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and castle walls lead me to despair
and castle walls lead me to despair
MichaelC


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Challenge: Clouds II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix X100S
Location: Dubai
Date: Mar 25, 2014
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 3200
Shutter: 1/125
Date Uploaded: Mar 24, 2014

 Visiting Dubai for a few days and our apartment is across the road from the Burj Khalifa. So got up pre-dawn and walked around until the rising sun would be behind just as it got light enough to tell it was going to be a cloudy grey dawn.

Thought I may as well shoot for the Clouds challenge so as not to waste the morning. The title is from the 1973 Don McLean song 'Castles in the Air'.

In LR rotated and cropped slightly then changed to BW with Color FX pro.

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Fujifilm XF 35mm f/2 R WR
 04/01/2014 04:07:15 PM
An ominous, futuristic image of an evil corporate entity bent on global domination, like, maybe, Ben & Jerry's.
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Canon EOS-60D
Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon
 03/31/2014 11:33:20 AM
Very well presented. Love the lines, tone, and clouds. I think B&W was the correct way to go. Great Job. (Bump while commenting)
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Nikon D3200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 03/31/2014 08:01:04 AM
Dubai?
Reminds me of the Octan Tower from the LEGO movie :-)
Where are the thunderbolts? :-)
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Canon EOS-1D X
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM II
03/27/2014 02:20:06 PM
I like this image a lot! A little deduct for tilt and the top looks cut off.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSLR-A550
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 03/26/2014 09:27:20 PM
its the building its the prominent item
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Nikon Z5
Viltrox 20mm f/2.8 AF
 03/26/2014 11:41:47 AM
Very moody and interesting
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 03/26/2014 11:39:26 AM
Awesome
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