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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2009 (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
Location: Downtown Calgary
Date: Aug 16, 2009
Aperture: f/4.2
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Urban, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Jan 18, 2010

I took this during a Photo Scavenger hunt in downtown Calgary. Though our team took second this image was deemed best for the competition.

Lets see if I can get a 6+ since I have never gotten a 6+ on a Best of... challenge.

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Place: 203 out of 445
Avg (all users): 5.8852
Avg (commenters): 6.2917
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Views since voting: 778
Views during voting: 391
Votes: 244
Comments: 29
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07/30/2010 06:38:43 PM
Best ofs are interesting because it shows what you liked. I've been looking at this one for a while. I like your processing with the colors looking muted and kodachrome. However, I'm asking myself what the "substance" of the shot is (since that word is being thrown around in the forums). I'm not sure I come up with it. I do like the geometry of the vertical motifs, but beyond that, is there something "to be seen" in the shot? I'm not sure.
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01/29/2010 02:14:07 PM
Sorry you missed the 6+. I did my part with an 8. This is quite intriguing, wonderfully well-seen, terrific reversal of visual planes.
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01/29/2010 10:14:18 AM
GREETINGS FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB

This was a tough competition. That's the only reason I can think of for your image not receiving the "6" or better that it deserved. (I gave it a 7 in competition)

Your use of light and dark, your excellent composition including the placement of the reflections in the water, and overall feel of this image makes it a more than respectable entry in the 'best of...' category.

Keep up the good work.

Alice
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01/29/2010 06:29:33 AM
Loved this. Sorry it didn't break the 6 mark.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/28/2010 06:39:12 PM
I'm hanging this in the Posthumous Fantasy Art Gallery.
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01/28/2010 09:10:12 AM
mmmmmm. Works for me. Interesting take and love what you did/well seen. Looks like old dirty city/busy and the only thing clean is the reflection of it. Am I getting to philisophical...maybe..but then I blame the pic for it 7
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01/28/2010 01:07:41 AM
nicely composed , editing is also very good , 7
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01/27/2010 07:53:39 PM
The beauty of reflection. This one is terrific.
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01/27/2010 11:48:12 AM
excellent cityscape image
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01/27/2010 09:39:50 AM
Lovely capture. Well seen and composed. Nice processing.
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01/27/2010 03:00:27 AM
like the reflections in this well done
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01/26/2010 02:24:19 PM
Awesome reflections! I'd love to know how you toned this- it's so great!
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01/25/2010 06:29:56 PM
What a great job of turning an alley shot into something great.
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01/25/2010 04:14:06 PM
Then one night in desperation
a young man breaks away
He buys a gun, steals a car,
tries to run, but he don't get far
And his mama cries

As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man
face down on the street with a gun in his hand
In the ghetto

As her young man dies,
on a cold and gray Chicago mornin',
another little baby child is born
In the ghetto
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01/25/2010 11:36:49 AM
I like the reflection but the rest of the photo seems bland and more like a snap shot. I think this would be better with a crop that isolated the two puddles. imho.
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01/25/2010 08:32:26 AM
a goo reflection, but lacks the wow factor
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01/24/2010 07:53:56 PM
My kind of shot. I like.
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01/24/2010 07:15:15 PM
that's cool...how the reflection is in the water...well done...good eye
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01/24/2010 08:31:29 AM
Fabulous discovery and beautifully captured......8.....tones & detail are superb.
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01/23/2010 10:43:37 PM
Maybe cropping the top part out and isolating the reflection would have helped. I'm not sure. I like what you were after though.
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01/23/2010 07:19:18 PM
i like this image, but i think it would be a lot better with a tighter crop, eliminating the top fourth/fifth of the image or so (at least to occlude the truck). the vanishing point in the street makes the shape of the puddles look like a tall building, and then you see the reflection of buildings moving in the opposite direction - a jarring and cool effect i think works better without seeing the street or the white truck parked in the alley.
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01/23/2010 02:55:49 PM
Nice detail, good reflection.
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01/23/2010 09:47:26 AM
Cool capture. I would have cropped it right at the base of the yellow bollard.
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01/23/2010 02:36:52 AM
nice reflection
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01/22/2010 01:43:50 PM
I love that this shot makes you stop and look hard. That is a real compliment to you. Great find and great capture.
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01/22/2010 10:17:49 AM
Perfect reflection. Great angular lines.
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01/22/2010 06:43:19 AM
Interesting piece of street photography, I often go looking for stuff like this after it rains (or sometimes during).

For me the top of the shot is a little low, I would like to see a bit more of the building we are seeing the reflection of, so that it would be like one big continued line from reflection into actual building.
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01/22/2010 06:28:03 AM
Good one, not trying to show it twice, using the reflection to show that can't be seen at the top. I like it!
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01/22/2010 02:18:21 AM
This would be perfect if you were to crop the top off, from the van up.
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