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Challenge: Image Grain II (Basic Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Tokina AF 12-24mm f/4.0 AT-X Pro DX
Location: Sydney
Date: Mar 10, 2007
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Cityscape
Date Uploaded: Mar 10, 2007

 Shot with a ND Grad filter and processed in CS2:

spot heal to remove dust
greyscale
duotone:Black & r 251,g 155,b 3
blk curve 40: 48.8
orange curve 30: 56.3 - 50: 82.5
add noise
add film grain
resize
add border
save for web

Statistics
Place: 87 out of 399
Avg (all users): 5.8793
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 5.5306
Avg (non-participants): 6.3289
Views since voting: 1025
Views during voting: 272
Votes: 174
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 03/21/2007 11:49:29 PM
Well, this is a great image for this challenge Michael, and I also think it should have done much better.....
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 03/21/2007 04:36:54 AM
This is beautiful and should definitely have finished higher. Great job, Michael.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/21/2007 01:57:03 AM
Nice to see a different take on opera house.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/20/2007 11:13:17 AM
wow that look really cool!
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 03/18/2007 08:49:25 PM
nice use of grain on this photo to highlight and extend the sun rays
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 03/17/2007 07:32:16 AM
9
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 03/16/2007 11:14:46 PM
this is the only 7 I've ever given that ridiculous australian building. well done.
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 03/16/2007 11:45:29 AM
Gorgeous!! I love the rays of light with the opera house silhouetted. Is the grain from digital sensor noise? It is some of the more attractive sensor noise I've seen. (very fine-grained and evenly distributed with no banding or patchiness).
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 03/16/2007 01:20:18 AM
beautiful
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 03/15/2007 02:40:09 PM
absolut superkitch great high score
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 03/15/2007 01:21:31 PM
Nice image, would be nice to have captured a bit more foreground detail.
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