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Fountain Gargoyle
Fountain Gargoyle
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Challenge: Long Exposure IV (Minimal Editing I)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S1000fd
Location: Edinburgh, Princes' Street Gardens
Date: Sep 16, 2008
Aperture: F/5.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/50 secs
Galleries: Architecture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Sep 16, 2008

 I stood in Edinburgh's Princes' Street gardens at the fountain for half an hour in the pouring rain to get this shot, with my poor mum holding a brolly over my camera and tripod! I don't know if it looks like a long exposure shot, it took me ages to get the settings (to what I think was) right. The rain was hitting the water behind him and I thought the droplets splashing up looked kinda cool with the settings I used, otherwise I'm not remotely impressed with this photo; I may get the brown with this but at least there's no glare anywhere for once. It's pretty dull since the weather was so poor, I'd have killed to use brightness/contrast levels! Oh well. I used a basic sharpen and then resized it.

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Nikon D50
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
 09/25/2008 11:08:44 PM
It sort of looks like the Gargoyle is throwing up.
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Sigma DP1x
09/25/2008 08:28:30 PM
Nice although the contrast is a bit flat. Of course, I have no idea what you could have done about it given the limitations of this challenge. Seems to lean to the right also.
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Canon EOS-40D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 09/22/2008 04:46:36 AM
=]
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Nikon D810
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G ED VR
 09/19/2008 09:03:07 PM
Insufficient contrast
Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-120 f/4 S
 09/19/2008 03:06:31 PM
the choice of horizontal perspective seems to close the image down a bit - the motion of the water is vertical, and a vertical perspective to show the flow of water may have really helped this shot. Also, the lighting on teh fountain gives the gargoyle a very flat and uninteresting appearance.

Would a different perspective - say from an angle instead of straight ahead - worked a bit better?
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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8
 09/19/2008 10:07:43 AM
Interesting enough fellow; might like the water a mite smoother for this challenge and horizon straightened.
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