DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest You are not logged in. (log in or register) 
 
Challenge Entries
Portfolio Images
This image is not part of a public portfolio.
Commence Commerce
Commence Commerce
banmorn


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Never Seen on DPC! (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Nikon
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Jun 22, 2009
Aperture: f/ 20
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/100 sec.
Galleries: Abstract, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Jun 25, 2009

 I was stumped. This is what I came up with. Be kind.
This is the atrium of the Combast Building in Philadelpia. Shot around around 06:30 PM. I liked the backlighting, the graphic quality and the near silhouettes of some of the figures.

Post: Camera raw adjustments in PS Elements 6.0.
2 or 3 crops, I did one more for this entry.
Distortion correction perspective tool? Possibly but I sort of remember not doing it as the center line was relatively straight so I may have let it alone.
Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation.
Adjust sharpness.
Spot edit dust.
New layer and filled with black and changed blend mode to color.
Resize.
Sharpen.

Statistics
Place: 54 out of 110
Avg (all users): 5.4551
Avg (commenters): 5.7143
Avg (participants): 5.0000
Avg (non-participants): 5.6909
Views since voting: 875
Views during voting: 404
Votes: 167
Comments: 16
Favorites: 1 (view)

Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/02/2009 11:29:43 PM
Beautiful!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/02/2009 01:23:04 PM
argh! I swear I just saw this in color recently! But I can't find it, so I'm not going to guess. 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/30/2009 09:26:28 PM
Great great photo. 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/30/2009 08:46:27 PM
seen a lot of photos that look like this one
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2009 03:43:07 PM
i.m.o. i would of darkend the reflection.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/27/2009 06:06:50 PM
coment only

My second viewing of this and I'm still a little confused. First glance is that this is a straight shot of an office block but closer viewing makes me think the people are toy models, I'm quite perplexed and waiting for post challenge to learn what I'm actually viewing.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/27/2009 04:28:49 PM
It intrigues me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/27/2009 04:14:38 PM
I wonder what this looks like in color? It is very dark. I like the placement of the top figure.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/27/2009 01:05:47 PM
Clever title. I like the busyness of it. Perhaps some contrast would help? (not voting)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/27/2009 11:46:48 AM
Really really like this. The people walking on each level give the shot the energy that it would have been missing if it were "just" an architectural shot. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/26/2009 11:56:11 PM
I would have probably given this a 5, but I just saw the same thing in another challenge this week.
 06/26/2009 10:53:25 PM
Great title to go with a very graphic and well done shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/26/2009 07:58:34 PM
such interesting lines...your people look like dolls...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/26/2009 04:32:56 PM
I like this shot, but i think you let some higlight blown. I dislike the reflections, and maybe a polarizer could had helped with both issues...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/26/2009 01:02:21 AM
im a big fan, would have liked to see the people spread out differently (or actually they look like mannequins...?)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/26/2009 12:10:24 AM
Almso the same picture is in the current "from ground up" competition
  Photographer found comment helpful.


Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 04/01/2025 05:41:14 PM EDT.