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Reflection - National Theater
Reflection - National Theater
spidermonkey


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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Location: beijing
Date: Jan 18, 2008
Aperture: 16
ISO: 250
Shutter: 30
Galleries: Architecture, Travel
Date Uploaded: Mar 7, 2009

Beijing,China

[Mar. 15th, 2009 09:56:57 PM]

Thanks for all the nice comments.
I was in Beijing and wanted to take some night shots at Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City and saw some lights a few blocks away. I went to check it out and found the National Grand Theatre. I thought it was amazing. Never happy with my own shots, I thought this photo was not bad.

Statistics
Place: 120 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 6.3410
Avg (commenters): 7.2958
Avg (participants): 6.3679
Avg (non-participants): 6.1842
Views since voting: 1065
Views during voting: 756
Votes: 519
Comments: 75
Favorites: 5 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 09:21:27 PM
Very nice photo. Beautiful tones.
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03/17/2009 02:20:32 PM
Looks like a giant egg. Beautiful building though.
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03/17/2009 02:05:42 PM
wonderful shot...pulls me in where is this???
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03/17/2009 01:21:12 PM
Very cool composition, I can't believe how clear a reflection you got.
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03/17/2009 10:46:49 AM
Perfect reflection
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03/16/2009 11:24:10 PM
What a perfect reflection. At a quick glance it resembles a Zeppellin.
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03/16/2009 10:46:55 PM
This picture is so cool...
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03/16/2009 05:22:26 PM
It has taken me awhile to puzzle out what I'm seeing. And it's lovely. I wish we saw more like this at DPC.
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03/16/2009 03:18:40 PM
good perspective of a fascinating building 7
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03/16/2009 12:41:33 PM
Looks something from outer-space :) Nice capture.
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03/16/2009 12:41:03 PM
That looks like an egg, or an ear of corn lying on its side. Great capture of the reflectino.
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03/16/2009 08:18:36 AM
One of the best of the best.
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03/16/2009 12:46:11 AM
Amazing shot, the reflection is extraordinary!
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03/15/2009 09:59:03 PM
wonderful, well seen 7
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03/15/2009 12:42:18 PM
Wow prefect reflection, at first glance I didn't even know it was a reflection. Nice work.
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03/15/2009 12:03:01 PM
Very nicely done. Perfect elipse, very other worldly.
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03/15/2009 10:14:51 AM
realy cool, where is this, i'll have to google the title, amazing reflection and perfectly captured
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03/15/2009 08:59:12 AM
Oh wow that is just so cool! How come I have never seen photos of this before? Love the reflections.

Back to vote, I gave this an 8.
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03/15/2009 08:23:22 AM
Beautiful soft light and reflection of this nice building.
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03/15/2009 07:06:49 AM
very unique - great reflections
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03/15/2009 05:54:31 AM
nice taken , could me more contrasted for my taste ;)
5
brano
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03/15/2009 04:49:23 AM
Now this is really a great picture and I hope it ribbons. Great great one
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03/15/2009 02:56:18 AM
needs a little more contrast , well captured , 7
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03/15/2009 12:05:00 AM
I think a little more contrast here would have made this better. 6
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03/14/2009 11:51:08 PM
First I thought this was a mirror ball, mylar balloon or something, but then saw the reflection and it appears to be at the distance of the small building on the right. Amazing building and great reflection. Where is this? Terrific location and timing for a photo.
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03/14/2009 08:15:47 PM
Whoah.... stunning capture.
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03/14/2009 08:10:00 PM
Look closely.
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03/14/2009 07:42:02 PM
Really great capture of such an interesting piece of architecture!
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03/14/2009 05:56:34 PM
That's some egg. Stunning capture!
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03/14/2009 03:13:39 PM
Can't wait to see where this one was taken. Stunning (voted yesterday 9)
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03/14/2009 02:44:26 PM
What an interesting building. The reflection is very cool.
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03/14/2009 10:18:39 AM
My favorite thus far.
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03/14/2009 08:54:38 AM
Amazing composition. Together with it's reflection it forms what looks like a giant zeppelin or some alien spacecraft. Excellent exposure, editing and processing. Lovely detail and color. 8
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03/14/2009 08:52:50 AM
I love reflexions, and this is almost flawless! 9
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03/14/2009 07:21:55 AM
Great building. love the use of the reflection
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03/14/2009 06:00:50 AM
wow cool looking place
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03/13/2009 07:43:20 PM
At first glance I thought this was a picture of a blimp! Lovely intersting shot.
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03/13/2009 06:48:15 PM
Wow! Incredible architecture plus great reflection plus beautiful light.
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03/13/2009 06:39:54 PM
Nice... very nice :)
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03/13/2009 03:49:59 PM
That is a wild architecture - wonder where that is!
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03/13/2009 03:18:34 PM
Wow! The reflection is awesome!! I love the tonal quality of this shot. Great job!
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03/13/2009 02:46:31 PM
Lovely image, well composed. I wish the contrast were a bit more...

Not voting yet.
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03/13/2009 12:42:00 PM
WOW a beautiful building
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03/13/2009 12:04:19 PM
That's really cool (tiberius?). It's not just the reflection, it's also the color of the sky and how it matches the colors in the theater. Great stuff (whoever it may be).
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03/13/2009 11:29:00 AM
wow, this is beautiful
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03/12/2009 10:37:36 PM
THAT is cool. I guess my only wish would be for a more interesting sky, although that might take away from the impact of the photo you have here.
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03/12/2009 10:14:36 PM
simply amazing.
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03/12/2009 09:24:23 PM
nice contrast in halves of the frame
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03/12/2009 08:33:25 PM
Wow - I cannot even come up with a good enough adjective for this!
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03/12/2009 07:58:23 PM
Wow I dont know what this is like in real life but its gorgeous here. Good detail and love the reflection.
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03/12/2009 06:51:27 PM
OH MY where is this... AMAZING..
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03/12/2009 04:06:07 PM
First, that building is awesome. Second, this shot and comp is awesome.
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03/12/2009 04:00:21 PM
Nice shot. The reflection is great!
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03/12/2009 02:18:43 PM
A strong composition with a very interesting subject, but the background buildings are very distracting and I really wish they weren't there.
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03/12/2009 01:17:33 PM
very very cool, great catch!
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03/12/2009 12:57:38 PM
AWESOME! looks like some kind of space blimp or something! 9 and a fav!
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03/12/2009 12:21:51 PM
Very interesting composition.
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03/12/2009 10:57:15 AM
Ohmygoodness! How striking! That just blows me away! I've only voted on 3% of the photos so far -- but this is my highest score given so far. Good luck!
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03/12/2009 07:43:18 AM
Cool shot!
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03/12/2009 04:23:23 AM
wow i like this
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03/12/2009 03:28:24 AM
Looks almost like a space ship, or the other scale a lady bug... Interesting composition.
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03/12/2009 01:52:44 AM
Oh, very nice; so precisely what the architect had in mind for us to see in the best of all possible sightings.
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03/11/2009 10:47:28 PM
This looks so cool, almost looks like something out of a sci-fi movie :)
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03/11/2009 10:27:00 PM
Looks like a futuristic blimp - very nice lighting, colors, and capture.
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03/11/2009 08:26:30 PM
It looks like a stylized cob of corn.
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03/11/2009 08:20:28 PM
Right light, right pov, this has it all. Well done.
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03/11/2009 08:19:30 PM
I though it was a zeppelin at first glance! Nice shot.
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03/11/2009 06:06:52 PM
That is truly amazing! 10
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03/11/2009 05:22:19 PM
It seems so dumb to say this...but here I go...that is so cool! It's an egg, it's a spaceship...it's floating, it's landing, it's rising from the deep...it's made of gold and crystal and I can't help but wonder what sort of sound it makes...it's just plain fun to look at this.
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03/11/2009 05:18:52 PM
tres' cool
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03/11/2009 04:52:51 PM
It's a Zeplin lol
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03/11/2009 10:42:51 AM
Wow, the biggest egg i have ever seen ;-) Amazing picture.
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03/11/2009 06:41:52 AM
Thats a funky looking building!
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03/11/2009 04:57:06 AM
Too bad, with one step forward and a slightly wider lens you would have got rid of the distracting pier(?) in foreground. Other than that good shot, nice color scheme.
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03/11/2009 12:51:58 AM
wow - that is quite the reflection!
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