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Banking Giants Grow as Housing Crubmles
Banking Giants Grow as Housing Crubmles
taburton


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Urban Decay (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D3X
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
Location: Downtown Phoenix
Date: Dec 13, 2009
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/3 sec
Galleries: Cityscape, High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Date Uploaded: Dec 13, 2009

 I thought the clouds would make for a bad day of shooting. Although, the overcast sky works well here for the mood.

Another trick to this one was dodging traffic. The angle I wanted was to place the two large bank buildings just behind this boarded up home. All the angles and lines through out the image seem to work together well. To line this up I had to crouch in the middle of the road with the tripod. It was one-way and not too busy, which helped.

The only way to get the detail out of the clouds was with HDR. Five bracketed images were used, along with Photomatix to generate.

CS4:
Dust Removal
Dodge and Burn
Levels
Color Adj
Sharpen Hi-pass
Re-size from 5395 x 3600 to 800 x 534
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Statistics
Place: 66 out of 90
Avg (all users): 5.3394
Avg (commenters): 6.6667
Avg (participants): 5.0192
Avg (non-participants): 5.4867
Views since voting: 705
Views during voting: 360
Votes: 165
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/17/2009 10:42:27 AM
I wonder how many voters will stop on the picture long enough to grasp the title with the composition. Anyway, very clever!
 12/16/2009 07:36:40 PM
This house is being repaired so it's not really decaying is it? The fence kills the shot.
 12/15/2009 09:25:44 PM
Heh, heh......kicking yourself for the typo????? LOL!!! I have one in my portfolio for all eternity as well. On to the entry......well seen, terrific perspective, well done all 'round IMO.....except for that typo! LOL!!!.....8
 12/15/2009 09:19:59 AM
good idea... well done, perfectly on theme...
 12/14/2009 12:59:31 PM
I like the contrast.
 12/14/2009 12:31:52 PM
Chase sux. You get a 10 just for making them look bad :)
 12/14/2009 10:50:12 AM
Not a lot of decay in this building. First off, the fence surrounding it is a real turn off. Secondly, if the roof didn't look so brand new I would think it was being refurbed as we speak. No vote, I'm in this one.
 12/14/2009 12:47:58 AM
super.


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