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SS Klondike
SS Klondike
JonoTucker


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Challenge: City Nightscape (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
Location: whitehorse
Date: Aug 27, 2011
Aperture: f4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 13.0
Date Uploaded: Aug 28, 2011

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Place: 44 out of 55
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09/01/2011 10:09:51 AM
the negative space at the top of this doesn't work for me, would prefer to see more of the details of the ship
08/31/2011 11:04:54 PM
The lighting is a little overpowering also think a different angle and not so centered would have made a better shot, imo. Looks like a nice boat.
08/29/2011 05:16:01 PM
Nice concept. I like the idea and the image.
The upper deck seems a little blown, a little work with Burn and dodge might help. The sky seems to dominate, I would crop it a bit.
Good control of focus and depth.
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08/29/2011 03:44:58 PM
Interesting study in lighting and shadow - I have to wonder though if the balance in the light would be more suitable to moving the ship off center for more negative space
08/29/2011 08:03:34 AM
I see a couple of things here that I woul dhave changed.

First, the good. I like the use of negative space here. The centre composition works very well for this subject.

Next... the ship (or is it a boat?) is too bright. It should be bright, yes, to stand out. But in my viewing I think it's so bright that we lose some nice details on it. There are two ways I might have tried to address this. 1) use a lower exposure value on the camera. 2) make a HDR image of the thing. I would have chosen the latter because if treated moderately it would still retain the authentic feel of the image you have here, while boasting more textures, details and depth that the eye can see, but that the camera cannot.
Lastly, you used a wide angle lens for this, I take it. The light on the left is tilted, where it should be vertical. You might have been able to use lens distortion removal software to reduce this. This kind of distortion can add a lot to images now and then, but I don't think the ship/boat is big enough to deserve the sense of scale that might bring.

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Just some thoughts.
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