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Challenge: City Life II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Sigma 50-500mm f/4.0-6.3 EX APO RF HSM for Canon
Location: Cape Town
Date: Jan 3, 2006
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/15 sec
Galleries: Cityscape, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Jan 3, 2006

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* Hue / Saturation - desaturated Blue and Cyan to make the houses fade more into the background.
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Statistics
Place: 63 out of 173
Avg (all users): 5.5990
Avg (commenters): 6.3571
Avg (participants): 5.1375
Avg (non-participants): 5.7184
Views since voting: 932
Views during voting: 538
Votes: 389
Comments: 29
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/09/2006 08:09:01 PM
Nice work, good comp and use of your subject for social comment and purpose.
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 01/09/2006 10:50:02 AM
great concept and well executed in my opinion. title and pic converge to sum up the challenge title...........I'm not too good w/technical stuff but that part looks good too....9
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 01/09/2006 12:24:19 AM
Really nice idea, well done.
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 01/08/2006 09:18:37 PM
Fields of green so close to the citu is quite amazing... The softer background works well here.
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 01/08/2006 03:10:53 PM
THIS WAS SUPOSED TO BE A PHOTO THAT SHOWS CITY LIFE NOT COUNTRIE LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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 01/08/2006 12:46:44 PM
gud
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 01/07/2006 12:04:17 PM
Beautiful photo! love the contrast of the darker trees.
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 01/07/2006 01:19:53 AM
So True
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 01/06/2006 08:31:34 PM
The city hardly seems to be the subject of the photograph; furthermore, the "city" looks more like a hamlet.
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 01/06/2006 04:37:40 PM
Nice idea; think this would benefit from 'rule of thirds' composition, the field pretty much divides it right in half, would like to see the city more
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 01/06/2006 03:04:31 PM
I love the contrast here, it's shame there isn't much you can do about that haze in basic editing.
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 01/06/2006 02:55:15 PM
I love this shot! I like your use of colour to tie rural and urban areas together.
Gord
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 01/05/2006 11:06:57 PM
Excellent exposure. The title really suits it.
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 01/05/2006 07:09:22 PM
Nice capture. I really like the layers and contrasts in this shot as well as the deep DOF.
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 01/05/2006 10:06:15 AM
nice leading lines towards the city,
I don't know if it's haze or a shallow depth of field, but it think having the city in focus would have made the picture a little better.
but a good job anyway.
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 01/05/2006 09:15:33 AM
this looks like a Cape shot..is it?
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 01/05/2006 09:15:31 AM
Looks more like suburbia is encroaching than a city.
dnmc
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 01/05/2006 02:34:52 AM
I like this. well captured, beautiful colours 8
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 01/04/2006 10:51:51 PM
suitable title, very good picture, I like the composition, it could be a little bit sharper and the colors of the city in the background seem to be washed out...
good luck
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 01/04/2006 08:12:52 PM
Composition is ok. The choice of subject matter is ok. The image quality is ok. Has potential of being really creative. - 5
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 01/04/2006 04:50:45 PM
Living in outer suburbia, and having posted a similar shot a couple of years ago I can understand the sentiment. I like the difference in constrast.
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 01/04/2006 04:34:26 PM
Great use of composition, perspective, and title!
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 01/04/2006 01:03:23 PM
Simply put, a (10)
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 01/04/2006 12:54:29 PM
Perhaps "Suburban Life". I don't like the hazy housing. Looks like the fields are stronger and encroaching on the suburb.
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 01/04/2006 12:53:45 PM
ouch. I can feel the encroachment myself. good depiction.
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 01/04/2006 12:40:39 PM
nicely seen
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 01/04/2006 10:37:04 AM
You captured one of the gravest problems facing our planet. Excellent!
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 01/04/2006 06:10:56 AM
good choice of a title. Reminds me of the Central Valley of California.
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 01/04/2006 01:31:02 AM
Good title. I don't know how much this portrays "city life" more-so, "suburban life" in my opinion. but it's very unique and i love how you captured the sloping of the field 6
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