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Postby DanielA on Sat May 14, 2005 3:51 pm

A window with a view.

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In the Yu Gardens in Shanghai, China.

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Postby the foto fanatic on Sat May 14, 2005 4:16 pm

Nice image Dan.
The window makes a great frame for the garden, and you've done a great job with the exposure in a scene with a lot of contrast. :D
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Postby sirhc55 on Sat May 14, 2005 4:25 pm

Very nice image Dan. One suggestion would be to select the garden image and apply some USM to just that area.
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Postby Manta on Sat May 14, 2005 4:35 pm

I really like this shot Daniel. Chris' advice is spot on - just to tidy things up a bit. Is that a telephone box up in the top of the shot?
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Postby big pix on Sat May 14, 2005 5:06 pm

Nice pix nice framing As chris said a bit of USM for a tidy up and you have a winner

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Postby DanielA on Sat May 14, 2005 5:17 pm

cricketfan wrote:The window makes a great frame for the garden, and you've done a great job with the exposure in a scene with a lot of contrast.

I thought I might have used spot or centre-weighted metering, but from the exif it looks like I had left it in matrix metering. It's great what matrix mode can do.

sirhc55 wrote:One suggestion would be to select the garden image and apply some USM to just that area.

I did apply some USM evenly. I think the USM options I've been using are wrong. I just tried some very different values and it looks much better. Looks like some more research required...

Manta wrote:Is that a telephone box up in the top of the shot?

From the scale it would have to be a great big one. No. I believe it is building outside the garden. The gardens are surrounded by shops and housing.

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Postby flipfrog on Sat May 14, 2005 5:32 pm

great framing
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Postby mudder on Sat May 14, 2005 8:29 pm

The framing works really well... Good angle on the garden too, lots of interesting subjects right through the garden...
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