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Nuit Américaine
Nuit Américaine
jjbeguin


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Challenge: Late Night (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Sony DSC-F828
Location: Narbonne France
Date: Apr 30, 2005
Date Uploaded: May 3, 2005

"Nuit Américaine" (American night)is a movie term that refers to the technique of shooting night scenes in broad daylight.
Seven thirty is the middle of the night for some people after all...

Statistics
Place: 14 out of 334
Avg (all users): 6.6033
Avg (commenters): 8.2286
Avg (participants): 6.2797
Avg (non-participants): 6.8136
Views since voting: 1689
Views during voting: 563
Votes: 363
Comments: 46
Favorites: 14 (view)


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05/12/2005 12:03:29 AM
One of the most haunting shots of the challenge. Congratulations on your top 20 finish.
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05/11/2005 04:43:51 PM
I love the haunting feeling of this one. A great example of a B & W shot.
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05/11/2005 04:15:43 PM
I gave this a 10.....love it...
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05/11/2005 01:40:48 PM
Beautiful shot-my favourite in this challenge.
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05/11/2005 09:34:44 AM
You learn a new thing everyday. I was scared to try this technique in case the DPC mob arrived to burn my house down once they discovered I'd 'cheated', but you seem okay!
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05/11/2005 01:11:20 AM
Thank you for the information on your title. I still like this shot very much, and enjoy your photographs from "the dark side".
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/10/2005 09:19:54 PM
This is my favorite in the challenge and my only 10. I really like the light on the hair, it really sets it off.
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05/10/2005 09:09:09 PM
A shot like this is great because it survives the challenge and always remains a lovely dark study. Good job.
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05/10/2005 06:53:47 PM
I like the dark tone of this photograph. Has high emotional impact. The solitary figure walking along the narrow path of light, going somewhere at night. I didn't disect the technique used to capture this photo, don't care what it is, isn't. Just love the story it tells. One of my favorites in this challenge.
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05/10/2005 02:06:27 PM
Very impressive. I wonder why you called it nuit américaine? There's nothing here that would remind me of America. I think it's abstract enough not to be bound to any specific place. 10.
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05/10/2005 12:14:54 PM
This exemplifies this challenge to me. Very well done. My pick to win. So simple, yet so dramatic. Makes me wonder why I didn't think of a shot so simply good.
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05/09/2005 10:49:37 PM
Fine Art! Excellent composition, perfect use of light. The rim light on the hair saved this photograph from being a near miss. You nailed it, and I love it.
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05/09/2005 12:57:22 PM
Wow, this amezed me. One of the best ones in the competition.
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05/09/2005 08:02:32 AM
I like the mystery and the drama of your photo.
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05/09/2005 02:07:16 AM
I like all of the dark in this shot. The texture of the pavement is nice and the lighting leads the eye straight to the shillouette...it's an almost Hitchcock kind of shot. Very nicely done.
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05/07/2005 10:32:09 PM
Excellent composition. Very mysterious. I like it.
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05/07/2005 02:56:20 PM
I really like it. Although I think it could have been improved by positioning the camera so that the street traced more of a diagonal from corner to corner. That in my opinion would make for a more interesting journey for the eye along the leading lines of the images.
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05/06/2005 10:33:06 PM
a case where less is more especially in a late night challenge .. very well done altho maybe just a wee more light would be better?
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05/06/2005 05:06:11 PM
awesome composition...6
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05/06/2005 03:19:55 PM
Interesting, I like the textures and the high contrast. Maybe cropping off the bottom 1/4 to 1/3 of the image would make it feel more balanced, all the blackness seems too much there. Original and creative.
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05/06/2005 03:12:36 PM
My favorite of the bunch. Lovely!
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05/06/2005 01:05:36 PM
great shot, loads of atmosphere can almost here her footsteps echoing
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05/06/2005 12:54:43 PM
like it, would have liked it more with the bottom third of the picture cropped off.
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05/06/2005 11:27:15 AM
What a beautiful shot. The light hits her head at just the right spot and the negative space adds intensity - very cool composition. Good luck! (wish I'd taken it). 9
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05/05/2005 10:58:53 PM
Very nice subject and lighting, maybe a little to much foreground, but that's just me. Nice photo.8
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05/05/2005 07:34:25 PM
One of my favorites of this comp
I love how dark it is
well done
10

Kev
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05/05/2005 06:11:19 PM
really dark, but one of my favorites. Good luck.
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05/05/2005 04:20:33 PM
Nice composition, perhaps a little too dark.
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05/05/2005 01:46:18 PM
Feels like a JJ.

Light.. shapes.. texture.. very cool. I just wonder since its late night where a light like this comes from. Street light?

Really love this one, good job :)
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05/05/2005 12:57:54 PM
great mood and light. really feel like I am there. Could be a movie poster
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05/05/2005 05:46:31 AM
Cool picture that inspires a bunch of little stories. Personaly, I would like the negative space to be above the scene. But what a cool scene, I love it. Very cinematic. Good luck!
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05/04/2005 11:22:21 PM
This is a really teriffic picture. Suitable for framing! Great job.
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05/04/2005 09:16:19 PM
Dark, moody, wonderful composition. nice work.
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05/04/2005 04:56:22 PM
This is just magical...reminds me of the great photographers of old, the dim somewhat forboding light, the sense of aloneness...the texture of the cobble stones...really really nice!
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05/04/2005 04:29:23 PM
this is simply awesome work. the catchlight on top of the subjects head helps make the photo as well. 9
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05/04/2005 03:04:14 PM
very cool
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05/04/2005 11:35:22 AM
Great shot and title. At first I thought it was a bit too dark, but now i like it for beeing dark and simple, just as it is. Good job.
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05/04/2005 10:39:29 AM
10 this really captures the feel, mood and objective of the challenge.
edit for spelling.
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05/04/2005 10:01:50 AM
I like the atmosphere in this image.....focus is questionable.
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05/04/2005 09:53:21 AM
Excellent!
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05/04/2005 09:43:49 AM
Brilliant!
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05/04/2005 09:26:14 AM
i really like this shot. i would probably crop off some of the black at the bottom. but other than that...really cool!
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05/04/2005 06:50:56 AM
Love this you have captured the feel and essence of late night. The lonely figure moving away into the night is first class.
This is the exact type of image I was thinking of when the challenge was announced.
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05/04/2005 06:39:32 AM
very dark, but perfectly appropriate for the composition. nice.
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05/04/2005 06:21:40 AM
excellent
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05/04/2005 06:04:18 AM
Wonderful shot with a great street pattern! Very nice! :)
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