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Heaven Is A Factory
Heaven Is A Factory
danderson107


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: High Contrast (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO Macro Super II for Minolta
Location: Lawrenceburg Indiana
Date: Sep 3, 2005
Aperture: 16
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/3000
Galleries: Landscape
Date Uploaded: Sep 4, 2005

 All adjustments made with Microsoft Digital Image Pro 10 unless otherwise stated.
Noise reduction - Neat Image
Exposure and contrast adjustment
CCD dust removal
Crop
Noise reduction again
Source lighting adjustment
Saturation adjustment
Resize for web

Heaven is a Factory for a reworked B&W version.

Statistics
Place: 53 out of 343
Avg (all users): 6.0812
Avg (commenters): 7.5500
Avg (participants): 5.9178
Avg (non-participants): 6.3523
Views since voting: 1454
Views during voting: 363
Votes: 234
Comments: 23
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 01/13/2006 02:44:43 PM
Such a great shot in so many ways; this is great; its art; it magical; It should be a print.
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 09/17/2005 10:21:11 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

What a beautiful shot! I love the clouds, the smoke stacks, it's very surreal.

The only thing I can see really wrong with this shot is the lack of a lot of contrast, at least high contrast. The contrast is there, just not very well defined to me. But the balance seems just a bit off, maybe a little tighter crop on the right to bring the stacks more in line. The capture of the puff of cloud on the left is fantastic!

Also, it just a bit too orange for my taste but that's me, maybe if it was touch more sepia brown?

Hope my comments help.

Deannda
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/11/2005 11:47:42 PM
Fantastic. The idea and the space you've left up the top of the frame.
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 09/11/2005 11:30:59 PM
Very nicely seen !!
This is a very stunning photograph.
One I would be poud to call one of my own.
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 09/11/2005 07:12:45 PM
I'm curious as to your vantage point when shooting this. Interesting photo.
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 09/11/2005 06:56:03 PM
Impressive capture. Catches the eye instantly. 9
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 09/10/2005 11:14:41 PM
This is really neat. Great shot, love the lighting and colors.
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 09/10/2005 08:29:01 PM
Cool photo. I think the dark orange coloring detracts from it though.
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 09/10/2005 08:02:23 AM
Amazing.
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 09/09/2005 11:35:39 PM
Cool shot, nice color and the contrast of the buildings is great.
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 09/09/2005 05:36:43 AM
thats an incredible shot! 9
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 09/09/2005 12:01:12 AM
I really like the color and the puff of cloud that competes with the towers. Great editing and composition. I might have been tempted to crop out just a bit more of the sky on top IMHO...but in any case, well done!
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 09/08/2005 04:38:55 PM
Excellent light and scene, and very appropriate for the challenge. A winner for sure.

(PS: This immediately reminds me of Ursula Abrecht's images "Lovely industrial plant" and "Letting off steam".)
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 09/08/2005 01:23:00 PM
This looks a bit spooky! I like the color and the clouds.
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 09/08/2005 08:32:49 AM
This is very vivid and the contrast is there. With it being mostly clouds and not the expected color, it almost seems surreal to me. There is a slight sense of out of focus, but that's probably because of the cloudy subject matter.
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 09/07/2005 03:51:38 PM
Fit Challenge Criteria: 1/2
Color/contrast: 1/2
Composition: 2/2
Photo Quality: 1/2
My Subjective Affinity: 1/2

My idea of high contrast would be everything up to, but not including, silhouettes. In addition to that, there is a lot of noise int he sky that I would have used neat image or some other noise removal tool to reduce, and the color transition in the sky needs some work. I assume that is due to the JPEG conversion. As for the clouds/smokestacks/smoke, great job!
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 09/07/2005 01:11:04 PM
A little minimal, but I still like it in a more abstract way. 7
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 09/07/2005 03:59:37 AM
Wow.. thats what came in my mind during voting...
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 09/06/2005 04:38:24 PM
woah
thats amazing
8
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 09/06/2005 01:38:17 PM
This looks very surreal, beautiful capture, I wonder how you did it? Great contrast as well.
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 09/06/2005 11:30:59 AM
Amazing picture. Really feels like the smoke stacks are above the clouds.
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 09/05/2005 01:41:32 PM
god I hope not...but this is good 9
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 09/05/2005 11:52:04 AM
Wow - what an amazing shot! Really breathtaking!
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