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Challenge: Homemade Landscapes (Basic Editing)
Collection: Signs
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Tranquility, NJ
Date: Apr 8, 2008
Aperture: 8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 6
Galleries: Cityscape, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Apr 8, 2008

 junk mail transformed into a city scape with a little strategic folding. A black cloth draped in the back creates a night sky, and my sexy floodlight creates the backlighting. Processed with levels, gradient map, curves, brightness/contrast, desaturate, and selective color. Crop, resize, USM.

Statistics
Place: 45 out of 70
Avg (all users): 4.9763
Avg (commenters): 4.8750
Avg (participants): 4.6061
Avg (non-participants): 5.0164
Views since voting: 1225
Views during voting: 617
Votes: 338
Comments: 19
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 04/16/2008 12:15:40 PM
I can just picture a King Kong and a partially clothed Fay Wray in this.
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Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 04/16/2008 10:10:53 AM
Proof that junk mail is good for something! I do like the moodiness of this shot, also texture and dof are good.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-50D
Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Canon
 04/15/2008 12:59:44 PM
I like the negative effect, but it is a bit busy for me.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
 04/15/2008 06:40:11 AM
too over processed for me
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Canon PowerShot A630
 04/14/2008 06:38:00 PM
I really like the contrast in this photo. the picture seems a little out of focus for me though.
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Nikon Coolpix L6
 04/14/2008 05:49:08 PM
Great idea and good contrast and value.
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Fujifilm FinePix S5000 Z
 04/14/2008 10:08:18 AM
Very crative
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM
 04/13/2008 06:07:20 PM
Like the idea and the grainy / moody look could really work here but I think you've pushed the processing a little too much.
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Sigma DP1x
04/13/2008 11:26:28 AM
Dark and gritty, but I kind of like it. A little more contrast might have helped.
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Fujifilm FinePix S5000 Z
 04/11/2008 10:20:10 AM
I really love the jagged and grainy BW look here.
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Pentax K20D
Pentax SMC-F 50mm f/1.7
 04/11/2008 01:35:16 AM
Interesting inversion. Dark, almost Steampunk-ish if you'd added some cogs.
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 04/10/2008 08:07:39 PM
not feelin the filter
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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
 04/09/2008 10:02:03 PM
Creative idea, but the conversion to b/w seems overly harsh.
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Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 04/09/2008 11:57:29 AM
composition a little haphazard, no real focal point
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Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z20
 04/09/2008 09:53:29 AM
It's dark in the frount
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 22-55mm f/4.0-5.6 USM
 04/09/2008 09:50:00 AM
I like the use of different objects for the cityscape, I'm just not so crazy about the post-processing. Interesting to look at the different textures though.
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 04/09/2008 06:24:31 AM
Needs a little rotation CCW - possibly a little underexposed? Nice idea though.
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Canon EOS-60D
Sigma 70-200 /2.8 APO EX DG Macro HSM II
04/09/2008 01:56:58 AM
Poor lighting has let this down 5
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Canon EOS-6D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/09/2008 01:04:50 AM
Looks like Bulkville has grown into a Bulktropolis since I last visited there. ;-)
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