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A Duplicated Dawn over Downtown Dallas
A Duplicated Dawn over Downtown Dallas
Yo_Spiff


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Sunset or Sunrise (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon
Location: Irving, Texas, looking toward Dallas
Date: Dec 5, 2008
Aperture: F3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Urban, Panoramic
Date Uploaded: Dec 6, 2008

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Shot from the conference room where I work. I notice this interesting reflection everytime I am in here for a meeting, and we get a great view of the rising sun from here. I thought this challenge was a good opportunity to capture the scene better than I had done with my phone-cam a couple of weeks ago.


Quite a difference in sharpness and dynamic range between the phone cam and the SLR!

I also did some shots zoomed in on downtown Dallas. They are interesting, with a nice glow behind the city, but the images were just too soft at 300mm to do well in a challenge.

Pre-challenge notes:
This is going to be a tough challenge, since gorgeous sunrises/sunsets are easy to get, any entry will need to have something different to make it stand out. Hopefully this one has it. Expected critiques may have to do with my choice of crop. I didn't like a dead center placement, but the symmetric nature of the image didn't work with a rule of thirds placement either. If that lightpole was not in the scene, I may have cropped it a little shorter vertically. The lightpole is too much a part of the scene to remove it without violating challenge rules, however.

Post-challenge notes:
Didn't hit any magic with this one, but I knew it would be a tough challenge, and I find it pleasing. I think I was successful in adding a little something different to my entry.

As always, it would be nice to get some feedback from the people who thought it was a poor effort. (only 5 people gave my entry a 3 this time, and no 1's or 2's. That's a good thing)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Samsung Galaxy S9/S9+
Canon TC-DC58B 1.5x Tele Converter
12/13/2008 10:44:48 PM
Howdy partner! A very cool observation: 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED
 12/13/2008 04:27:28 PM
love the reflection
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5D
 12/12/2008 11:39:17 PM
Great angle and perspective!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 12/10/2008 02:55:43 PM
focus could have been better on the building, nice colors although
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Apple iPhone 6
Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
 12/09/2008 03:36:12 PM
Fantastic, I love the colors in the sky and the comoposition is very interesting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 12/08/2008 03:00:48 PM
Terrific reflection shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D700
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8D ED
 12/08/2008 03:51:45 AM
Nice I like the symmetry
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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