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 990
Location: Albany, NY
Date: May 6, 2004
Aperture: f/5.8
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/153
Galleries: Cityscape, Urban
Date Uploaded: May 9, 2004

 My wife works on a study that drew most of its subjects from the Albany area, and I provided photos of Albany housing. After a day of shooting row houses, apartment buildings, suburban streets and public housing projects I spotted this scene from a park in Rensselaer, across the river from Albany.
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05/15/2004 09:58:58 PM
I like the top - bottom balance of this, but I find the city to be the more interesting focus. Unfortunately, the foreground boat is what the image's composition and perspective emphasizes to me. Also feels hazy - some more lighting would and sharpness would bring out more of the architectural detail. Great idea - there is a lot of interest in this city scape.
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 05/12/2004 11:35:30 AM
Seems to me this picture is missing the EnCon building (and the Hudson River Way), but maybe it's just a bit farther up river. The striped bass are running, every morning on the way to work I see tons of boats out fishing :)
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 05/11/2004 06:50:34 PM
I was jus tthere...is that all you could find?..just kidding, i like the image...albany is a very photogenic city...love to see more.
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 05/10/2004 07:18:15 PM
I'm sure the sky is often times like this over there, but it would really be a much better photo had there been some clouds or even dark rain clouds giving it an ominious look. But good overall composition.
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 05/10/2004 12:01:20 PM
The image looks a little flat to me, possibly because of the muted colors from the overcast day. The composition is good and having the fisherman as a foreground element to the city backdrop is great. Unfortunately the image is a little soft/OOF and using USM may have helped a little.
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 05/10/2004 12:25:58 AM
Looks familiar to me--I was just there yesterday ;) Nice composition, though some might argue this is not the best view of the city. Might have had more impact on a less gray day, with more color saturation. The fishing boat is important here--just so they don't eat the three headed fish. One nice thing I think about the capital district is we have such great blue skys much of the time, with lovely clouds. Ok, summer, anyway. ;)
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