07. Tower of Night


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Title     07. Tower of Night
Photographer     trashken/Kenneth (1,755) Send mail to this user
Portfolio     Nocturnal
Categories     Abstract
Architecture
Urban
Lens     32mm
Camera     Canon PowerShot S20
Format     Digital
Film     Digital
Submitted     January 9, 2002 11:03:18 AM CST
Views     2,080
Rating     26 Thumb-up

An office building in the middle of the city in the middle of the night..

My camera does not have a cable release nor did I have a tripod at that moment so I had to put the camera on the floor facing the sky and set the timer to keep everything sharp. I also put the camera's case under the camera to provide a bit of angle to the shot.

Adjusted levels in Photoshop to reduce the noise and light in the sky from the powerful spotlights that light the building.

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Thumb-up Thumb-up    from marsel/Marsel (79) Send mail to this user on January 10, 2006 5:33:00 AM CST (2)

This is an interesting picture with good contrast. As Anton said earlier, maybe it would have looked better rotated, but this is a matter of artistic taste. Otherwise, the composition is impeccable.

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Thumb-up Thumb-up    from uccemebug/Michael (1,983) Send mail to this user on October 15, 2002 10:07:42 AM CDT (1)

[updated 2002/10/27] Interesting photo from a creative technique.

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Thumb-up Thumb-up    from amaters/Anton (488) Send mail to this user on September 6, 2002 3:42:48 AM CDT (1)

Personally i would have rotated this photo. I keep turning my head to see the building in a standing position. It is a nice sharp picture and the faing effect is great.
Please have a moment to look at my building at night.

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Thumb-up Thumb-up    from jjp1st/Jianping (610) Send mail to this user on August 15, 2002 9:43:26 PM CDT (0)

very clear night shot. though the composition is not so nice.

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Thumb-up Thumb-up    from pjo/Pasi (78) Send mail to this user on July 29, 2002 10:28:12 AM CDT (0)

Abstract like an alien spaceship could be.

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Thumb-up Thumb-up Thumb-up    from halfvastproductions/Carl (53) Send mail to this user on March 27, 2002 1:44:32 AM CST (1)

Absolutely awesome!! Great perspective and composition. Brilliant idea, and the angle really does make all the difference.

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Thumb-up Thumb-up    from markjay/Mark (411) Send mail to this user on March 26, 2002 10:30:19 PM CST (0)

Very interesting. However, I still keep wanting to see this image as a vertical.

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Thumb-up Thumb-up    from alenka/Alenka (3,539) Send mail to this user on March 12, 2002 12:07:03 PM CST (2)

The angle makes all the difference. Novel and impressive.

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Thumb-up Thumb-up    from 2535.v1/Mark (22) Send mail to this user on March 12, 2002 11:31:44 AM CST (1)

Exposure is terrific! Was this digitally enhanced at all? As for the composition, I like the perspective of the building coming from the side of the image, rather than the bottom, as most would shoot a building. Personally I would like more building and less black space, but I appreciate the slightly out-of-symmetry perspective of the building itself.

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Thumb-up Thumb-up    from mellyk/Melly (273) Send mail to this user on January 27, 2002 5:43:25 PM CST (1)

Interesting perspective I like it!

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Thumb-up Thumb-up    from jlpstickit/James (384) Send mail to this user on January 14, 2002 3:31:37 AM CST (2)

Slick. A neat building and a good exposure, but the clever bit (this is the clever bit, see) was posting it sideways. A simple tweak, but it makes a rather ordinary picture vertiginous and interesting.

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Thumb-up Thumb-up Thumb-up    from misterchippster/Chip (2,914) Send mail to this user on January 9, 2002 12:42:45 PM CST (4)

What a need abstract picture Kenneth! I like it a lot! Nice printing and composition. I like it as it is but just for comparison I would like to see what it would look like with the building taking up more of the frame. I think the circle windows are really cool, reminds me of a giagantic connect four game. Great job!

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