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Cold Out
Cold Out
nastygrin


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2004 (Advanced Editing III*)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: Downsview Subway Station, Toronto
Date: Dec 24, 2004
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Landscape, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jan 15, 2005

 Every morning, I drive Genevieve to the subway station, and every morning I'm taken aback by the view of the CN Tower from where we are. This particular morning, it was very cold and the sun was shining through the clouds to show the low hanging humidity of Lake Ontario as a backdrop. I had to go back home to get the camera and take the photo.

Adjusted exposure in Nikon Capture. Cropped to center the tower. Used colour mixer and desaturation adjustment layer in Photoshop to bring out detail of clouds. Added a white border.

Statistics
Place: 305 out of 530
Avg (all users): 5.4940
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.4219
Avg (non-participants): 5.7368
Views since voting: 898
Views during voting: 472
Votes: 332
Comments: 11
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 02/01/2005 08:17:59 AM
Thanks for the nice comments and critiques. Yes, the sky was blown out, and I do have it in colour. I might add the colour version to my portfolio at a later date. Initially, it was meant to be a panoramic crop.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/29/2005 07:55:20 PM
Nice shot.
 01/29/2005 03:15:12 PM
Beautiful, though the blown out skies reduce some of the effect for me...
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 01/25/2005 08:18:30 AM
highlights have been blown out or this would have been stunning
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 01/22/2005 10:24:46 PM
very interesting perspective. what a wild range of clouds. hope this gets the views it needs to be appreciated. good luck!
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 01/20/2005 02:43:58 PM
Wonderful clowds and sky...
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 01/18/2005 09:23:39 AM
a bit too grainy, nice clouds though
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 01/17/2005 02:57:21 AM
A simply wonderful image. I can see why you chose this as your best of the year. I even think the blown out sky has its place here. 10. The majority might not agree but this is one of my favourites so far.
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 01/16/2005 03:55:49 PM
I would love to see this in color.
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 01/16/2005 12:21:19 PM
Very cool picture. I am kind of a "cloud freak" so this picture really appeals to me. Good luck
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 01/16/2005 08:11:10 AM
Interesting image, but I would have added a thin black line around the actual image area or chose a completely different border due to the brightly lit sky bleeding into the white border.
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