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City of Brotherly Love
City of Brotherly Love
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Challenge: Postcard III (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D2H
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 24-85mm f2.8-4.0D
Date: Apr 5, 2009
ISO: 200
Date Uploaded: Apr 5, 2009

I was eating dinner with some family keeping an eye out the window just itching to leave and take some photos because I could see the weather getting all crazy and dramatic. Finally, I just excused myself from the table and ran to my car, and literally 30 seconds before I arrived on the scene (speeding) a huge double rainbow was hovering over this bridge and would have made for a spectacular photo. I ran out of my car to see it dissipating and it broke my heart. This was my consolation prize :(



This was an outtake, some really crazy weather hit Philadelphia that evening but the rainbow really took the cake, big regret of mine to not go with my instincts and head out earlier...

another outtake:


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Place: 20 out of 163
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04/20/2009 01:56:03 AM
Very nice postcard but if it were me (for Philly) I would have gone with a shot of Santa getting booed, thrown at, that sort of thing. :P
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04/13/2009 07:24:28 PM
Nice Adam! a very overwhelming sense of the bridge's size in this pic.
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04/13/2009 02:25:14 AM
Those clouds look crazy in the background ...good job
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04/13/2009 01:51:10 AM
Great placing in a tough challenge, not a bridge I get to see everyday!
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04/13/2009 12:07:28 AM
Got tired of Camden, eh! Love the perspective and the great sky you caught. If I didn't know better I would swear there was a mountain range on the lower left! Nice reflection too! This POV is a bear at night, you chose a good time of day. Congrats!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/12/2009 06:57:12 PM
great composition, little dark in the shadows
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04/10/2009 03:19:54 AM
Lovely.....
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04/09/2009 06:39:04 PM
The city of brotherly love and beautiful bridges, nice shot
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04/09/2009 05:31:37 PM
Great Shot! Love the contrasts.
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04/09/2009 11:46:43 AM
Not voting, only commenting:

Awesome Golden Hour capture. Love the long depth-of-field.
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04/07/2009 01:54:20 PM
Nice shot.
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04/07/2009 08:00:31 AM
OK - it's so difficult to find anything to comment on here that it sort of makes it success in the postcard genre.
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04/07/2009 01:14:00 AM
amazing tones in the bridge i love how the underside is so dark and powerful
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04/06/2009 08:13:13 PM
I love the tones here, nice postcard!
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04/06/2009 07:32:12 PM
Nice shot of the bridge, but IMO a tighter crop on the bridge would have been better.
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04/06/2009 07:31:12 PM
A beautiful image rich and dramatic. The lighting angle compliments the author's intent here and it works well. The font is good, but the color should compliment the rich tones displayed in the image.
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04/06/2009 05:53:30 PM
Well done. Not my favorite but a definite keeper. Lighting is fantastic. Maybe a bit more side coverage of the bridge. Couple hundred yards to the right?
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04/06/2009 04:21:51 PM
Not the classic view of Philly... great shot though. 8
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04/06/2009 09:51:31 AM
Lovely. I like the perspective. Good font too.
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04/06/2009 09:18:22 AM
Very nice perspective. 8
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04/06/2009 01:00:55 AM
Like the colors & composition. Technically my eyes are resting on the black portion which are supposed to be on the bridge. May be you thought for getting the diagonal lines but other composition or exposure may have worked even better.
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04/06/2009 12:44:19 AM
beautiful light...awesome postcard I would gladly buy 9
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04/06/2009 12:25:12 AM
love the city, love the shot, i belive i have one similar , very nice detail the lighting on the bridge is lovely and i love the clouds captured in the sky. very nice work!
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