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Sunrise at St Peter's
Sunrise at St Peter's
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Challenge: Sacred Places (Classic Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Nikon D100
Location: NJ
Date: Nov 9, 2003
Galleries: Sky, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Nov 9, 2003

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Place: 84 out of 109
Avg (all users): 4.9706
Avg (commenters): 5.2857
Avg (participants): 4.7714
Avg (non-participants): 5.1818
Views since voting: 825
Votes: 136
Comments: 8
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11/21/2003 11:07:45 PM
From the Critique Club!

This is (mostly) a very nice image and the title fits it well! I love how you managed to capture the early morning feel with the sunrise clouds and the near silhouette of the tower!

The colors in the sky are very good as is the focus, both on clouds and tower.

The biggest downfall of this shot is the very shadowy part of the building that takes up so much of the bottom of the image. If you play around with contrast/brightness and levels, you may be able to bring out much more detail! Or (what I would have tried to do) you could change your angle and use a more powerful zoom to bring the tower closer, and make the sky even more prominent! (or in effect crop out most of the building by chosing a different camera angle.) I think that this would make a much simpler and more pleasing composition! I don't believe that you could crop this shot down and achieve the same thing because of the angle of the roof across the shot.

I DO like this shot a lot and am looking forward to seeing more of your work!
TC
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/16/2003 11:43:35 PM
A very nice idea, the colors are a bit dull and there is too much darkness across the bottom for my taste. A tighter crop and just a little more adjustment on the brightness and contrast would have really made this shot pop. A 5
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11/12/2003 07:02:35 PM
This might work better with a tighter crop on that tower, but I love the clouds the light,and the mood.
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11/12/2003 03:16:56 PM
Some interesting clouds but a whole lot of wasted space and a very small tower doesn't give much real focal point or interest.
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11/11/2003 09:26:31 AM
nice color hues in the sky, good silhouette...I like the way the cross stands out, good angle
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11/10/2003 06:38:41 PM
nice subtle sunrise colors. So much dark space at the bottom - you could crop closer to the tower from the left right and bottom- a more vertical composition -reaching into the sky.
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11/10/2003 12:27:32 PM
What a simply wonderful sky! Lovely capture at St. Peters.
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11/10/2003 12:09:29 AM
Beautiful shot, the sunrise is wonderful, and the church in silouette is great
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