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Challenge: DPC Cinema (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Location: London
Date: May 1, 2006
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Cityscape, Architecture
Date Uploaded: May 1, 2006

 A shot of the Lloyds building in London. I had planned this trip as a wide angle excercise with a particular image in mind but never got to the location.

Slight crop for composition
Levels
Curves
Contrast
Converted to 8 bit
Desaturated (Hue/Saturation)
Played with the shadow/hightlight tool
Cloned/healed small area at top of image
Light dodge/burn
Converted to Tritone
Light dodge/burn
Shadow highlight tool
Resized, rotated, sharpened then added border

15 minutes later I had this :)

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WOW! thanks for all the great comments peeps I'm really chuffed.

After trailing Larus by what seemed like a tenth or two through the week the rollover really helped me (31 from 3 voters) and is my EQUAL highest vote. I'll do my best in the LoD Larus but have dropped 1 full point since this morning.

@ jent, eagle eyes there and your most likely right as I cropped the border at the last minute on the final version rather than a copy.

Statistics
Place: 6 out of 207
Avg (all users): 6.8107
Avg (commenters): 8.0417
Avg (participants): 6.4845
Avg (non-participants): 7.1009
Views since voting: 3412
Views during voting: 357
Votes: 206
Comments: 33
Favorites: 9 (view)

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 05/16/2006 01:59:06 AM
Well done on the top10 finish. Great submission.
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 05/16/2006 01:06:38 AM
Oh yeah! Way cool perspective and the toning was well done for this image.
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 05/16/2006 12:52:24 AM
Congrats on your top 10 placement and by beating the dominant Larus ;) Way to go my friend ;)
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 05/15/2006 05:12:51 PM
Congratulations! You're doing good :)
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 05/15/2006 01:37:53 PM
Congratulations on your top ten finish.
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 05/15/2006 10:11:13 AM
Very cool shot - love the duotone and POV. Congrats on your top 10 finish.
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 05/15/2006 05:04:32 AM
Well congratulations on beating me in the first week of the season 2 of the, you beat me fair and square, I have no excuses and did the best I could in this challenge. Funny how a rollover can change things, I was at 6.85 when I went asleep yesterday about 4 hours before rollover :)

I firmly count on you to take this whole league now, you got to if you are going to let me save some face.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/14/2006 10:21:36 PM
Killer top ten shot IMO
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 05/13/2006 03:00:35 AM
totally unusual perspective.... I would be very interested in knowing where this photo was taken.
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 05/12/2006 08:01:41 PM
pawdrix?
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 05/12/2006 06:22:23 PM
As long as the content is interesting, shots like this keep blowing me away. This is such a shot. 8
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 05/12/2006 02:31:36 PM
My favorite so far!
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 05/11/2006 10:24:54 PM
Haven't got a clue what your movie's about, but your posters the bomb!
TC
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 05/10/2006 09:18:04 PM
oh no is this one starring Bruce Willis? cheap sci-fi
(great poster though..well done)
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 05/10/2006 03:51:36 AM
Well, I love the subject, the point-of-view, the terrific tonal range & treatment, and the processing. Plus of course the splendid title. It's a science-fiction movie, set in a mining community on a distant asteroid or moon, and I'd be unlikely to see it. I'd try to souvenir one of the posters, though. 8.
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 05/10/2006 03:41:28 AM
Wow! The ultramodern buildings and cool postprocessing give almost a cartoonish surreal feel. Well done.
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 05/09/2006 02:01:56 PM
Love the tint and the light. Very futuristic looking! Job well done.
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 05/09/2006 01:39:22 PM
Artistic in the extreme!!!! Always a plus for me.
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 05/09/2006 09:07:16 AM
Wow, that's some pretty serious angle and perspective. Lots of great detail to look at also. Very nice!
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 05/09/2006 06:04:05 AM
This is simply great. Great point of view and I like the green color a lot. Well done!
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 05/09/2006 03:04:27 AM
Great angle and tone
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 05/08/2006 07:39:46 PM
This is the sequel to Minority Report, right? It would be better if we could see Tom Cruise swinging by on a spiderweb, but I understand we all have limited resources. Great slick effect on the picture, though you might turn off a few people with that title! Not me, though. I want to get to the theater and find out what this conundrum is all about and how Mr. Cruise is going to solve it.
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 05/08/2006 06:11:48 PM
Great perspective - I will now have to go for a walk around the Lloyds building to find it!
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 05/08/2006 03:15:47 PM
I like the composition. Good luck :)
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 05/08/2006 02:06:58 PM
Ooh, can't wait to watch this one!
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 05/08/2006 01:04:19 PM
Is this the Lloydes of London building? Nice take on it. Wonderful color and reflections. Hope it ribbons!
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 05/08/2006 10:08:01 AM
Whoa, great shot.
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 05/08/2006 05:11:34 AM
Best shot on here so far for the challenge. Awsome 10
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 05/08/2006 03:39:53 AM
So did you build a futuristic city just for this shot??? Great cinema look. 9!
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 05/08/2006 03:12:22 AM
excellent perspective and space age type theme...well done
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 05/08/2006 01:24:37 AM
minor comment....your border looks a little diffrent spaced on each side. I give it a 6
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 05/08/2006 01:20:04 AM
Sweeet shot!!! I feel I have seen this one in a SCI_FI movie Kidding (10)
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 05/08/2006 12:44:53 AM
Great title! Love the perspective. The funky green color is very futuristic.
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