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Hollywood and Vine
Hollywood and Vine
MrAkamai


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Challenge: Neon (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: Hollywood and Vine streets
Date: Aug 14, 2004
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Urban, Advertisement
Date Uploaded: Aug 17, 2004

 Taken from the top of a London double decker bus while on the Museum of Neon Art night cruise. Taken handheld with my 24-70mm f/2.8 lens @ 55mm.

Did a few basic adjustments to the RAW file then continued in Photoshop CS with resize, cropping, and minor adjustments to curves and (de)saturation.

The two spots in the upper left are lights from rooms in the building and I really wish I could have cloned those out. Hope you like it!

Statistics
Place: 95 out of 222
Avg (all users): 5.0134
Avg (commenters): 5.6250
Avg (participants): 4.8818
Avg (non-participants): 5.0904
Views since voting: 1165
Views during voting: 403
Votes: 298
Comments: 11
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Olympus OM-D E-M5
Canon EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 08/24/2004 11:27:22 PM
Excellent picture. The composition and focus is really good. I think perhaps if you increased the saturation a bit and pulled in the levels on the light end it might make this really pop out and be fantastic.
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Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Olympus 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko Digital ED
 08/24/2004 10:58:34 PM
What a cool neon sign! Focus is good, colors are good... you get a good score from me! :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Minolta DiMAGE E323
 08/24/2004 10:21:59 PM
it needs more. but it's a really nice pic. a good one for a decoration or something.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 08/24/2004 08:51:55 AM
very nice
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-40D
 08/23/2004 03:15:40 PM
nice building.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 08/22/2004 01:39:28 AM
Nice job. Just wish colors were more vibrant.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35
08/21/2004 03:34:41 PM
Fantastic capture of nostalgia and glamour. Perfect colors and composition. I really like this!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 08/18/2004 01:13:57 PM
This is an interesting one. Very cool looking.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-80D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 08/18/2004 09:17:38 AM
this is awesome; THere are a few distracting points of light adn green smudges on th ebottom, but overall this is a very well composed shot.The black is black, the clock is a nice element, and the neon is as good as anywhere.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
 08/18/2004 09:15:22 AM
none
Nikon D70
Sigma 18-50mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Nikon
 08/18/2004 05:14:06 AM
I think an angle that would have shown the whole 'Hollywood' street sign would have added more to the photo. - 4
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