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Challenge: Perspective VII (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 8-15mm f/4.0 L USM fisheye
Date: May 5, 2013
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 30 sec
Date Uploaded: May 5, 2013

[May. 10th, 2013 04:49:04 PM]

This building is the EDF Tower (the largest electric utility company in the world), located in La Défense, next to Paris. As you can see on the photo, its entrance is built under a wide circular canopy (24m, i.e. 79 feet in diameter).

I am obviously not an experimented architecture photographer, but since that entrance reminded me so much of the infamous Star Trek spaceship, I decided to give it a try for laughs.

I first tried to photograph it with a linear lens: the largest in my bag was my tilt-shift 17mm. Unfortunately, the building was a bit too long to get it entirely in the frame
. Stepping back was not an option, as a street lamp was just behind, causing major flare when getting too close to it. So I decided to use my fisheye lens, which did the job quite well imo. I like how it made the canopy prominent, as well as the wrapping curves of the buildings in the background. I installed my tripod and took several shots at different exposures, including an overblown one to get some stars in the dark sky.

Back at home, I decided to process the photo to give it an even more obvious starship feeling, and recolored entirely the scene to those cyan/blue tones. I got kind of lucky with the stars, as clouds would not have worked so well regarding the "space" mood. I really like the result, even if the DPC resolution does not give it justice.

Thank you for the nice votes and comments, much appreciated!

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Place: 2 out of 86
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Sony Alpha a1 II
Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS
 05/14/2013 09:30:27 PM
Wonderful shot, Christophe!! Love seeing your work in the non-expert challenges. Beautifully done. :)
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Samsung Galaxy S24, S24+, S24 Ultra
Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS
 05/13/2013 08:57:56 AM
Very, very nice, Christophe! It's not often the fisheye gets so well-integrated into an architectural setting. You might want to contact the architects themselves; they'd probably love a print of this.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L II
 05/13/2013 08:57:09 AM
Can't help but think this was a really fun image to capture- well done Christophe!

I never made it over to La Défense during my recent visit. But I saw it off in the distance from several places and was quite intrigued by it. Next trip for sure!
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OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
05/13/2013 08:41:25 AM
Congrats! Love how the fisheye worked the symmetry! Your choice of toning is wonderful. And the stars... perfect.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5 ED-IF
 05/13/2013 08:40:35 AM
You continue to inspire. Congrats!
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 05/13/2013 08:13:31 AM
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Canon EOS R5
Canon RF 24-105mm f/4-7.1 IS STM
 05/13/2013 06:35:36 AM
Another masterful accomplishment. It is a priviledge for all of us to experience your genius. Congratulations on the Red.
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Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
 05/13/2013 04:27:16 AM
congrats on another red, christophe! It's really great seeing you enter more challenges, hope you have the time to continue!
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 05/13/2013 02:40:48 AM
Congrats Christophe, great shot - and you were indeed the last I had thought of as the photographer.
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 05/13/2013 01:34:39 AM
Congrats!
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Sony DSLR-A580
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 05/13/2013 12:38:41 AM
Gorgeous colors and terrific perspective - the distortion worked perfectly as you saw. Congratulations on the ribbon, Christophe.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 05/13/2013 12:10:16 AM
Congrats, Christophe. Sometimes, fisheye is the only way to go :-)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-50D
 05/12/2013 04:14:40 PM
Great colors, detail and pov
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Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 05/11/2013 08:16:58 AM
Amazing!
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Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 05/08/2013 03:23:23 PM
That is some interesting looking architecture.
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Fujifilm X-Pro2
Fujifilm XF 10-24mm f/4 R IOS
 05/07/2013 07:08:35 AM
You were on the sets of tron? This is ridiculous! 9!
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Canon EOS R6
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 05/06/2013 12:48:33 PM
I really like that the exposure allows for starts in the sky and the highlighted building to both be seen.
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Nikon D800
Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 EX APO IF HSM for Nikon
 05/06/2013 09:36:33 AM
Right up there in the crisp and wow stakes for DPC. DMC, in leaps and bounds.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5 ED-IF
 05/06/2013 07:16:59 AM
cool
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Sony DSC-RX100 VII
 05/06/2013 12:49:35 AM
Looks like a flying saucer
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 05/06/2013 12:44:33 AM
Well positioned for this shot. Was it raining, or did you somehow manage to capture stars as well????
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