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Bridge Over Not So Troubled Water
Bridge Over Not So Troubled Water
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Constructed By Man (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Location: Melbourne
Date: Feb 12, 2010
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 2.5 sec
Galleries: Cityscape
Date Uploaded: Feb 12, 2010

 I took an early morning trip into the city today
it had been ages since i had
sometimes we take for granted how awesome our cities can be.

From Southbank across the Yarra River is a pedestrian bridge that links to Flinders Street Station and with the weather predicted to turn a bit nasty i hit town for 6.30am and captured this for the constructed by man challenge

processing
using raw program tweaked the
exposure
brightness and contrasts
curves
and a slight sharpness

opened in CS4
noise reduction
USM
levels
curves
removed dust spots
added border
resized



Statistics
Place: 109 out of 133
Avg (all users): 4.8578
Avg (commenters): 4.6667
Avg (participants): 4.6226
Avg (non-participants): 4.9404
Views since voting: 692
Views during voting: 293
Votes: 204
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 03/04/2010 07:38:33 AM
I see Melbourne has been having the same weather as Sydney lately!

I think those clouds have provided you with a flat light that's let you down a little. I see some of the comments say it's let down by the composition, but I'm not so sure. I think with some good shadows in there it would become instantly much more interesting!
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 02/24/2010 07:52:20 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club

First Impressions:

Pretty looking snapshot of a city.

Technical (Comp, lighting, color, focus):

While the rule of thirds is a guideline that should be broken at times, this is not one of those times. I think this shot would greatly benefit from aligning the group of buildings on one of the thirds. I do like how the railing and arch lead my eyes to the buildings though.

Great lighting on this and it all seems well lit with nothing blown out and the colors are cool and clear. Your focus also seems well done.

Challenge:

This meets the challenge so I don’t think any voters knocked your score down for that.

Artistic/Emotion:

With a slightly different composition I think this would have more of an artistic feel to it, as is it seems more like an unplanned snapshot that was lucky to have the railing to lead the eyes.

Summary:

I think this was an ok shot with parts of it well thought out and others just more like a snap shot. It didn’t deserve sub 4 votes but such is the nature of DPC. I would say this is a solid 5 shot with potential to be much better. The focus, lighting and colors are all very nice but I feel as though your composition hurt this more then anything. Your processing was done very well and you take some great shots so just keep at it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/22/2010 03:50:08 PM
Should have done better with the view.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/18/2010 01:44:35 PM
Not really sure which bridge is the subject - which cause a distraction - I would think that you should have concentrated on the bridge in the distance
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 02/17/2010 09:02:40 PM
What's the subject? Get closer.
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