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Sky View
Artan


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Challenge: High Contrast (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Heatrow Airport, UK
Date: Sep 2, 2005
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Abstract, Urban
Date Uploaded: Sep 4, 2005

 Slightly desaturated the orange mechanism as its colour was too strong.
Rotated and sized for DPC

This was hanging off a crane at Heathrow Airport. It is probably 3m x 3m (10ft x 10ft) in size with a hook and chain hanging beneath.

The blue of the sky and Orange are opposite on the colour wheel so for me it’s a great contrast.

Minimalist in approach, I suspect some will love this whilst and others will merely tolerate it..

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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 09/16/2005 10:51:41 PM
Critique Club

First Impression:
Nice minimalisitic photograph.
Nice contrast in color.
A bit flat in processing.

Composition
I like how its off centre horizontally. A different vertical crop might look better - perhaps place the central object in the lower third. Maybe even crop closer to make the subject a bit larger.

Processing
You mention that you slightly desaturated the orange. It seems a little too flat now. Maybe boost the orange saturation back up a little. Also, could sharpen some more.

Good luck in the future!
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Canon EOS-1D X
Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 09/12/2005 06:09:42 AM
i love it, ian, and can't believe how overlooked and underrated this image is. my guess that going bw would have given it a bit of a bump.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 22-55mm f/4.0-5.6 USM
 09/11/2005 10:26:27 PM
You have the high contrast, but the subject doesn't have that same..."wow" impact as others in the challenge.
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