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Challenge: Free Study 2010-02 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
Location: Parking in Grenoble
Date: Feb 23, 2010
Aperture: f3.5
ISO: 2500
Shutter: 1/50s
Galleries: Urban, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Feb 23, 2010

 Shot in a parking in Grenoble. Trying to remake the feeling of another photo I've seen.
PP : convert from RAW,curves/sat,dodge and burn to lighten the ceiling and darken top/bottom,resize then unsharp mask.

Statistics
Place: 128 out of 379
Avg (all users): 5.8849
Avg (commenters): 7.5714
Avg (participants): 5.8679
Avg (non-participants): 5.9394
Views since voting: 839
Views during voting: 254
Votes: 139
Comments: 10
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 03/19/2010 11:47:18 AM
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 03/15/2010 08:37:52 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Ooh I love shots like this, moody and atmospheric, with an unsettling setting. The lighting is quite interesting, and very effective for this capture. Great textures and the pov is definitely snaffles-approved :-) I think the effect is almost temple-like.

Sadly, shots like this seem to suffer in Free Study. An abstract like this, especially in b/w and without people or indications thereof in the frame, tend to come across as cold and forbidding. The slight softness can be seen as a help or hindrance, it really is a very fine line.

However you still placed quite well for a shot of this nature in Free Study. Good work, keep on shooting!

Feel free to PM me with any questions,

Susan
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/07/2010 09:27:36 PM
Love the interplay of light and shadows. Awesome "abstract"! 9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/07/2010 09:25:11 AM
I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.

Positives: Bags of atmosphere in this shot - mainly due to the lighting and your edit to it. It makes me think of a giant corkscrew burrowing into the earth. I do like how the image is just lines and curves and black and white.

Critical stuff: The final sharpness just isn't there and I do think this hurts the image a little.

Overall: A great scene to present, I just wish it was technically perfect.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/05/2010 10:43:34 PM
I really like the lighting. It really helps create symetry.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/05/2010 09:52:50 PM
Lovely. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/05/2010 12:58:38 PM
I never thought that wisdom and insight could be found in a parking garage. Thanks for the tip.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/03/2010 11:44:44 AM
Great eye!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/03/2010 10:46:42 AM
you will have to remember this for curves...very well done
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 03/03/2010 01:40:07 AM
I like it, very interesting! Great framing.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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