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Rue Américaine

Posted by Jason Kravitz (Brussels, Belgium) on 20 October 2006 in Cityscape & Urban.

the street that is perpendicular to mine... I took this one a while ago but never posted it...

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Comments (21)

H.O from Victoria, Canada

Wow,really nice image.

20 Oct 2006 5:07am

Claireg from Dendermonde, Belgium

i like the colors!!!!!!!!!!!!

20 Oct 2006 5:55am

Manuela from Hainburg, Germany

Impressive colours & perspective/depth, well done!

20 Oct 2006 6:30am

Matt Cauquil from Brussels, Belgium

Just around the corner !!

20 Oct 2006 7:14am

Shuva Brata Deb from Hyderabad, India

I think you posted this.... I remember seeing this scene somewhere.

20 Oct 2006 10:03am

The Juxtaposed Image from Tallahassee, Fl, United States

Opps, It is not vertical, horizon is off. You should have caught that. Unless your intent was to have it tilted, then you should have tilted even more. Just my honest opinion, hope you are not offended.

20 Oct 2006 12:40pm

Ella Cooper from Toronto, Canada

This shot is totally surreal, I love it. It almost looks like you added in the sky. I think you might have captured the 'witching' hour on said street.

20 Oct 2006 1:06pm

@Ella Cooper: This was taken right around sunset and it is an HDR (combo of 3 exposures) which is how I captured the great sky but kept the details in the buildings and street.

Peggy Picot from Paris, France

Beautiful sky! the colors are amazing! bravo!

20 Oct 2006 4:52pm

Petr Jaškovský from Ostrava, Czech Republic

Great HDR work ;o)

20 Oct 2006 5:24pm

Kelvin Chan from New York City, United States

Truth be told, I am not quite impressed. The sky looks very artificial: it is clearly darker in the center and lighter where it borders the houses and the leaves. I felt you selected the sky, but failed to select it's entirety, and adjusted the color. Also, the subject is unclear and the it is tilted. Sorry to be so blunt, but I am very confident that you can do better!

21 Oct 2006 12:19am

@Kelvin Chan: Kelvin - I appreciate the feedback. This was one of my first HDR attempts (created a few months ago) and I agree that it is a bit overdone. Since then, I started using a much more subtle effect that brings out the colors without looking artificial. This was the way the sky looked although a bit saturated. Anway... thanks for your honest words! Maybe I'll go take another from this street and see what I can do :)

Craig Persel from Montreal, Canada

Beautiful sky as backdrop.

21 Oct 2006 8:14am

Ryan Yam from Quezon City, Philippines

Nice try at HDR but it really isn't working for me. It's because I don't know which subject to focus on. It's like the colorful sky vs the buildings.

21 Oct 2006 12:25pm

deano from Cardiff, United Kingdom

superb,dreamlike Image...

21 Oct 2006 2:09pm

Suby from Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Intersting HDR, you know what spoils it for me though, the sky. Just feels out of place for me, apart from that, good shot.

Suby
P.s
Any closer to giving us the ability to be able to respond back to comments on blogs and email being sent to the commentee?

22 Oct 2006 10:15pm

Duncan Galbraith from kyoto, Japan

I like this a lot Jason. Nice work.

22 Oct 2006 11:58pm

Aaron Schmidt from Auckland, New Zealand

Looks great but I think the HDR effect is just slightly overdone ... has an unreal feeling to it. Cool shot though, definitely worth posting.

23 Oct 2006 10:49pm

fotodelic from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

If I had a band , this picture would be the cover of my album.Great!

27 Oct 2006 4:18pm

Evelyn from New Milford, United States

The sky looks like a movie apocalypse is about to fall upon us...is that what everyone is talking about with the HDR?

28 Oct 2006 8:03am

Ella Cooper from Toronto, Canada

I disagree with people's comments that the sky is overdone. People are drawn to this image because of its surreal quality. If it was just a perfect little photo of the street you would not have receive so many responses.... ;)

(Ok - what does HDR stand for?) I'm curious to see if this feature exists on my camera...wonder if it could work for evening dance shots....

2 Nov 2006 4:11pm

@Ella Cooper: Thanks Ella
I meant to answer this question earlier for those that don't know...
HDR stands for High Dynamic Range and is not an in camera feature but a post processing feature. The idea is that you take multiple photos of the same scene (tripod works best here) and then merge them together in software using a program like Photomatix. By combining multiple exposures you get the most dynamic range because you are taking data from different sources.

This helps with the problem of taking a photo of a landscape with a blown out sky or any other exposure situation where it is not possible to get the full dynamic range of what your eye sees with your camera.

It is possible to create an HDR from one image. If you camera supports RAW images this is preferred since you can process a RAW image multiple times creating on darker image and one lighter image and then blend these with the HDR software.

Since you are taking action shots (dancers) it would probably be best to try the HDR from one shot since multiple shots would be hard to get the dancers in the same position.

Craiger from Vacaville, United States

Excellent! Your design in this photo drew me in. I wanted to know more about this place. Thanks for sharing!

5 Nov 2006 6:55pm

clem from Sydney, Australia

Great shot! I can almost feel the humidity in the air... Definitely agree with Ella Cooper, the surreal aspect of this photo is what makes it stand out.

21 Nov 2006 3:04am

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H.O from Victoria, Canada

Claireg from Dendermonde, Belgium

Manuela from Hainburg, Germany

Matt Cauquil from Brussels, Belgium

Shuva Brata Deb from Hyderabad, India

The Juxtaposed Image from Tallahassee, Fl, United States

Ella Cooper from Toronto, Canada

Peggy Picot from Paris, France

Petr Ja&#353;kovský from Ostrava, Czech Republic

Kelvin Chan from New York City, United States

Craig Persel from Montreal, Canada

Ryan Yam from Quezon City, Philippines

deano from Cardiff, United Kingdom

Suby from Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Duncan Galbraith from kyoto, Japan

Aaron Schmidt from Auckland, New Zealand

fotodelic from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Evelyn from New Milford, United States

Ella Cooper from Toronto, Canada

Craiger from Vacaville, United States

clem from Sydney, Australia

Petr Jaškovský from Ostrava, Czech Republic