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Challenge #71: Landmarks
Main Category (Fujifilm digital cameras)
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Challenge ended Mar 19, 2007
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2nd Place       Steel Building
© dijkx
395 points
Fujifilm FinePix S9500
1/149 sec, f3, ISO 80
Mar 11, 2007
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Post-Processing:
Shadow and highlight, Sharpening, Noise reduction,
cropping and I used the virtual Photographer in Photoshop
Extra Info:
The constuction in the picture is completely made of metal and was built somewhere else and was placed here by a ship.
It is a very well known landmark in our area, it is situated close to a tunnel entrance, the tunnel runs under the water you see in the picture.
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dijkx
Nov 9, 2007
18:33 GMT
Yes it is, it's next to the Beneluxtunnel :-)
coco__nutty
Nov 9, 2007
12:09 GMT
...if this is Pernis in Rotterdam, then it's almost next to my house there! ;)
dijkx
Mar 20, 2007
20:04 GMT
Thanks for all the comments :-) and the votes
Plebian
Mar 20, 2007
02:02 GMT
Congrats finishing TT dijkx!
Mar 19, 2007 23:59 GMT --- End of voting ---
Nionyn
Mar 19, 2007
23:53 GMT
Very sci-fi, LOL! I don't usually like what people do with Virtual Photographer and similar plug-ins - and to be honest I think you've gone a bit far for my tastes here. I see very heavy posterisation/banding in the sky and find the haloing around the tower rather unpleasant. Having said that I feel you were going for a particular dramatic mood here, and I think you've achieved that well. My criticisms of overprocessing could be easily addressed with a little more work, I'm sure, and although I probably sound terribly critical I actually like your pic plenty. So much in fact that it's going in my top ten - so there! :-)
melmira
Mar 19, 2007
23:30 GMT
Excellent composition, A PERFECT SHOT!
ChefZiggy
Mar 19, 2007
20:00 GMT
Cool building. I like the look you gave everything except for the glow it added around your subject. Also, not sure if this is from the processing or from the original, but there is a lot of banding in the sky.

Composition is so-so. The gantry/crane or whatever on the left leads the eye out of the frame. It looks like you could have moved to your left and maybe gotten that out of the picture. (Then again, there may be something worse over there, I can't say for sure.) The other thing is the smokestack right in the middle of the frame. I'm kind of hoping you could move enough to the left to hide it too. It competes with your subject for attention.

Still, IMF.
audiredred
Mar 18, 2007
07:17 GMT
High in my tt, good luck.
RolandB
Mar 18, 2007
03:30 GMT
The processing choices here are EXCEPTIONAL!!! This is a really great photo. So glad I'm not competing agaist this!!! Great job. In my top 1 :)
citymars
Mar 17, 2007
21:52 GMT
This is a dramatic photo and looks rather artificial (is this an effect of the 'virtual photographer'?). This stands out anyway and is in my first draft of favorites.
djprov
Mar 17, 2007
01:35 GMT
It's a very unusual image. Maybe something out of 40's. Well composed and nice tonality.
Plebian
Mar 17, 2007
01:34 GMT
There's a few problems. Jaggies for one. I think that's mostly due to the resizing effect on diagonals. To a lesser extent the resizing method used. Also, some sharpening halo's, which is enhanced in the jaggies. The moire seen on the Steel Building is definitely from resizing. Looking past that, the use of VP on this image works well. That, with the shape of the Steel Building is reminding me of some art renderings I've seen of a futuristic world. Can't quite place it though. Something from a 1950's perspective I believe. I like the effect and comp is good.
Barr1e
Mar 16, 2007
19:27 GMT
Unusual building which caught my eye. In my tt.

Regards Barr1e.
clorox
Mar 16, 2007
12:51 GMT
I revisited all entries carefuly. I think you'll be a winer in main category. My #1. Great job!!!
clorox
Mar 16, 2007
12:30 GMT
Excelent shot. My TT. Good luck!
danny
Mar 16, 2007
11:53 GMT
This an excellent picture with unique attraction. Nice capture!
davidlong
Mar 16, 2007
11:38 GMT
There seems to be a strong halo around the building. It does draw more attention too it, but it just looks too unnatural to me.

Edit: Squeaked into my top ten despite the halo.
fujiblonde
Mar 16, 2007
11:09 GMT
Excellent shot, love the tones, lighting and shadows with this photo.
with the tower being off center it adds interest to the shot and it automatically draws you into the photo. has an HDR feel to it too. well done, super photo, hope it does well for you.
hifi
Mar 16, 2007
03:48 GMT
This bumped around in my voting order but ended up in my top 5. The image has a very surreal effect- it caught my eye right away.
Conanfuji
Mar 16, 2007
02:57 GMT
The pic looks like an architectural render.
Nice touch on washing the pic in a bronzy glow.
Worth a vote.
mdempse1
Mar 16, 2007
02:45 GMT
This is absolutely beautiful. Real good choice to not submit in color. Reminds me of the Pink Floyd album, The Wall. My TT.
leap
Mar 16, 2007
02:40 GMT
I love this...it is amazing. So surreal and like something out of a Sci-Fi film! My No. 1.
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