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Western Canadian Place
Western Canadian Place
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Challenge: Architecture V (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
Location: Western Canadian Place
Date: Jun 9, 2009
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Architecture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jun 9, 2009

 Western Canadian Place (see //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Canadian_Place for more information)

I did another version of this using this image as a base. I handed colored the building and the sky and I think it looked pretty cool.

Editing was a straighten/crop. Levels and contrast adjustment. Clarify. Black and white conversion. Export as TIFF, resized is Paint Shop pro and exported to final JPG

post challenge
Finally a 6+ image. My first this year! And it almost got me into the top 25 too. Not too shabby :)

Statistics
Place: 25 out of 153
Avg (all users): 6.0648
Avg (commenters): 7.2500
Avg (participants): 6.0667
Avg (non-participants): 6.0641
Views since voting: 1108
Views during voting: 312
Votes: 216
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 06/17/2009 12:25:22 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

I really like this image I think the subject is spot on with regards meeting the challenge as the 6+ final score shows.

You have captured this building in a very clever way, the left hand edge being straight within the frame and the leaning of the right hand side I find very nice compositionally which makes for a nice lead down through the image where my eyes come to rest on the dark area (what I assume is the entrance of the building) unfortunately I feel this may be where the image falls down ever so slightly and what may have stopped it from scoring even higher, the dark area is maybe a little too dark especially after all the glorious detail within the upper 2/3 of the shot. Obviously this is out of your control in a basic editing challenge so I understand you were working within the limitations of the shot recorded.

Conversion to B&W fits this image extremely well and the sky is nice and dramatic, I wonder if anyone was fooled into thinking this was over sharpened looking at the windows on the left hand building, however I do not think it is oversharpened I believe it to be the reflections of the building opposite making for a busier area. My opinion is your post work was right on the money.

Overall a very fine entry which easily deserved your 6+ score

Mark
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/13/2009 12:15:37 PM
Wow! Great shot.
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 06/12/2009 01:05:03 AM
Great tones, super reflections, nice tilt
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 06/10/2009 09:30:00 PM
Good composition.
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 06/10/2009 04:50:05 AM
great as a b and w
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