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Downtown's sentry
Downtown's sentry
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Abstract Black and White (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Date: Aug 24, 2008
Aperture: f/20
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Abstract, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Aug 24, 2008

 Just the reflection of a building in a curved facade.

Capture: focal lenght 400 mm, ISO 400, 1/30 sec @ f/20 (good point for the stabilised Canon 100-400)

Raw converted with DXO optics pro 5.2

Processing in CS3: level, B&W conversion (orange filter), slight toning, brightness, contrast, noise, resize.

Post challenge:
Thanks to all, very happy with this score, especially in such a high quality challenge.

I was a little surprised by 2 comments about toning: 50 years ago, B&W was already toned with selenium, gold....

Here are 3 outtakes: and this one I liked a lot, but not working in B&W:

Statistics
Place: 27 out of 318
Avg (all users): 5.9938
Avg (commenters): 5.5000
Avg (participants): 5.8312
Avg (non-participants): 6.1429
Views since voting: 1290
Views during voting: 243
Votes: 161
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
 09/02/2008 09:22:45 PM
Wonderful find. I like it all. Only the lines look slightly oversharpened.
(no vote)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS R5
Canon RF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS USM
09/02/2008 03:05:39 PM
Wonderful photo, but it looks too colored for this challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Panasonic DMC-FZ20
 08/31/2008 01:52:14 AM
This states what the challenge is all about. ABSTRACT B&W.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony Alpha a1
Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM
 08/30/2008 08:07:24 PM
I like the balence of this composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M1
Olympus 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro
08/27/2008 12:35:48 AM
a late of sepia
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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