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Found Prism and Concrete Step
Found Prism and Concrete Step
joro


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Light (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Sony DSC-F828
Location: Fourth Street Garage, San Jose, California
Date: Jan 29, 2005
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 60
Shutter: 1/250 second
Galleries: Urban
Date Uploaded: Jan 30, 2005

 This photograph was taken at the Fourth Street Garage in San Jose, California. The glass panes enclosing the steps created a prism, casting a rainbow across one step.

I took this photo in RAW mode, then adjusted the hue/saturation/etc in Photoshop Elements 3.0. I rotated the image a small amount, cropped it, and cloned out a shadow on the top right of the step (in the photo) and cloned out a white line across the top of the step. I then created a layer consisting of only the prism, and lowered the saturation on the remainder of the picture to make the prism "stand out" a bit more. (I found making the rest of the picture black and white made the prism look fake.)

Unfortunately, my reflection shows up in the glass pane at the top right of the image. I don't yet have the skills to remove that.

Statistics
Place: 209 out of 266
Avg (all users): 4.8884
Avg (commenters): 4.6000
Avg (participants): 4.7661
Avg (non-participants): 5.0400
Views since voting: 792
Views during voting: 318
Votes: 224
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 02/06/2005 06:11:27 PM
Nice observation.
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Canon PowerShot Pro1
 02/04/2005 10:40:37 PM
Nice shot, very creative, too bad the glass was so dirty.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus PEN-F
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
02/04/2005 03:37:07 PM
I think you're clever to have found a "natural" prism and to have composed a decent photograph to display it effectively. Nevertheless, it makes for an image that doesn't stimulate any emotion or thought at all. Once you've seen the light spectrum, that's pretty much all there is. Do you think a human figure, or even a fragment of one, might have added something, or maybe you felt it would have just distracted? As it is, I'm stuck at a score of 6.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 02/01/2005 12:42:39 PM
I think this prism is awesome. The photo would've benefited from a total crop right down to the apex of the prism, though. You've got it nice and sharp there and the prism is what makes this photo interesting. The buildings don't add any interest (in my opinion) because the glass is dirty and the focus didn't come out too well. But that prism, especially at the apex, is as sharp and beautiful as can be.
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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 01/31/2005 08:16:08 PM
The prism is cool but the image as a whole doesn't do it for me. I don't care for the dof or the dirty windows.
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