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Challenge: Brown Ribbon Deja Vu II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Canon
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Date: Feb 5, 2009
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 100
Shutter: 240 s
Galleries: Cityscape
Date Uploaded: Feb 8, 2009

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I had several ideas for this challenge but I’d have no time to shoot them and I’d be away for the weekend. I woke up at 6am a couple of days to try to shoot something before work but the weather has been nasty and I ended up going to work empty-handed. I finally managed to get this shot after work, while waiting for a friend. It was raining, it was cold, it was dark (I could barely compose) and I almost gave up on the shot. I’m glad I didn’t, and that the effort paid off.

Thanks for all the comments and nice words! :)

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 126
Avg (all users): 7.3643
Avg (commenters): 8.8889
Avg (participants): 7.3061
Avg (non-participants): 7.3956
Views since voting: 28502
Views during voting: 319
Votes: 140
Comments: 31
Favorites: 29 (view)

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 02/11/2011 02:33:01 PM
Did you use a ND filter on this to get the 4 minute exposure, or was it just pitch black outside?
 02/24/2009 10:30:02 PM
This shot makes me want to be a better photographer, just awesome.
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 02/22/2009 02:06:52 PM
Everything is just perfecto. Great shot. 10+
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 02/22/2009 11:57:19 AM
^o^ preeeeettyyy...
blue is my favorite color!!!
and congratulations!!! *<(:O)
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 02/19/2009 09:07:58 AM
Congratulations on your first (of probably many more to come) blue ribbon!
Great sky, great angle, great everything!
Foi feita justiça ao Tejo, ao Cristo e à 25 de Abril.
Muitos parabéns!
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 02/18/2009 09:58:34 PM
Congratulations! Well deserved.
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 02/17/2009 02:46:26 PM
Great shot.
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 02/17/2009 07:27:45 AM
It's a great picture but I don't think it qualifies as a remake of the original.
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 02/16/2009 07:30:01 PM
It's beautiful, congratulations. This was very well deserved.

Mac,
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 02/16/2009 06:10:20 PM
well done and congratulations
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 02/16/2009 02:40:39 PM
Heck of a re-do! Congrats on the blue ribbon for this blue shot!
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 02/16/2009 09:38:06 AM
Congrats on this win! Its beautiful.
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 02/16/2009 05:46:00 AM
Stunning image!! a huge improvement from the brown, congrats on the Blue Ribbon.
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 02/16/2009 03:34:19 AM
Very well done, Hugo! Congrats on the ribbon matching your shot!
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 02/16/2009 01:38:02 AM
Hahaha, I always wanted to appear on the front page. Really good work - glad my intentionally awful entry was an 'inspiration'. :)
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 02/16/2009 12:53:09 AM
This is stunning! Love the blues, the crispness, the dreaminess.... well, everything. Big congrats on your blue, Hugo.
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 02/16/2009 12:47:21 AM
Completely AMAZING photo!!! Congrats of a well deserved blue ribbon.
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 02/16/2009 12:09:07 AM
Definitely my pic for the winner...gave it a 10. Love the blues, composition, the whole shebang! Congrats! Adding as a fave
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 02/16/2009 12:09:03 AM
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 02/16/2009 12:03:14 AM
Viva lisboa. Stellar Image.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/15/2009 12:53:19 PM
Wow!! Amazing shot; great composition and colors.
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 02/14/2009 02:15:49 AM
Very good - love the color tones and the sharp details.
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 02/12/2009 12:14:02 AM
The clarity in this is great. I like the differing textures and the blue tones.
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 02/10/2009 02:22:38 AM
Beatifully done and a big improvement over the original brown. Lovely composition, sharp detail and good depth. Very nice. 8
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 02/09/2009 09:28:33 PM
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING take on the original!!! Love the sky, love the detail in the foreground, love the perspective and composition. Best of luck 10
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 02/09/2009 05:14:22 PM
Fabulous! A really good interpretation and marvelous quality too!

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess halopes
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 02/09/2009 02:06:37 PM
Well, this one's in the great tradition of semi-shoehorned "Deja Vu" shots at DPC :-) I'm not criticizing, mine's a bit the same way, just sayin'...

The original is a REALLY bad, daylit beach scene. This has in common with the original exactly three things: water, sky, and tons of blue. But it's a night shot, it's an urban waterfront shot, it's a city-view shot, none of which the original are. So how do I judge this?

It's an excellent image, I like it a lot. Foreground is terrific. As a response tothe challenge, it's not so successful IMO, but that's just me. I'm gonna give it a 7 for now; if the original had been a bridge-in-BG shot you'd have had at least an 8, maybe a 9. Nice work! I may bump it later, depends what else I find.
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 02/09/2009 01:24:53 PM
10!
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 02/09/2009 02:58:17 AM
Beautiful monotone image. Great sky, nice detail in the foreground.
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 02/09/2009 02:39:11 AM
oh wow...faultless 10!

Congrats on your ribbon in advance
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 02/09/2009 02:17:34 AM
Very nice re-envisioning.
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