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Paul's Photos
{K:35235} 12/19/2003
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very nice.. love the colors.. good perspective. .. good work
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Barry Walthall
{K:5312} 12/19/2003
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Gary....this is an excellent image....Congrats on POD!
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Kelly C
{K:1358} 12/19/2003
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Striking. Nice color adjustment work from the original.
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Emgy Massidda
{K:60358} 12/19/2003
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Excellent angle, fantastic geometric image, corgeous colours
A superb shot, Gary
Regards
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Robin McAulay
{K:8908} 12/19/2003
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cool man :)
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Mário Sousa
{K:16985} 12/19/2003
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excellent image
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Carlos Brando
{K:4637} 12/19/2003
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excelente fotografia.
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Ari O
{K:990} 12/19/2003
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I just logged in now to check what was going on with this photograph that I uploaded last night, started reading and wondered, "what does 'POD' mean?" And then,... "OH !!!" ;-)
The funny part is that I've been having problems with my dialup phone line the past two days (and am looking to switch over to DSL or cable), and I had considered uploading a different image, but so it goes... I suppose, among other things, this means that I had better subscribe to Usefilm.com today before my "Andy Warhol 15 minutes" expire, huh? Yet, to put something like this into perspective, Usefilm has over 30,000 members worldwide, so this has got to be a rather special honor.
As to the photograph, the image was taken at North Cove Harbor Plaza behind the World Financial Center and its Winter Garden (the dome), in lower Manhattan, one late afternoon some years ago. As most of you know, the Winter Garden was destroyed on September 11th, 2001 with the attack on New York City's World Trade Center. I work in lower Manhattan and witnessed the attack.
Just recently, I had this image (among 20 slides) professionally scanned. The image was enhanced digitally in PhotoImpact 8. Though the light was warm and reflected sky blue, I found the taken image, though pleasingly composed, to be rather dullish. I wanted to accentuate the lines by stretching the keystoning and the arc of the dome via perspective/lens distortion. I also wanted to bring out the tonal saturation in both the sunbathed grey structure and in the window reflections. This was done mostly via Tone Map channel blending (in PS this would be 'Curves'). For reference I've (hopefully?) attached the original.
As a photographer I was published just once in Summer, 1989 for a piece I did on the World Trade Center for a now defunct magazine called "Outdoor & Travel Photography", which included the image called "Evening Remembrance" that I posted in Usefilm when I joined one week ago. Also, from 1982-93 I was an active member of the Flushing Camera Club, a community in Queens, New York where I now reside (which means that Al, whom I've never met, and I are practically neighbors).
I sincerely thank those at Usefilm who are keen and kind to notice my work, and also I thank those of you kind enough to express your support here. Regards - Gary
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Pablo
{K:5381} 12/19/2003
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Excellent shot. Really good composition and colors. I'm a little curious as to what you mean by "made sweeter in PhotoImpact". Good job.
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:209486} 12/19/2003
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magnific shot... and work!
my best congrats!
roby
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Harry Eggens
{K:14804} 12/19/2003
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Great composed very beautiful architecture abstract with most wonderful lines, reflections of the blue sky in the windows, light and color contrast. Very well seen and excecuted Gary. Congratulations with POD....Best regards Harry
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A Brito
{K:10699} 12/19/2003
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splendid !!
BEautiful composition with very hot colours !!!
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Amna Al Shamsi
{K:21795} 12/19/2003
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beautiful colors and contrast...
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Martin Paul
{K:140} 12/19/2003
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Well done on POD! It's a really cool shot this. Great patterns and shapes, not to mention the colour! My Regards, Martin Paul.
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Kang Cao
{K:1019} 12/18/2003
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Excellent effects of the light and the lines. Great work!
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Lic Roth
{K:2001} 12/18/2003
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A painting couldn't have rendered this better. The color is superb.
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Sandro Monti
{K:1278} 12/18/2003
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Beautiful color contrast. I love the golden.
Very nice composition.
Nice job!!!
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Graciela Pierre
{K:7318} 12/18/2003
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Beautiful composition and colors, nice digital work. Great job!
Regards from Buenos Aires
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David Orea
{K:5292} 12/18/2003
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Excellent composition, Gary. Superb colors and lighting. Congrats!
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Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia
{K:96391} 12/18/2003
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marvelous composition.
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Greg Summers
{K:1115} 12/18/2003
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A beitiful rendering of colors, feometric shapes and light - all set off by a great angle
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Roy V
{K:13082} 12/18/2003
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Gary,
Very Nice! "great lines color and exposure"
Roy
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