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Dark side of the sconce(s).
Dark side of the sconce(s).
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Challenge: Unusual Viewpoint (Advanced Editing II)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Canon PowerShot Pro1
Location: San Diego
Date: May 18, 2004
Aperture: F/2.4
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/30 sec.
Galleries: Abstract, Architecture
Date Uploaded: May 18, 2004

 These sconces line my stairwell at work.

In Camera B/W, Flourescent W/B, pMode, metering mode = pattern, No Flash, No Exposure Comp.

Held camera flat on the wall paralell with the steps going up about a 45 degree angle. Hence the unusual viewpoint.

Didn't have to rotate as this is how the camera saw it.

Removed (2) small distracting ceiling lights using clone tool.
Adjusted mids about 2 steps lighter.
Unsharp Mask.
.4 Gaussian blur to whole picture to remove some of the jaggies after downsizing.

Statistics
Place: 35 out of 186
Avg (all users): 5.8896
Avg (commenters): 8.5000
Avg (participants): 5.7143
Avg (non-participants): 6.1000
Views since voting: 1687
Votes: 154
Comments: 6
Favorites: 3 (view)

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AuthorThread
 10/11/2004 07:59:01 PM
nice shot. very interesting; if it was crisper, not sharper but crisper at the begining, i would say it was vastly underated.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/28/2004 06:06:43 AM
now this is clever. i like this very much - the way you've warped the impression of scale is particularly impressive - these look for all the world like two modern life-size slightly sci-fi buildings (i know they're wall-mounted luminaires). monochrome works well, and the whole illusion is striking. even the far wall looks like sky. this should at least be top ten, if not a ribbon contender. easy 10.
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 05/27/2004 02:15:20 PM
Definitely not somewhere you'd look every day. Nice job of exposure - crisp white, deep blacks and good tonal range in between. Subject is very interesting - the reflections from the point radiating out to the edge adds a lot of interest. Not at all thrilled with your cutsey border.
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 05/26/2004 08:44:14 PM
the border is a little overworked...especially for a subject so clean and contemporary.

but i love the view and the rotation. nice work.
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 05/24/2004 11:49:48 PM
Now that's cool! I thought I was looking at a high-tech office building at first. Very creative.
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 05/24/2004 02:38:15 PM
i'm not much for the border, but i love the perspective of it.. perfect for the challenge
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