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Challenge: Sacred Places (Classic Editing)
Camera: Konica KD-400Z
Location: Logan, Utah
Date: Nov 8, 2003
Aperture: f2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/5
Galleries: Emotive, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Nov 9, 2003
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Shot of the Logan LDS Temple at night. Still limited by my equipment, this shot is hand-held at 1/5 sec. To reduce the shutter speed a bit (and to keep the highlights of the towers from blowing out), I under-exposed -0.6EV, and metered off the brightest points. My wife thinks I should have submitted one of my other photos from this shoot, but to me, this one best exemplified the challenge.
Technical:
Underexposed -0.6EV as mentioned above. I performed significantly more PS work than I normally do:
Adjusted highlight/midtone/shadow settings slightly to decrease the intensity of the brightly lit towers. Desaturated, converted to grayscale, then increased contrast to provide a bit more 'pop'. Converted back to RGB color, duotoned with a hue of 15 and saturation of 10. Cropped, bordered, and saved for submission. |
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11/19/2003 08:41:33 PM |
Greetings, from the Critique Club.
This image has an elegance to it that doesn’t immediately jump out at the viewer. A person has to actually LOOK at this shot to appreciate the delicate balance between light, aperture and shutter speed.
I like how the bell towers/steeples stand out against the night skyâ€Â¦also the tree silhouetted against the light on the building is a very subtle touch. The visual flow of this shot is great. My eye starts with the tree on the rightâ€Â¦goes up to the steeple and follows the roofline to the other steepleâ€Â¦then down the back of the building. By the way, great job of handholding this shot, the lack of sharpness doesn’t bother me a bit.
I think your exposure is almost perfect; although, I feel there are a couple of overexposed points in the bell towers/steeples and the darkness/blacks are a touch grey. Of course, if you were to stop down any more, you’d lose the details in the building, so yupâ€Â¦there’s some give and take with a shot like this. Another thing to noteâ€Â¦I have my monitor set a touch bright in order to see details in images with a lot of darkness, this may have something to do with how I’m seeing your shot.
I hope this helps,
Quadrajet |
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11/16/2003 11:14:09 PM |
| Good time of night to photograph this! I like the point of view here; it makes it look grand and important. Lighting gives it a sacred feel. Nice work! 9 |
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11/16/2003 08:23:55 PM |
| Very beautiful shot. If I could vote it would be a 9. |
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11/15/2003 08:33:30 PM |
| This is a lovely building and the lighting is very dramatic overall on the building. The trees sadly take so much away from the overall effect of the shot, maybe from a different side or angle? A 6 |
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11/15/2003 06:02:19 PM |
| Ah, lovely Logan. My favorite temple. Beautiful shot! |
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11/14/2003 03:06:09 AM |
| I really like this, the DOF is brilliant, the two towers at the top are also great. A little sharper and I would have made this a 10. 9 from me. |
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11/12/2003 03:24:10 PM |
| A tough exposure to get right. The buildings could really do with some more contrast |
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11/12/2003 10:28:10 AM |
| good use of sepia tones. The perspective is good but I'm rather feeling as though it will all tip over. A bit straighter in the frame would have helped. 7 |
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11/10/2003 10:36:49 PM |
| Nice shot......great composition. The contrast between the buildings and the top steeples(?) is very attractive. 7 |
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11/10/2003 10:30:28 PM |
| fantastic shot, beautiful trees. I would buy this as a print. I would buy your camera. I am jealous once again. Is that sepia tone? great shot. 10 plus |
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11/10/2003 05:59:51 PM |
| I like how the trees are silouetted against the light of the building. I like the progression from black at the bottom the white at the top. |
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11/10/2003 02:51:00 AM |
| Very nice angle, extraordinary exposure. I always think the Logan temple is under-photographed. |
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11/10/2003 01:47:21 AM |
| Very nice shot. I love the tone used in this one. |
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