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Southern Sun
Southern Sun
tonyv


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Architecture III (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Cape Town
Date: May 28, 2006
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Cityscape, Architecture
Date Uploaded: May 28, 2006

 This is the top of the Southern Sun Hotel in central Cape Town. Sun was from behind the hotel. The highlights on the front of the building were reflections from buildings behind me.

* conversion from RAW
* masked adjustment layer in overlay mode to enhance sky
* levels adjustment layer
* hue/saturation adjustment layer
* adjustment layer in screen mode to lighten whole picture
* save to new file
* flatten layers
* Neat Image on new layer for noise reduction and sharpening
* resize
* save for web
* upload
* go to bed and sleep

guesstimated score: 5.5 to 5.8

Statistics
Place: 180 out of 281
Avg (all users): 5.3548
Avg (commenters): 5.3333
Avg (participants): 5.2020
Avg (non-participants): 5.5287
Views since voting: 835
Views during voting: 240
Votes: 186
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
 06/06/2006 02:23:48 PM
Hi Tony...Greetings from the Critique Club! :)

This is a lovely building and the image itself has a very warm appeal. I think it is a bit too "flat" to really make an impact with voters, however. The colors are nice but not vibrant. I think Rikki hit the nail on the head in his comment about there not being a real interest point as well. I think that a closer shot of the spire, at a different time of day with more light and more saturated color, might really do the building a bit more justice. Voters here don't want just a good picture of a pretty building, they want to be "WOW"ed. ;)

The building also seems to be leaning ever so slightly, so correcting the lens distortion in PS or whichever editing program you use might be helpful.

Keep shooting. You have great images in your portfolio that I could never replicate...just keep clicking! :)

Take care,
Laurie
Critique Club :)
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 06/05/2006 09:10:04 PM
The color of the building appears to flat against a rather uninteresting sky. The gradiation is there which is great but the image holds hardly any interest for the voters to linger. What is highly effective in architectural type shots is visual interest. The reflections from the adjacent building seems distracting and serves no apparent purpose. Much like other entries I've commented on, this would have been great had a close up view of one of the elements were shown.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 06/04/2006 02:31:49 PM
Kinda nice lighting, the yellow is a little flat for me. Should be fuller framed to show off mroe the the architecture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSC-S85
 06/02/2006 02:49:03 PM
lighting would look cooler if it was darker outside or less exposure
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Tokina AF 28-70mm f/2.8 ATX Pro-SV for Canon EOS
 05/31/2006 10:02:39 PM
Great Shot!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D
Konica Minolta AF 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5
 05/31/2006 07:01:46 AM
The golden light on this building is lovely.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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