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Challenge: Free Study 2008-08 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: Melbourne Australia
Date: Aug 29, 2008
Aperture: F6.3
ISO: 320
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Cityscape, Panoramic
Date Uploaded: Aug 28, 2008

 The Image: A photographer/pastor friend of mine flies over our beautiful city about 4 or 5 times a month to photograph for property developers...he is amazing! He called me to see if I wanted to go along. Are you kidding me?!!! Try and stop me!

The weather was perfect and we were up in the air for a mere 35 minutes, which felt like 3. I took about 300 images, most of which are amazing, but this one struch me for its 3D look, some of which I bought out in the editing.

I will go up again and again...

The Edit: B and W, Levels, USM, a gaussian blur layer which I masked, some d and b and blurring. Contrast, and other minor tweaks that I can't remember.

The Prediction: I hope mid sixes, but you never know...it could go either way. Some voters will criticise the border and others the blur, but the effect looks 3D to me, almost miniature, and that's what I like about it.

Post: Actually, I was a bit disappointed with where this finished. I like the miniature look, but I guess many voters probably thought, well, I don't know what they thought. I got some amazing shots that day, pity we could only enter one.

Statistics
Place: 94 out of 487
Avg (all users): 6.1392
Avg (commenters): 7.3077
Avg (participants): 6.0164
Avg (non-participants): 6.5556
Views since voting: 1404
Views during voting: 232
Votes: 158
Comments: 17
Favorites: 5 (view)

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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 09/08/2008 08:11:40 AM
Yep, I thought so. :) This should have scored higher though! I love it!
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 09/08/2008 12:44:45 AM
I like it too! We have an aerial photographer who takes photos of a development my company owns. I have wanted to ask him if I could go up with him next time. This inspires me to do it. Course. . . San Antonio is not very metropolitan and exotic like this is tho.

I think it is fabulous!

  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D7100
Sigma 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM
 09/07/2008 09:59:56 PM
Black and white works really good here, well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon
09/06/2008 08:37:59 PM
Nice use of the miniature effect.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D5000
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 09/06/2008 04:33:32 PM
Good model effect.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 09/05/2008 10:46:05 AM
I'm not in love with the border on this one. I like the strong contrast, however would have liked it more if there was more depth of field in the front and back.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 09/05/2008 01:16:48 AM
Wow, nice shot. I'm assuming the DOF was added in post-processing, but it looks cool, like it is a photo of a tiny model city. Hey, wait, I recognise some landmarks there, and the photographic style fits...hello hotpasta. :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L IS USM
 09/04/2008 07:12:33 PM
did you use the miniture scene processing? i think its awesome, really looks fake!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony Alpha a55
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 09/04/2008 02:24:08 PM
Trying out the twist-lift effect? You've done it well. I must try it when I've got an expansive enough cityscape to photograph.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Apple iPhone 7
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 09/04/2008 10:35:30 AM
This almost looks like a miniature or scale model of a city.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus E-5
Olympus 7-14mm f/4.0 Zuiko Digital Zoom
 09/03/2008 11:45:46 PM
Wow must have taken you months to build this. ;]

Very well done miniaturization of this city shot. I once did an amusement park near here and sent it to a friend. Next day at work he congratulated me on my craftsmanship and my patience for building models like that. He flipped when I told him it was photoshop.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 09/03/2008 02:13:23 PM
Nice faux tilt-shift. Good choice on the duotone processing. Is this a real city? I can't figure out which one.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS R5 Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 09/03/2008 07:11:46 AM
love the DoF on this one
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 09/02/2008 09:22:00 PM
I like the distinctness of the middle portion. The city seems miniature, very well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 09/02/2008 08:53:33 PM
That looks like a little diorama! Nice work, a little crooked?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/01/2008 03:34:52 PM
Love your processing and how you made this look like a miniature city. I've tried this before but never had the right photo to make it work this well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon Z9
Nikon AF Nikkor 20mm f/2.8D
 09/01/2008 02:21:41 AM
Too bad for this processing, this had promise.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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