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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Location: Toronto
Date: Dec 18, 2008
Galleries: Cityscape, Panoramic
Date Uploaded: Mar 10, 2009

This was actually taken from the 68th floor of the First Canadian Place, Toronto (no surprise some thought was from a helicopter).

This is the famous "CN Tower", and we are looking southwest towards Lake Ontario and Niagara Falls.

Thank you very much for the comments!
When I brought the colours up on Lightroom (maybe a little too much, as few mentioned) some glare from the window glass came along.

And, yes, as I was pressed by time, there were some flaws on the post-processing.

So, check out its "Print" version, as well as these below:


Thanks for watching...


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Avg (commenters): 5.8136
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Votes: 507
Comments: 65
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03/17/2009 04:12:30 PM
Yes! Very dramatic!
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03/17/2009 11:35:45 AM
Breathtaking image.
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03/17/2009 09:12:50 AM
Great cityscape and the tower is in exactly the right place - just a pity that the orange in the sky seems to have blown out on the centre to right hand side making it look a bit artificial (compare with the left hand side where the colouration is delicate and graded). Maybe HDR might have been a good option here or a tad less saturation boost in PP (if it was used).
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03/17/2009 12:57:17 AM
Beautiful shot.
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03/16/2009 06:52:59 PM
great colours in the sky, like the CN tower id'ing this as Cdn. 7
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03/16/2009 01:31:49 PM
Good shot. A bit to bright on the top part of the sky but still nice.
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03/16/2009 12:23:24 PM
A bit over-processed for my taste. There is a halo around the tower.
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03/16/2009 12:31:23 AM
ouch! Great composition, but the orange...
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03/15/2009 08:52:03 PM
That is one strong sunset. What a moment.
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03/15/2009 10:15:25 AM
Very nice image. It's good to see a few "great" images. This is a perfect reflection of your abilities as a photographer.
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03/15/2009 10:03:46 AM
A great sky and good scene but a bit oversaturated for my tastes.
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03/15/2009 09:41:26 AM
Beautiful colors.
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03/15/2009 05:40:08 AM
it really had to be such moment....


quite saturated though ;)


cheers, brano
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03/15/2009 03:00:12 AM
Must have been a beautiful view from this height
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03/14/2009 10:34:24 PM
Good title, says it all. Well except for the great yellow sky. Pretty.
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03/14/2009 10:16:33 PM
Beautiful sky
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03/14/2009 08:55:01 PM
lovely sunset, 7
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03/14/2009 08:15:30 PM
That is great. I don't see color like that.
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03/14/2009 07:52:12 PM
Great sky.
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03/14/2009 07:41:15 PM
Absolutely gorgeous colors in the sky. Nice shot overall.
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03/14/2009 05:12:12 PM
An American sunset, or my geography is off, should be over Buffalo...any how.....7
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03/14/2009 04:53:37 PM
nice catch, though it looks like you may have done some post-processing around the tower, and it's a bit distracting from the scene
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03/14/2009 03:30:53 PM
The spire is a really great counterpoint to the sunset
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03/14/2009 11:03:19 AM
a little over colored
if it wasnt wow what a treat you had
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03/14/2009 10:41:22 AM
Colors border on garish. Great scene though.
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03/14/2009 09:23:53 AM
Like the tower cutting through the image, sets it apart from your average sunset
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03/13/2009 11:35:31 PM
Awesome sky!
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03/13/2009 10:35:04 PM
such bright and vivid colors, excellent silhouette
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03/13/2009 07:10:47 PM
Good timing. The sun is prefect.
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03/13/2009 06:32:38 PM
The title says it all - Breathtaking indeed.
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03/13/2009 04:26:28 PM
Magnificent sunrise, exceptional capture..
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03/13/2009 02:37:10 PM
I don't know. Sunset is beautiful, but somehow for me, the light blue sky doesn't correspond well with the darkness below. Did you darken the lower part?
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03/13/2009 01:29:36 PM
Stunning sunset, I like the timing, we can still see the sun but the colors are vivid and fantastic. Great backdrop for a city.
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03/13/2009 12:19:29 PM
title is perfect, wonderful colors
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03/13/2009 11:59:21 AM
wow, this is beautiful
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03/13/2009 10:09:32 AM
Breathtaking indeed! Nice moment captured, a little oversaturated for my taste and the halo in the needle is quite distracting.
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03/13/2009 03:26:41 AM
nice scape. way over processed.
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03/13/2009 12:33:59 AM
The view from here is breathtaking ... but I think you've pushed the processing a little too far. Just my opinion.
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03/13/2009 12:25:53 AM
yes very nice
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03/13/2009 12:07:33 AM
Maybe a bit oversaturated, but what a beautiful sky. I also love your viewpoint/composition.
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03/12/2009 10:35:27 PM
I've seen this tower a lot before, but I'm too lazy to look it up. You caught a beautiful sunset. Nicely processed to keep all the detail available and gorgeous colors.
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03/12/2009 08:58:25 PM
great timing, i love the sunsets and this one is beautiful! great job
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03/12/2009 08:24:54 PM
Nice color capture and a great scene, but I see some haloing around the tower.
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03/12/2009 08:19:34 PM
That is a great sunset, the tower makes gives the picture a very futuristic feel. The slight halo around the tower is entriguing,
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03/12/2009 07:21:38 PM
nice rich colours.
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03/12/2009 06:16:19 PM
Colors are really over done, in my opinion. Too over processed for my tastes.
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03/12/2009 05:56:15 PM
the sky is much to bright in comparison with the city
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03/12/2009 04:59:15 PM
Good colors
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03/12/2009 02:56:07 PM
nice sunset shot, like the mosque silhoutte
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03/12/2009 02:14:43 PM
Great sky!
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03/12/2009 12:55:43 PM
very nice sunset and the silhouette of the city, well composed image, nice shot
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03/12/2009 09:50:46 AM
Awesome view. I wonder if this was taken from a building or a helicopter?
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03/12/2009 09:40:33 AM
nice - but I can see some reflections from the window
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03/12/2009 06:47:42 AM
way too oversaturated that ruins the picture but the composition is nice.
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03/12/2009 04:31:07 AM
The sky here is stunning and your composition is well done. Your editing around the tower looks a little clumsy.
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03/12/2009 01:27:51 AM
really breathtaking
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03/11/2009 09:03:03 PM
Some odd stuff around the spike in the water, but otherwise really lovely.

Not voting yet.
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03/11/2009 05:57:13 PM
fantastic colours and great silhouette
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03/11/2009 04:50:11 PM
Oh yeah... the beautiful T.O. You must have been in a helicopter for this shot.
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03/11/2009 03:45:28 PM
beautiful golden color
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03/11/2009 03:02:09 PM
Very nice composition and I like how the bluish tones of the land contrasts with the golds of the sky.
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03/11/2009 10:00:13 AM
semi silhoutte
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03/11/2009 09:58:07 AM
Oversaturated.
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03/11/2009 08:42:44 AM
Its ok but there is a glow around the tower and Im not liking the colors that much for a cityscape.
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03/11/2009 02:11:27 AM
Too much color (maybe over saturated?) for my taste..
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