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The Old Town
The Old Town
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Late Night (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G2
Location: G-D of Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Grund
Date: Apr 30, 2005
Aperture: F/7,1
ISO: 50
Shutter: 15 sec.
Galleries: Cityscape, Travel
Date Uploaded: May 1, 2005

 Idea:
I revisited this picture for the challenge, it was actually my alternative from BridgesII. And it's such a beautiful place, so I just had to get there again.
I hope it's "late" enough, it was 10pm when I took the shot.

Setup:
I put my tripod on the river bank, pretty close to the water (careful now...) and close to the ground, to get a low perspective. The plants on the left bothered me a little, last time I was there it was winter and there were no plants. I used more or less the same settings as the time before, 15 sec exposure at F/7,1.

Post Processing:
HSL (Saturation +45 on master and -10 on green)
Curves for a little more detail in the dark areas
Crop (15x10)
Resize to 640x427
USM 0,65/100/0

Comments:
I was really disappointed about the behaviour of two inhabitants of that place. On my left, outside the frame, was a row of houses. After shooting for 5 minutes or so, two persons started throwing things at me from a balcony (cigarettes, wood, coles...). Seems they were drunk or something. Everytime I turned around, they had hidden again. Cowards. That's what you get when you go shooting on a weekend.

Statistics
Place: 24 out of 334
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Avg (commenters): 7.0000
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Views since voting: 1074
Views during voting: 468
Votes: 366
Comments: 31
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 06/10/2005 08:11:26 PM
Love this night shot. Great exposure. Such a beautiful place.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/10/2005 10:52:57 AM
lovely tones, would be great if you could have done a little spot editing to control some of the highlights, also i'm wondering if cropping the left off a little wouldn't have helped, i do really like the reflection in the water though
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 05/09/2005 08:24:34 PM
the balance oflight in this shot is eautiful. i know that the highpoint is a nice feature but the crane ( i bellieve its a crane) in the back ruins the mood. otherwise beautiful
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 05/08/2005 09:13:18 PM
A beauty, but the crane in the background does not help.
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 05/06/2005 09:05:10 PM
love the colors!
 05/06/2005 05:07:08 PM
this is a great nightshot...you should score high...good light capture...a little overblown spots, but I know how tough it is when you have a lot going on like in this composition...nice sky too
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 05/06/2005 12:16:25 PM
nice shot, pity about the crane
 05/05/2005 11:39:27 PM
very good one, very good exporsure
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 05/05/2005 11:30:05 PM
Amazing, great work with the hip colors
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 05/05/2005 11:06:19 PM
Nice reflection and colors
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 05/05/2005 06:01:40 PM
I'd love to know where it was taken - beautiful reflection, well captured, almost perfect exposure!
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 05/05/2005 04:57:31 PM
cool picture, except it doesn't lead my eye correctly around.
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 05/05/2005 01:41:33 PM
Shame about the crane up there. Otherwise an outstanding shot
 05/05/2005 10:53:55 AM
Very pretty and tehnically very competent image. LHS seems a bit distracting - lights and foliage - wnder is a square crop might have worked, taking out that area of confusion.
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 05/05/2005 07:47:32 AM
Composition cluttered, no clear point of focus. Bridge cuts photo in half, I'd have prefered rule of thirds. Some strange colours and oversaturation.
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 05/05/2005 03:49:18 AM
Nice colors. Like the reflection in the water.
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 05/04/2005 11:14:47 PM
Beautiful setting. Well done. Sharp.
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 05/04/2005 10:41:12 PM
Neat a crane amongst the old buildings. A tad noisy in the sky, but not bad. The overall focus seems a little off, but all in all, a great picture. 8
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 05/04/2005 10:21:47 PM
Beautiful. Well done all around.
 05/04/2005 08:19:10 PM
Really pretty. I love how the middle looks all green and the sides look golden.
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 05/04/2005 07:11:43 PM
Very good! (Thumbs up) Where is this taken?
 05/04/2005 06:48:02 PM
Beautiful!! Capture. I just love the reflection. One of my favorites
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 05/04/2005 05:04:38 PM
My favourite part...the bush in the foreground...its almost as if it's expressing sadness for the urbanization taking place on this hill. The bush is truly the star.
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 05/04/2005 04:37:52 PM
I love the bridge in this shot! I would love to know where this shot was taken....it looks like a beautiful place. My only very minor gripe is that the plant in the lower left is a different color green that the ones farther up. I assume that's cause of lighting and I dont know enough PS yet to know if you could change that :-) Very clear image though....lovely reflections on the water.
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 05/04/2005 12:53:14 PM
I like it but I would have cropped out the shrubs to the left and added a bit more sky.
Too bad you couldn't clone out the crane, it's rather distracting.
 05/04/2005 10:23:05 AM
This would be a top photo if not for the crane in the background.
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 05/04/2005 10:03:27 AM
nice colors and reflections. shame the water wasn't either stiller or moving slightly more.
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 05/04/2005 09:31:35 AM
Very cool! Wish there was no light on the crane, but otherwise, great capture. 9
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 05/04/2005 07:35:58 AM
wow i love the colors and the quality, great job
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 05/04/2005 05:55:30 AM
very nicely done. 8
 05/04/2005 02:54:14 AM
Excellent reflection and lighting.
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