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Aphotic City
Aphotic City
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Black and White Landscape (Basic Editing*)
Camera: Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Date: Apr 21, 2010
Aperture: 14
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/30
Date Uploaded: Apr 25, 2010

I know, that this is risky choosing such an painting-like photo, and that it get punished severely. But i like something about it. The city looks kind of hopeless, or depressed - hmm what ever, no one is going to notice that, after 10 milliseconds before clicking 1 or 2 ;)


Just played with heavily with some b/w parameters.
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Thanks for alle the comments. Both the negative and positive. I'm not totally discouraged to try something similar another time. But i will consider taking a photo that needs less processing to achieve that.


Statistics
Place: 372 out of 382
Avg (all users): 4.2566
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 4.2762
Avg (non-participants): 4.2128
Views since voting: 741
Views during voting: 275
Votes: 152
Comments: 18
Favorites: 1 (view)


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05/04/2010 12:05:22 AM
I didn't vote, but I did do a double take on this because it was so different. I kind of like the uneasiness in the darkness in the foreground, with just enough detail to see that it is a city. Then, it's topped off with those clouds, which look like a chemistry processing error from the film and fluids days of photography. Cool stuff.
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05/03/2010 07:58:16 PM
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:

Well, I added to my vocabulary today! Extra pointage for making me go to the trouble of looking it up.


I looked it up too! Glad to see that this got the posthumous blue. Well deserved.
05/03/2010 03:28:08 AM
I'd take the average commenter core if I were you! A way under-appreciated image; one of those rare photos on DPC that means something more than a pretty picture.

Message edited by author 2010-05-03 03:29:17.
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05/03/2010 01:05:48 AM
Great one. This is taking the notion of black and white landscape and stretching it to the fullest.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/02/2010 09:29:57 PM
You get my Posthumous Blue Ribbon for this dreamy nightmarish vision.

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05/02/2010 07:41:38 PM
Amazing. Bleak apocalyptic landscape. Love it. In my top ten of the challenge. 10
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05/01/2010 11:50:53 PM
Fabulous title for a fabulous image.
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04/29/2010 01:01:26 PM
Very ominous feel. I love it.9
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04/29/2010 12:53:10 PM
Well, I added to my vocabulary today! Extra pointage for making me go to the trouble of looking it up.
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04/28/2010 11:46:26 PM
Too much black. Very "cluttered". More grays in the foreground would have helped.
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04/28/2010 07:32:18 PM
Someone's gunning for a posthumous ribbon! Because I had to use the dictionary, you get the Alternative Blue... because this is like the grunge rock of the challenge. And once it catches on, eveyone will want to be like it and you will move on to more clasical photography because you are ahead of the times!
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04/28/2010 12:20:40 AM
The extreme contrast and lack of detail remove some of the interest in this image. Overall, it looks somewhat abstract, and that does fit your theme as I interpret it.
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04/27/2010 01:26:06 PM
I feel like your "aphotic" was reached by post processing not because the area is a naturally dark place. On its own merits without the title I would still feel like this was way over processed.
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04/27/2010 11:22:18 AM
personally I don't see the city part of this...I do see a ton of noise in the clouds although
04/26/2010 11:58:27 PM
Great choice - bet it gets slammed, but the title helps make sense of what you're trying to convey.
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04/26/2010 03:47:53 PM
Very cool image.
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04/26/2010 12:03:25 PM
A bit too much contrast for me.
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04/26/2010 01:03:29 AM
Love the processing - hope you'll share in your notes. I'd have cropped off about an inch on either end.
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