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i took this photo Downtown Portland, i got home and played around with it on my Dynamic-Photo HDR program and came up with this. i think it turned out kinda cool. is there any thing you would have done diferent?



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Old 03-12-2009, 02:17 AM
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hi there,
I realy love the wall, texture and color of wood and concrete and metal, perspective of a footpath with street lights at the end. but I'm not sure about left side, the cars and building. How about adding motion to cars and removing color.
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The building is cool but the rest of the photo is kind of unnecessary. it makes it look like you pimped an average photo rather than taking a good photo and then making the most of it will PP.
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I like the angles and color. I would've waited until there weren't any cars going by because they seem more like a distraction from the color and texture of the wall.
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Try cropping from the white sky down. This will leave you with those good lines and textures.
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The subject to me is looking great. The cars are a distraction. I would try cutting the cars into a new layer, add some motion bluring to get them looking like it was a long exposure (motion trails.). that will take the cars from a distraction to apart of the subject. I would also crop from the sky downward.

The building is good focus though.

overall image is good.
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The subject to me is looking great. The cars are a distraction. I would try cutting the cars into a new layer, add some motion bluring to get them looking like it was a long exposure (motion trails.). that will take the cars from a distraction to apart of the subject. I would also crop from the sky downward.

The building is good focus though.

overall image is good.
Something along the lines of this, obviously spending more than 3 minutes on the bluring and ligtrails.
I hope it was ok to edit and repost.

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Old 03-14-2009, 07:29 PM
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Wow! I love it. Thank you all for the input. DPS is the best....
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