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BottomBracket
11th of August 2008 (Mon), 00:03
Literally. Somewhere in Brooklyn.

http://piofort.zenfolio.com/img/v1/p324209876-4.jpg
Tee Why
11th of August 2008 (Mon), 00:20
Hey nice shot. Good dynamic composition and I think the flare adds to a sense of depth.
Only thing I'd recommend is cropping the end of the car on the left for a slight cleaner composition.
beethy-
11th of August 2008 (Mon), 00:50
very nice shot... amazing composition. :]
i second cropping the car
kenyc
11th of August 2008 (Mon), 05:31
That car didn't bother me at all, I'm not caring for the lens flare. I think I woulda titled it "Pizza" :)

Nice job Pio.
Yiskah
11th of August 2008 (Mon), 10:26
Pio, don't cut the car- because then you'd have to cut KARA from the wall and I like that.
TheHoff
11th of August 2008 (Mon), 10:35
rockin flare!
BottomBracket
11th of August 2008 (Mon), 16:41
Thanks for looking and for the comments! I agree that the car is somewhat of a nuisance, but it is part of the scene. Cropping it out would mess the 3:2 aspect ratio though, something that I wish to avoid unless absolutely necessary. I may clone the car out of the photo though ;) Yiskah, sharp eye for noticing that Kara graffiti!

I like flare, and sometimes I purposely angle the camera to capture a good one. This was taken by the way with my G6.

Thanks all!
chomish
11th of August 2008 (Mon), 17:00
Nice work as usual Pio.
Im liking the crop as well
izzy35
11th of August 2008 (Mon), 21:41
Man your G6 rocks!!! ALways look forward to your shots!!
Antz_Marchin
11th of August 2008 (Mon), 22:47
Cool shot and awesome processing. Care to share the that old desaturated processing technique??
BottomBracket
13th of August 2008 (Wed), 07:49
Al, Izzy, thanks!

Antz, thanks for the kind comment. I use Photoshop CS with my workflow, which is basically desaturating, dodging and burning, sharpening and adding a vignetted edge. The key is dodging and burning in strategic areas - for this I use a Wacom tablet for precise work. I do have some explanations on some of my threads, such as this (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=2866453&postcount=25).