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The Metropolitan Government
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Challenge: From the Ground Up VI (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Olympus E-5
Lens: Olympus 8mm f/3.5 Fisheye
Location: Tokyo
Date: Dec 10, 2010
Aperture: f/9
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250 sec
Date Uploaded: Dec 12, 2010

 This is the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building, located in Shinjuku.
Actually I wanted to go up to the observatory, they have in one of the towers, completing a day of exploring high spots in Tokyo - however after these shots, I had enough for the day and went to meet some friends...

raw to jpg in LR
applied "velvia vision" to make it look friendly
removed purple seams
used topaz denoise
adjusted image size, sharpen for web, save for web
no crop

Statistics
Place: 8 out of 108
Avg (all users): 6.5041
Avg (commenters): 7.4000
Avg (participants): 6.4130
Avg (non-participants): 6.5600
Views since voting: 2721
Views during voting: 252
Votes: 121
Comments: 8
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Samsung Galaxy S24, S24+, S24 Ultra
Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS
 12/20/2010 11:38:01 AM
"Removed purple seams"? Are you referring to "purple fringing", a lens aberration where high contrast edges can show color shift?

IN any event, a lovely image altogether :-) It's not all that often that the fisheye look comes across so natural and organic. Well done.
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/20/2010 12:28:22 AM
Great use of your fisheye! I see you're back in Japan - for how long? Congrats on a great score and a top ten!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II
 12/18/2010 08:14:22 AM
I like this perspective and the circle view - 7
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Apple iPhone 15 Pro
 12/16/2010 06:33:42 AM
Nice shot,lovin' the light.
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Canon Canon 1d x Mark II
Sigma 85mm f/1.4 FG HSM Art
 12/16/2010 12:30:09 AM
Top 5, nice perspective.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 12/15/2010 10:37:05 PM
Fantastic fisheye shot and perfect subject.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/15/2010 09:22:01 PM
Love the distortion.
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Nikon D3s
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 16-35 f/4 ED VR
 12/13/2010 08:56:14 AM
very nice capture. human adds a lot of interest to this image.
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