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Reflection on Architecture
Reflection on Architecture
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Challenge: Architecture V (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: Bellevue, WA
Date: Jun 3, 2009
Aperture: f11
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Urban, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Jun 3, 2009

 This was a grab shot while I was walking around Bellevue waiting for a restaurant to open. I cropped the bottom 5% to eliminate some foliage. Hope that is acceptable. Contrast and brightness tweaked a bit.

This is my first submission so please be gentle :)

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Place: 46 out of 153
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Avg (commenters): 6.6000
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Views during voting: 297
Votes: 207
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AuthorThread
 06/21/2009 07:28:05 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

Composition:

I really this shot in voting, I love the light and dark contrasts of the upright lines I think they demand a longer look than one might normally give to an image. My one small concern is the slight lean on the left which introduces a line at the top and makes the building look slightly distracting in the lower quarter, however looking at the right side of the image I can see your straighting options were limited as any tilt on that side would most likely have been even more noticable.

Camera Work:

Nothing obviously wrong with your camera settings that I can see.

Post-Processing:

Love the fact you have left this almost muted in saturation those blues in the window reflections are simply glorious, I might have been tempted to reduce the reds a bit and try and take out some of the weight of the building reflected on the lower right but that would also have affected the crane so that's a tough choice as the crane IMHO really adds something to the shot. I also like the fact that you have not oversharpened the image which allows for an almost smooth feel to the whole shot.

My Opinion:

I really like your eye, I think you captured a really intriguing image and I look forward to seeing more of you work entered in to challenges. Congratulations on a fine first entry.

Good luck in future challenges!

Mark
 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/14/2009 02:24:31 PM
It almost looks like the building is bleeding!
 06/13/2009 11:44:00 AM
This is intersting.
 06/12/2009 09:24:28 AM
Quite amazing -big fat TEN !
 06/12/2009 04:55:18 AM
This is one of those imnages you really have to keep looking at, and then you finally work out what the refection is.
Very nice work.
 06/10/2009 01:15:22 AM
neat concept, i like it!


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