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Challenge: Urban Decay (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Samyang 8mm f/3.5 Aspherical IF MC fish eye
Location: Pinetamare
Date: Dec 13, 2009
Aperture: F/8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1250sec
Galleries: Cityscape, Fish Eye
Date Uploaded: Dec 13, 2009

develop the raw with PS. In PS:topaz adjust, clone out the sensor dust and a little thing on the low right side, usm,selective blur,selective sharpening.

Wow!!! Thanks to everyone for the great score :))))

Statistics
Place: 2 out of 90
Avg (all users): 6.9360
Avg (commenters): 7.8667
Avg (participants): 6.7500
Avg (non-participants): 7.0167
Views since voting: 6764
Views during voting: 424
Votes: 172
Comments: 33
Favorites: 8 (view)


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12/23/2009 10:59:30 PM
Hey there from the Critique Club

First of all, congrats on the new personal best. Very well done.

My thoughts on the image: This was one of my favorites during voting for this particular challenge. The wide angle, deep depth of field, and point of view are all spectacular. Your cloud cover and bright sunshine adds a wonderfully dramatic feel to the image as well.

My ideas for improvement: I may have adjusted the crop just a little tighter on the left hand side, but that would have been one of the only things I could even imaging changing.

Where I would have/did score this entry: I did vote on this challenge, and...no surprise now...I was one of the 12 voters that believed that nothing needed changing or adjusting with this particular capture. This is a beautiful capture and a well-deserved finish. Congrats.

Thank you for the opportunity to provide a critique on your entry,
Eric
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12/21/2009 08:48:50 PM
I liked this shot in voting and gave it an 8. Deservingly so. 'gratz!
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12/21/2009 01:34:09 PM
Congrats on your personal best!
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12/21/2009 11:00:05 AM
Well DONE!! Congratulations on 2nd place!
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12/21/2009 10:20:56 AM
Congratulations, Gennaro, on your first red ribbon and a new personal best score!
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12/21/2009 08:22:10 AM
Congrats on the ribbon. Fantastic image!
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12/21/2009 07:57:17 AM
Congrats on your ribbon!
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12/21/2009 07:52:41 AM
what I find particularly special about this image is that it almost looks as if the clouds themselves are decaying. This is a great photo. My favorite of the challenge.
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12/21/2009 03:36:27 AM
Jac describes it perfectly "beautiful in a sad way". Many congratulations on your well deserved ribbon.
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12/21/2009 02:53:50 AM
congrats for the red one! (you're italian if i remember correctly...) well, i have to reach your score... compliments.
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12/21/2009 02:38:34 AM
congrats on the red. great pov
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12/21/2009 02:19:42 AM
Congrats on the red! Great POV and PP.
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12/21/2009 12:48:45 AM
Congratulations. It's a great shot, and there's something very poignant about those strings of washing hung up there amongst the decay.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/19/2009 05:35:51 AM
This reminds me so much of Korea.. it's a beautifully captured social comment.. also, the composition, light and use of the wide lense is flawlwess.
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12/18/2009 04:55:56 PM
love the clouds in this photo. the clouds themselves look as if they are decaying too. great job!
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12/18/2009 10:44:09 AM
Great pic, I like the perspective.
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12/17/2009 06:41:51 PM
The clouds really add a great effect to this.
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12/17/2009 05:07:22 AM
Wow!
7
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12/16/2009 10:25:32 PM
Beautiful, in a sad way.
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12/16/2009 10:15:53 PM
Amazing how you've managed to capture such ugly subject matter so beautifully. Details and composition are wonderful, as are the colours. I really love the cloudscape, and that you've managed to capture "urban decay" without graffiti featuring as a significant item (seems rare in this challenge). Great image overall, and I reckon this should finish in the top 10.
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12/16/2009 12:47:23 PM
watta shot!
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12/16/2009 12:16:02 PM
well done. nice job keeping detail with the sun in the shot.
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12/15/2009 11:17:21 PM
Love the sky! did you try a black and white conversion?
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12/15/2009 10:14:35 PM
One of my two top picks for this challenge. You did well to include so much of that rather dull foreground, it adds
to the emotion of the shot.
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12/14/2009 03:38:46 PM
I think you have succeeded wonderfully in depicting the decay that goes un-photographed by typical landscape photographers. It adds so much meaning that it is shot in the traditional landscape mood and with great landscape techniques. One cannot avoid the message.
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12/14/2009 03:27:16 PM
I wish the buildings were a little closer to view properly, otherwise I'm mainly stuck looking at the foreground. The blacks in the clouds on the right are a little weird for me when compared to the left side. No vote, I'm in this one.
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12/14/2009 01:09:43 PM
Nice perspective and good sky - 8 from me
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12/14/2009 11:49:13 AM
Nice POV and this sky is really a bonus.
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12/14/2009 11:11:23 AM
I like the pov and the dramatic sky. 8
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12/14/2009 08:53:32 AM
dramatic situation... i like your photograph, perfectly on topic with the challenge, good luck.
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12/14/2009 06:40:42 AM
Fabulous scene! Great discovery! LOVE the PP.....9
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12/14/2009 03:54:04 AM
Wow, this hits the mark. Great perspective, nice use of wide angle, nice sweep of the block. My personal opinion, the sky looks great but for me it doesn't "fit" with the image of urban decay.
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12/14/2009 12:22:04 AM
this is a real winner for me. great sky, use of wide angle, and perfect image for challenge 9
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