Early morning shot of the twin US Federal Buildings in downtown Oakland. The sky was very flat and the buildings were barely discernable from the sky, so I used a pretty radical tone curve to differentiate them. This resulted in what looks like (to me) a gradual shift from "normal" lighting in the foreground to almost a negative look in the background.
Cropped to a vertical panoramic, Curve applied, one "mild" application of Unsharp Mask filter.
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I like your entry version a lot. It gives it an almost comic book feel to the shot with the colorful buildings on the right. The bright yellow line leads your eyes to the background buildings. The Fed. buildings really stand out from the background. I gave you a "7"
Interesting idea, but I must say that after reading the title, my first thought was to wonder if the Federal Buildings were a street :) Gutsy entry, but I'm not sure what to think of it.
I know this is your interpretation of what urban means, but I must say I don't like the color treatment. Just wanted to let you know why I didn't give you a higher score. It looks like a very decent image if not for the colors. Only thing composition wise, I'd crop the sky down to just above the highest lightpost.
I like your concept. There is something that isn't quite working for me though.
Possibly cropped a little shorter. The walkways are a bit distracting but nothing you can do about that. Still a very good effort IMO. 7
I do get the sense of urban but don't really like the effects you did to the picture. And possibly if you had focused more on the buildings instead of the street I could have scored much higher.
If I was gonna play with the color on this one (without seeing the original of course), I would left the yellow stripe and desaturated the rest! Not sure I like this treatment though.
I like the negative color use. The tree is beautiful, the bridges are intrigueing and I feel a sense of forboding with the presents of the buildings in the distance. But it might have worked nicer if somehow the you could have shown the pavement blurred as though moving rapidly.
Is this a photoshop trick? If not I like it. Very hard to give it a score because I like it but I do not know if there is a trick here or not. Nice photo
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