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levyj413


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Challenge: Perspective III (Basic Editing III)
Collection: Challenge Entries (most)
Camera: Canon PowerShot A620
Location: Ariel Rios Bldg, Washington, DC
Date: Jul 7, 2006
Aperture: 4.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Abstract, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Jul 8, 2006

 This is a clock in my office building. I initially intended to enter one of several shots of the spiral staircases, but everything I did seemed too flat. They made cool patterns, but you couldn't see they were 3-D stairs.

I like this shot for the golden color and the visible polishing strokes on the bottom of the clock. I also like the reflection of the minute hand, and the fact it's not quite pointing to 8.

I think it does well with rule of thirds - the hub is at one point and the hour hand points to the "VIII" at the other point, with the minute hand right along a 1/3 line.

I also hope this will be a different entry from what will probably be a million lines receding into the distance.

Maybe the voters will agree that this is an interesting shot. We'll see. :)

Editing:
Curves (thanks to help from many people)
Crop
Resize for Web
Noiseware

It was a tough call - the noise reduction got rid of a bunch of spots on the clock's face, but also smoothed out the polishing strokes. Ultimately, I think it's a decent compromise.

Statistics
Place: 246 out of 379
Avg (all users): 5.0443
Avg (commenters): 4.5000
Avg (participants): 4.7470
Avg (non-participants): 5.2500
Views since voting: 866
Views during voting: 266
Votes: 203
Comments: 2
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/18/2006 12:56:16 PM
Don't see anything new but it's a nice and clean shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/12/2006 06:02:26 AM
Very nice shot. A different colored background might give it more "pop" IMHO.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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