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Challenge: Point of View II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: Strategic Air & Space Museum
Date: Oct 14, 2007
Aperture: f/9
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Black and White, Science and Technology
Date Uploaded: Oct 15, 2007

 I had a hard time decide how to compose this. Obviously, I wanted to have a dramatic viewpoint and I think I achieved that here.

Post-Processing:
- Open RAW in CS2 for white-balance
- Lightly used Shadow/Highlight tool to bring out the
shadows
- Decided to desaturated as it looks better in B&W
- Curves
- Sharpened
- Cropped to 640x640
- Ran through NeatImage
- Curves again
- Sharpened again
- Neat Image again
- Added border
- Save for Web

Statistics
Place: 23 out of 250
Avg (all users): 6.3616
Avg (commenters): 7.4167
Avg (participants): 5.9000
Avg (non-participants): 6.6636
Views since voting: 1433
Views during voting: 304
Votes: 177
Comments: 14
Favorites: 1 (view)

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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 10/24/2007 12:35:30 AM
Really loved this one. Great job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 10/23/2007 05:44:31 PM
I love the Blackbird, basically a missle with wings strapped on as an afterthought. Great capture of this classic icon of the Cold War. Hope this does well.. faved!! 9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 10/22/2007 03:10:50 PM
Great composition. Good use of the diagonal lines.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 10/22/2007 03:02:18 PM
excellent tones and conversion, sweet angle and good pov, back to bump
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-L1K
Leica 14-50mm f2.8-3.5 Mega O.I.S.
 10/20/2007 07:07:49 PM
awesome b/w
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/20/2007 10:50:00 AM
ok
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 10/20/2007 08:41:36 AM
Nice graphic sense. Excellent tonal range.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus PEN E-P3
Konica Minolta MF 85mm f/1.7
 10/19/2007 01:37:25 AM
blackbird. nice angle
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6G ED
 10/18/2007 09:41:59 PM
THIS is my favorite aircraft in the world!! This photo makes it look so menacing!! beautiful!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-120 f/4 S
 10/18/2007 06:29:46 AM
very cool perspective shot - the conversion to b/w is well done but there is significant oversharpening effects in the diagonal lines above the jet
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7000
Nikon MF Zoom-Nikkor 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 AIS
 10/17/2007 07:46:01 PM
Well... you certainly don't see that every day. Great symmetry.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D810
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 10/17/2007 02:26:02 PM
Great job! B&W conversion makes it less busy. One of the best examples of the theme so far.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D810
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED VR
 10/17/2007 02:25:14 PM
Still pretty awesome for a decomissioned airplane.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D810
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 10/17/2007 11:39:34 AM
this meets the challenge very well and has great composition
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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