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Putney Pier
Putney Pier
dainmcgowan


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Challenge: Best of 2009 (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Location: London, UK
Date: Jan 14, 2009
Aperture: 1
ISO: 3
Shutter: 2
Galleries: Cityscape, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Jan 15, 2010

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Statistics
Place: 401 out of 445
Avg (all users): 4.9560
Avg (commenters): 4.7222
Avg (participants): 4.9337
Avg (non-participants): 5.0370
Views since voting: 891
Views during voting: 393
Votes: 250
Comments: 18
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01/28/2010 08:57:52 PM
The fisheye view combined with heavy tonemapping is not really working for me, I'm afraid.
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01/28/2010 06:57:31 AM
Bizarre lighting effect.....6
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01/28/2010 05:06:36 AM
contrast is a little too high & looks oversharpened. 6
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01/28/2010 05:04:47 AM
Things seem a bit too high in contrast to me. I swear I've seen this picture before too... strange.
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01/27/2010 10:51:57 AM
cool approach to use the wide angle to stretch and bend the horizon - but i am not a fan of the saturation 'painting' chosen here
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01/26/2010 07:08:19 PM
The processing seems a little over the top but I like the subject and the composition.
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01/25/2010 03:47:15 PM
good HDR, the subject just doesnt excited me.
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01/25/2010 02:02:33 PM
there must be variedly degrees of fisheyes (obviously I don't have one). Really like your choice of subject, this works well...good job...this kind a lens would work well on a carousel wouldn't it...hmmm
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01/25/2010 09:25:27 AM
processing looks quite pushed here
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01/24/2010 11:24:09 AM
The fisheye curve to the composition looks a little odd - I'm not sure that it really brings anything aside to skew the world view. I think it would have been much nicer to just show us the scene laid out in a simple undistorted landscape presentation. The key would be you would then have to shot it an an interesting side angle to get the banner with the pier name and the ship docked there. Those are the two main subjects that I find interesting - that is also the other thing I wish to mention. The fisheye lens distortion makes that orange lifepreserver the center point of your focus. The vibrant color and the distortion draw the eye immediately to that object - which I am sure is not where you want your audience to be specifically drawn too. The banner and the ship is what I think the two main strong subjects of this shot can and should be. As I mentioned before the trick will be to find an angle/postion that will make them center stage for your composition.
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01/23/2010 04:03:30 PM
The processing is a little over the top.
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01/23/2010 10:53:18 AM
The composition works perfectly for me but the post processing does not work entirely. Still to much overexposed on the right for my taste
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01/22/2010 10:42:34 PM
Over done for my eye.
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01/22/2010 09:35:01 PM
Neat lens and neat pp.
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01/22/2010 08:50:52 PM
I like the curve caused by the wide angle lens but it's too oversharpened.
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01/22/2010 09:17:18 AM
I'm not a big fan of HDR... this looks a little over the top to me.
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01/22/2010 06:14:57 AM
Too many items of interest competing for attention. The life ring, the pier sign, the boat and the bridge. Too complex and not aided by the lens effect.
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01/22/2010 04:49:34 AM
nice colors the clouds look really well done
did you HDR this?
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