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Crossing Pratt Street
Crossing Pratt Street
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Challenge: Street Photography In Color (Basic Editing)
Collection: Challenges - 2009
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Date: Jul 14, 2009
Aperture: f/7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60 sec
Galleries: Street
Date Uploaded: Jul 14, 2009

Stopped in Moonee Ponds on the way home tonight to take some Street photos on Puckle St. This was my favourite from the lot I took... and it's not actually Puckle St... it's Pratt St.

I'll be happy if this gets 5.4... I'm predicting a strong challenge and will happy that as it's better than my overall average on DPC.

Processing: again, all LR tweaks apart from resize and border whcih was done in FireWorks. The LR tweaks. Tweaked most of the basic slides, some of the tone slides... did't touch the HSLs... a tad of Split Toning and a touch of the detail slides. Re-process a tad with Picasa when I noticed it was too dark on my other computer/monitor - fill light and saturation.

Statistics
Place: 25 out of 137
Avg (all users): 5.7395
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.7143
Avg (non-participants): 5.7484
Views since voting: 830
Views during voting: 341
Votes: 215
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0


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08/09/2010 08:04:30 PM
This shot is great. I love the angle and the composition is fantastic. I can't believe this didn't score much higher in this challenge.
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07/24/2009 07:58:03 PM
Greetings from Andi via the Critique Club for the second time this week lol.

First Impression: I love the jaunty angle, it frames the subject nicely but the sky is a bit blah. My first vote was a 6 and was bumped to a 7 on the second pass.

Composition: Excellent. The tilted aspect isn't to everybodies taste especially when there is no reason for it but it works well for me here and lines everything up nicely in the frame

Tecnical: Not 1005 sure about the colour/focus on the tree and the main subject is really just a black blob however, this is the street photography challenge so I'm not looking for studio lighting and whilst I'd like the colour to pop a little more I think its a great candid.

Artistic: Some people think using a jaunty angly on their shot makes it artistic but thats not true, there has to be a good reason for tilting the camera. For me the tilt here seems natural and everything fits nicely into the frame so yes, I think this is very artistic.

Overall thoughts: The zebra crossing, main tree, church and line down the road all work together and if it were shot at a different angle I think much of the impact would be lost. Choosing your moment to capture this image as the main subject crossed the zebra crossing is just inspired and I must say I prefer this to my last critique of your work - and that was a ribbon winner!
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07/22/2009 10:56:27 PM
Congrats for doing much better than you guessed! It is a very appealing street shot, and the angle works very well. I'm always impressed when someone can angle something successfully--I'm still trying to figure it out!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/21/2009 04:15:34 PM
Great angle and use of tilted horizon.
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07/20/2009 03:09:31 PM
Were you only wearing one shoe when you took this? Very crooked. Doesnt really add much to the image.
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07/19/2009 08:50:17 AM
Not a big fan of tilted shots but I do think it adds to this shot. Well done!
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07/15/2009 09:16:32 AM
Creative tilt!
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07/15/2009 12:23:12 AM
great angle
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