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Challenge: A Single Tree II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Nikon
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Jan 23, 2009
Aperture: f/ 9
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/100 sec.
Galleries: Still Life, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Jan 25, 2009

 Having shot the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts both inside and out for years I have found the trees in the Dorrance Hamilton Garden on top of the Perelman Theatre, the smaller of the two main performing areas in Commonwealth Plaza (AKA the main floor), to have been a distraction from time to time. Or so I have been told in a challenge entry or two. Anyways, it was nice to include one.

I thought of this mid week and went Friday around noon to shoot. Having been in the garden several times in the past, I thought it would be good to shoot from a low angle and try to get one of the four trees just against the barrel vault atrium roof of the center. So I get there and there are now 9 trees. ARGGGHHHH!...I hate change. So I shot the center most tree against the roof from a low level. But the image has a lot of distractions at top from reflections below....cropping was not a choice feeling that the image needs the height. So shot some more and ending with this composition that includes are portion of Verizon Hall (the wood slats bottom center to right). There you have it....I LOVE the title and thought of it before I shot it so I make no apologies for the punniness of it. :)

Post: Camera Raw Adjustments in PSElements 6.0. Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation. Curves adjustmennt. Clone dust, distractios on the windows and a small lamp at the top left of Verizon Hall (the wood slats at the bottom). Disotrtion correction tool to staighten the bottom right. Adjust sharpness. Resize. USM.

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 02/06/2009 11:01:13 PM
I really like the photo...and also enjoy the clever title. :)
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 02/02/2009 08:37:22 PM
PostLuminous Award Nominee!
Well Seen, well composed, well done!!
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 02/02/2009 12:36:01 AM
I like the seemingly improbable location for this - 8
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/01/2009 10:48:18 PM
I like the title. This is an interesting find. Makes me wonder more about what the actual scene looks like.
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 01/30/2009 05:01:53 AM
An excellent example of Physics and Nature creating harmony!
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 01/27/2009 09:33:29 PM
... I see somebody has a sense of humor..... I like the photo too.
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 01/26/2009 08:03:49 AM
nice image, but the title is a stretch
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 01/26/2009 04:32:06 AM
great title and image. very unusual take on a tough subject.
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 01/26/2009 03:57:28 AM
nice picture n theme....creative!.....
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 01/26/2009 01:47:45 AM
Intersting take on the challenge; nice composition. 6.
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 01/26/2009 01:12:47 AM
Vey interesting photo. Good luck 7
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