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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/20/2007
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Wow, Sascha, thank you very much for visiting my portfolio, I feel honored by all your comments, I'm finding that you have a lot of pictures that I wish I could take, some architectural shots in particular are of great interest to me :) Thanks again for your visit, Ina
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sascha jonack
{K:19715} 1/20/2007
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Very nice. The crop and sepia tone give the image something special. It looks great. I would hang such kind of picture on the wall. Mostly you have to pay a lot of money for such kind of fotos. Perfectly done.
Sascha
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Pooriya Zarrabi
{K:3836} 2/5/2006
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so nice scene and perfect composition. I like it very much for the ton, angle, sharpness and clouds.
very nice shot....
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Martin .
{K:24957} 1/28/2006
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Ina,
Wonderful mood, composition and use of PS my friend,
Martin
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Robert Kocs
{K:89085} 1/23/2006
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Incredible scenery, lovely point of view with fantastic, creative cloudy sky on the background. Perfect cityscape, great vision of Brooklyn bridge, love the well used sepia tones this beauty capture. the diagonal composition & unique tones are superb, the best choose. Very well photographed details and fine tones. A preciouse greetings card from NYC with great emotive feeling. Very well captured theme dear Ina. Great work, thanks for share us dear! Congrats! 7+++
Cheers dear friend!
Robert
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Mani Mobini
{K:1073} 1/19/2006
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the theme color is really interesting, it really works for this image.
I have a new picture of Brooklyn brdige in my portfolio i would love to have your opinion on it.
http://www.usefilm.com/Image.asp?ID=1032204
I was in New York for a week end of december. It is an amazing city. A city of various worlds all combined in one little island (Manhattan).
I would love to be able to live there sometimes in future.
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/19/2006
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Thanks very much Aram, this is again one of those pictures that came to life long after the fact, as with the rest of my NY pictures :)
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Aram Gharib
{K:4656} 1/18/2006
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It's just beautiful!! I can comment the first contrast that hits my attention: the sky and the river are the only "continuous" elements of the scene and the rest- the artificial- is all composed of discrete lines or squares... Great shot, bravo!
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/18/2006
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Thanks Mark, it's a great idea to visit a place with a photo local guide, they can point out the best views :)
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/18/2006
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Thanks very much Gyuri :)
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/18/2006
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Thanks Elisa :) Hugs!
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NN
{K:26787} 1/18/2006
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Hi Ina! Impressive panorama! Love the tones and compo ... added to favs! *hugs*
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György Szönyi
{K:10011} 1/18/2006
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I love this version of Brooklyn Bridge, dear Ina. The hue is perfect (as usually) and the clarity and sharpness of the image is amazing. (The sky is a bonus.) Goes to my favorites, Gyuri
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Gorilla K
{K:17526} 1/17/2006
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...great perspective and beautiful tones...great shot,Ina!!!
best regards,
Winfried
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Mark Beltran
{K:32612} 1/17/2006
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Now I want to go there even more. The sepia tone gives it a vintage look. Great detail, too, and I love that pano format. Maybe some day Usefilm will do a NY meet-up. I'd like to go.
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/17/2006
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Thank you so much Andrzej! I'm afraid there isn't much I can do about the halo, other than to touch-up every building contour at the 1-2 pixel level in the contrast area. Normally I would do this on a simpler subject, but here it is too much :) Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/17/2006
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Thank you Kambiz K for the link :)
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/17/2006
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Thank you very much Tony :)
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/17/2006
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Thank you so much Rina :)
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Caterina Berimballi
{K:27299} 1/17/2006
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Well this one packs a punch indeed! Awesome perspective and composition. Can't believe you managed this from a moving boat. Gracious! Simply spectacular.
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Tony Diana
{K:13396} 1/16/2006
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Impresionante imagen
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Kambiz K
{K:37420} 1/16/2006
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Oh what a lovely and moody image of that bridge . I like the tone of it as well as the angle of view.
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/15/2006
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Thank you so much for your nice comment, Kelly :)
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/15/2006
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Thanks Susie, the sky is the key element in here! A collage of different views could also be interesting in B & W :) Best regards, Ina
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 1/15/2006
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Hi Ina,
I use a 19" Samsung syncmaster 955df. I'm happy with the monitor too. I could use a better graphics card though.
Andre
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Kelly Duntley
{K:13889} 1/15/2006
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What a glamerous and old feel to this image. Love the color that you have chosen to display this grand bridge. Wonderful details in the cables and lattice of the bridge. Nice skyline with all the wonderful fluffy looking clouds. All is simply beautiful.
Kelly
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Susie OConnor
{K:34798} 1/15/2006
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Wow Ina! Fantastic image. Great tones and what a perspective. It gives such a feeling of enormity to this bridge. That fantastic skyline doesn't hurt either!  ) Very nice job.
Susie
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/15/2006
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Hi Mark, and thank you so much for the in-depth comment and analysis. I had the NYC shots for over a year sitting on my hard drive and then stored on a DVD, without having an idea of what to do with them, since they were so grey. Two things happened: one was UF's new panoramic format, which allows a larger picture; and the other was seeing Hugo de Wolf's NYC series, which made go back to look at my own pictures. Once I found that they work better in B & W or sepia, I could revive some of them.
With regards to the shadow detail, it is there, it just gets darkened with the rest of the sepia tones. In order to accentuate the clouds, I darkened the entire image. It is possible to selectively keep some areas light while darkening others, but I didn't really want to mess around too much with it, because I started to lose contrast in the cables. So I stopped somewhere where I thought it was OK. It is possible though to post-process it more - piece by piece, and I might do that in the future if I were to print it. As you and Taran said, shooting in RAW is the best solution, but I haven't done that yet :) Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/15/2006
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Hi Ann, the penguin melting? That's too funny :) Thanks for your comment on my picture of the bridge, it has a great engineering history and a sad one for the number of people who died to build it. I wish I captured more views, i.e. the Manhattan skyline, but that's all I could do from a moving boat. Of course if my name was Ann... I would have jumped in the water and gotten that perfect shot! Cheers, Ina
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Ann Nida
{K:45248} 1/15/2006
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A beautiful perspective of the famous Brooklyn Bridge with good strong lines taking my eyes right into the city. I love the detail in the cable work and the sepia tone adds to the mood of having been built in years gone by. Beautiful Ina. Love your NYC series.
Thank you also for your kind words about my Penguin shot but that front page would be way too hot for him. He'd melt. (haha).
Cheers - Ann :)
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/15/2006
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Thanks Andre, I don't have one of those monitors either, I use an older 19" analog for picture editing, and I love it :) Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/15/2006
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Thanks very much Kathy! I had the vintage postcard idea in mind. As with a number of my pictures, I'm influenced by an old collection of stereoscopic images from the turn of the century that I inherited from my grandfather. In there they have these panoramic shots of world fairs and monuments that people admired in their parlors even before television was invented.
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/15/2006
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Thank you so much Roby :) Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/15/2006
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Thanks Bob, and congratulations again for your BIP :) Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/15/2006
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Thanks Jeanette, I've never posted this one anywhere before, because it was grey and boring until putting it through PS. I'm not discarding any pictures anymore, since I discovered that things that are not interesting today might be different a year from now in a different context, as we evolve :) Ina
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Petal Wijnen
{K:50989} 1/15/2006
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Stunning view of a wonderful bridge (I do like 'bridge shots'... ;-D)!!! Love the color/tone of the pic! Super angle, crop and composition... well captured!!
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Yahya El Hosafy
{K:8369} 1/15/2006
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wow Ina, this is awesome. the angle, the colors, the details, the clouds, wonderfull photo.
should win something really.
well done.
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hdw Photography
{K:6630} 1/15/2006
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Congrats on your POD.Well done and I love this picture Ina. Thks for your comments on my pics aswell.Appreciate your time, best wishes
Hilton
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Jeanette Hägglund
{K:59855} 1/15/2006
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I think a milky white sky as we have here the last weeks would have done it boring - but with those clouds and with your compo and from an boat -- wow :)
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Mark Longo
{K:12760} 1/15/2006
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OMG Ina!!!! This image made me drop my teeth!! Words fail, I don't know where to start. This is my fave image of this type.
The pano style crop is perfect for the bridge shape seen here, given the gracefully long horizontal lines. The detail is absolutley amazing, even more so in the panoramic version of the shot, of course. The detail of the bridge cables form a fine interlacing that is very beautiful and perfectly compliments the heavy horizontal lines of the structure. B&W is a must on this sort of shot of course, and your use of the strong tint color is nothing short of masterful. I would not have used such a saturated tone, and I would have been wrong not too! Spectacular decision. The billowy, animated, and somewhat angry looking clouds are what makes the tint work so well, I suspect, though there are other reasons too. And what an amazing sky it is! Next to the bridge itself the sky is the most important element of this shot, I think.
I see the comments on the moire, which is indeed an unfortunate consequence of the image size reduction. Too bad. But I bet it would print wonderfully at full resolution. A framed wide format full resolution print of this shot with a three inch jet black border with titles would be eye popping...
It is almost stupid to criticize such a magnificent image, but that hasn't stopped me in the past! ;-) I would like to see more shadow detail in the bridge's structure, both the underside of the span and the vertical support column (whatever that's called) which is very beautiful apect and primary feature of this famous bridge. It may be that the exposure simply did not yield enough shadow detail by the time the camera got done doing its own processing thing, but if shot RAW you would be able to control the shadow detail in your post processing work. Based on the look of the ligt in this shot I suspect that the RAW image would have had good shadow detail available. I am just beginning to use RAW myself and it can make for more work in the post processing, but the added control over exposure, etc, is well worth it for shots like this. It takes some practice and it might not be what you'd use for every day shots, but it's well worth exploring.
Anyway, thanks for posting this one Ina, it is amazing!
Very best regards,
Mark
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Bob Walker
{K:1066} 1/15/2006
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Another beauty, Ina. Again, I love the toning. Also, the excellent lines are really fun for the eyes.
Best regards,
Bob
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Andrzej Pradzynski
{K:22541} 1/15/2006
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Ina, I like this wonderful composition, great bridge architecture taken to every detail. Fantastic lines and angles and a mesh of the bridge suspensions. I like the coloring, this together with the dramatic skies radiates out a marvelous feel of a surreal quality.
My only little concern Ina would be the bright hallo outline in the area of high contrast - could be an artifact of PS processing and sharpening. I do not have good recipe for that yet but playing with unsharp mask may help.
Best regards, n.j
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/15/2006
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Thanks Hugo, I captured the "lesser view" so to speak, obviously the spectacular buildings were on the opposite side :-(
But being on a moving boat, I probably couldn't elbow my way to the good side where all the tourists were crowding! And didn't want a picture with them in the foreground - LOL! More reason to go back to NYC :)
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/15/2006
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Thanks very much Ace :) The Bridge has a very interesting history, you can find it on the web, it's fascinating.
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:209486} 1/15/2006
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well fine us of the sepia effect..and a nice contrast-perspective!
cheers
roby
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 1/15/2006
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Beautiful Ina,
This one will look perfect on the new wide-screen monitors. Unfortunately I don't have one :)
Andre
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Kathy Hillard
{K:25721} 1/15/2006
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I'm glad that I read Hugo's mention of the panorama view...I hadn't even noticed :( It's even BETTER viewed that way!
Kathy
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Kathy Hillard
{K:25721} 1/15/2006
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Another VERY cool angle of the bridge, Ina! Normally these tones would be oranger than I like, but they work really well for this shot. I think it's because it gives it a very 'old' feel. What a great sky, too! Nice one, Ina!
Kathy
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jacques brisebois
{K:73883} 1/15/2006
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wonderful dramatic atmosphere, nice clouds and tone. Great composition. Very well done.
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Alicia Popp
{K:87532} 1/15/2006
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Wow!!!, Ina... felicitaciones!!!. Realmente una toma exquisita, muy muy buena. Cielo., perspectiva, tema... todos elementos excelentes!!!
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Yoshiyuki Tanaka
{K:13580} 1/15/2006
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Great shot enhanced by tonality! there are so many things to look at, very difficult to write about every element that draws the viewer's attention. I like it!
YT
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Paolo Corradini
{K:59552} 1/15/2006
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i want this shot on my wall in great dimension! beautiful perspective and tone!
PAOLO :)
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 1/15/2006
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Hi Ina, this is something entirely different again....:) The many faces of NYC. I like the low camera position, as well as the strong line of the Brooklyn bridge leading the eye into manhattan. Very nice angle, and I think a very appropriate use of the new panorama function...:)
Cheers,
Hugo
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Ace Star
{K:21040} 1/15/2006
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amazing capture of brooklyn bridge ... watching it for like everyday on TV ... now in photographs :)
best of luck
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/15/2006
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Wow, 12 MP RAW should be awesome! I suppose the consolation is that you get fantastic large prints, and there you can really shine. In a way, I think the drop in quality is also a blessing in diguise, because nobody can steal a decent size print from UF :) Maybe a postcard! Best regards, Ina
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taran
{K:1284} 1/15/2006
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Truth be told, the usefilm default limit of 360k is far to constraining for most of the shots I happen to be currently working on, and perhaps this shot too. I used to post a lot more images to UF, but since getting a 12 mpix camera and becoming more involved in photo montage ( and extreme detail), I realize there is a threshold to what I can post here, and now only upload the most simplistic pieces which happen to compress extremely well. After experimenting with different solid color B and W frames to try and enhance detail to the picture area (and failing), I have come to the sad conclusion that most of my high megapixel and extremely dense work (read almost all) is prtty much unsuitable for display on this site, a sad result of moving to 12 mpix. I am hoping at some point in the future UF will upgrade to a 720k upload limit, but that seems unlikely since according to the powers that be (UF photoblog) UF hemorraghes cash and requires the contributions of its founders to stay online.
These days I usually keep a barf bag handy for when I click the "View last upload" button. After switching to a completely RAW workflow a few months ago, jpgs (and their compression artifacts) now make me ill.
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/15/2006
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Thanks very much Jeanette, I'm squeezing some pictures from what I have managed that day. It was a very good day for stormy clouds, but the lighting was awful, and being in a boat I didn't quite have time to plan the shots as much as I would have liked. I missed a lot of other bridges! Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/15/2006
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Thanks very much Mohamed, you're too nice :) This is one shot that wasn't planned or studied, it was taken from a moving boat! I hope one day to go back and find some more unusual views, maybe some night shots looking the other way, but the dark sky worked to my advantage that morning. Thanks again for your kind words and continued support! Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/15/2006
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Hi Taran, you have a very valid observation on the moire, and I wasn't too happy about it, either. The moire is a direct result of the size reduction to 750 pixels. It is less of a problem in the larger format (1200 pixels), and practically non-existent in the full-size 6 MP picture with the 300D. I am attaching a 100% crop below (400 pixels), re-colored and sharpened in PS - Probably needs to be seen in full without moire :)
Thanks very much for the great comment and good advice! I haven't started shooting in RAW, but that seems the way to go :) Best regards, Ina
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Jeanette Hägglund
{K:59855} 1/15/2006
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Great shot Ina, i like the sephia tone and the composition of the bridge, houses and how the clouds are important for the scene! (It´s not so bad with travels :)
Jeanette
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Mohamed Banna
{K:34237} 1/15/2006
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Speechless in front of this perfect quality
a quality of perfection in all the elementsa
composition
angle
lighting
details
tones
capturing
proportions
cropping
very high sense of high format poster quality
a reflection of how a great artistic photographer (like YOU) should be
hugs and love
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taran
{K:1284} 1/15/2006
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This photo is very sharp, and I like it very much. There is one thing you might try and correct though, if you get a chance to shoot the same location again. The anti-aliasing filter of your camera seems to have struggled with the white building (verizon, I think) just to the left of the main bridge support, creating moiré waves. More on this effect can be found here...
http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/Glossary/Digital_Imaging/Moire_01.htm
To correct an effect as pronounced as this you might try either opening up the aperture or possibly turning off the sharpening in camera. I also hear certain kinds of RAW converters can deal with this effect specifically, although I don't know of any offhand.
Great composition and exposure. Thanks for sharing.
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/15/2006
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Thanks very much Tutku, this is one famous subject that needs more than a quick visit, and I hope next time I'll have a chance to be on the bridge, rather than under :) Best regards, Ina
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whoiswho t
{K:10700} 1/15/2006
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wow wow wow! this is great dear Ina. i think it must be on the minimalistic style office wall. greta cinematic mood and wide angle in here.
bravo my friend!
tutku.
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/14/2006
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Thanks very much Rashed! This is oneof the few pictures I could pull from a moving boat, it was a very dark day, the sky is real :) Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/14/2006
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Thanks very much Ant! I was on a boat cruise on a very dark day, and most of my shots turned out gloomy, I'd love to come back and try a few more, perhaps trying the opposite view and trying to catch both pillars :) Very much appreciate it! Best regards, Ina
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Rashed Abdulla
{K:163889} 1/14/2006
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this is a wonderful image , great expouser and perfect composition here , i like the colors of the sky alot ,all of the best my friend .
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a. M.
{K:9020} 1/14/2006
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WOW!!!! AMAZING INA!!! i love that color you chose for this...and the detail of the cables on the brigde really add to the shot. awesome!
Ant
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