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Challenge: Neon (Basic Editing I)
Collection: Who-Cares Challenge Entries
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Old Alamo Cement Plant a/k/a
Date: Aug 17, 2004
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/25
Galleries: Cityscape
Date Uploaded: Aug 17, 2004

 In San Antonio, there is a huge market of stores, restaurants, and this theater, that was developed from an old cement plant and quarry. I did some heavy adjusting of the hue/saturation & levels, which is a stretch for me because I'm kind of a photo "purist" in that I don't normally like to do a lot of unnatural things to my pictures. But for a NEON challenge -- it seemed like it fit.

Statistics
Place: 109 out of 222
Avg (all users): 4.9214
Avg (commenters): 5.1111
Avg (participants): 4.7103
Avg (non-participants): 5.0520
Views since voting: 1048
Views during voting: 350
Votes: 280
Comments: 10
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 08/25/2004 11:12:02 AM
Oh man. I used to love going to the Quarry! I moved to NYC from TX.
This brings back memories, thanks. Sorry I didn't see it when I could've voted on it!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/24/2004 11:50:58 PM
I love the border. Can you PM and let me know how you did that with the different colours. THANKS.
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 08/23/2004 12:52:54 PM
Beautiful colour captured at just the right time.
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 08/22/2004 10:29:33 PM
Kind of reminds me of the old movie palaces of the 40s, 50s and 60s, with their art deco designs.
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 08/20/2004 04:33:04 PM
This is a good subject and a good start. However, I feel like you should have waited for it to be completely dark and used a tripod to really capture a stunning shot of this building. Another suggestion is to crop out the bottom portion of the building and the trees since they add nothing of viewing interest, in my opinion. My final suggestion would be to take the shot from slightly left or right of the building to really capture the angularity of the three sections jutting out from the building. From this nearly straight on point of view, they get somewhat 'flattened' out. This might have the added benefit of eliminating the "Alamo" tower which attracts the eye away from the main subject with little reward.
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 08/19/2004 05:38:31 PM
A picture of a sign.
 08/18/2004 11:58:07 AM
A theme very commom, often found here and frequently boring. But you do your job very well. This was a great pic.
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 08/18/2004 10:02:07 AM
needs to be straigtened for easier viewing [me thinks]
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 08/18/2004 08:42:23 AM
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 08/18/2004 01:51:12 AM
Cool image but not liking the border .. its unevent for one and the color just isn't doing anything for me.
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