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Evening Lights of Condominia
Evening Lights of Condominia
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Challenge: Suburbia (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Olympus E-510
Lens: Olympus 14-42mm f.3.5-5.6 ED Zuiko Digital Zoom
Location: Dewitt, NY
Date: Oct 6, 2008
Aperture: 4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 30s
Galleries: Urban
Date Uploaded: Oct 6, 2008

 30-second exposure at a nearby development. Surprised how many stars I got in this capture. Was initially shooting somewhere else then came here, unfortunately a little too late for ideal lighting. Went back a couple of days later, but they'd since turned the fountain off (for the year I suppose), so I had to make this shot work.

Tried to lighten this as best as I could, but kept getting more noise than I liked. Wanted to do a slightly tighter crop as well, but that compounded the noise. So, after some 15 or 20 variations, I've come back to one of the first 3 as my entry. Fully expect to get a wealth of "too dark" comments, but that's okay, as I personally like the colors.

(As far as I can remember) PP included: Convert from raw, straighten, crop, levels, shadows/highlights, curves, hue/sat, noise reduction, resize, usm

Statistics
Place: 24 out of 74
Avg (all users): 5.8492
Avg (commenters): 6.5000
Avg (participants): 5.7105
Avg (non-participants): 5.8865
Views since voting: 1264
Views during voting: 327
Votes: 179
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0

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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 10/20/2008 10:38:52 AM
Wow! I'm disappointed that this one didn't isn't in the top few. This is suburbia at its most beautiful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 10/17/2008 07:12:15 AM
whats the streak of light, its a bit distracting.
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Canon PowerShot SD450
 10/14/2008 10:17:20 PM
Beautiful colors and spacing with the sky. The airplane is a little distracting, but adds to the feel of the suburbs.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D2Xs
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 10/14/2008 02:52:53 AM
Nice image - Like the tones. Not a fan of the border and the plane trail is actually a little distracting I think.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 10/13/2008 04:58:08 AM
nice and tranquil
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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