5th Pace London Eye (in the Sky with Diamonds) by Alastair by Canon Image Challenge

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15-JUN-2010	Alastair Norcross

The Thames and the London Eye, from the London Eye, souped up with Topaz

Canon EOS 50D ,Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
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Guest		28-Feb-2011 08:54
This is what London will look like in 3011, or right now, after a dose of lysergic acid. I like this! Gilles

Canon Image Challenge		26-Feb-2011 21:27
I'm not being difficult, but it looks the same to me. I love it...especially the green Thames. BTW, shooting through the glass is VERY difficult, I also give props for this. Traveller

Canon Image Challenge		26-Feb-2011 17:52
not havng the images to view side by side giving a an accurate critique is difficult. i think you have done somthing to this image since it does not look quite as vivid as the last time i viewed it. sometimes just a slight adjustment is all that it takes to bring an image to its full potential. either way, it still remains a beautiful and interesting shot, imo. shu i have the topaz filters but don't use them often since i tend to be a bit heavy-handed. i usually prefer to do all my enhancements in PS and check into topaz to see if any of the filters wiill be of any use to the final result.

Canon Image Challenge		26-Feb-2011 00:25
I forgot to answer your question about Topaz. It's a suite of Photoshop plugins. The one I use the most is Topaz Adjust. It has a bunch of fun presets, and the ability to adjust them to your heart's content. This shot used the preset "spicify". Here's the Topaz website: http://www.topazlabs.com/bundle/ Best wishes Alastair

Canon Image Challenge		24-Feb-2011 17:55
I've put a version with the sky partially desaturated in pending. I think I prefer the original, but I'd be interested to hear what others think. Alastair

Canon Image Challenge		23-Feb-2011 01:45
Well, I thought that crazy was the point....lol...Exaggerated intense colors, other worldly...however, what is Topaz? Best Wishes, Traveller (though I supposed I wouldn't mind seeing two versions)

Guest		22-Feb-2011 22:06
Thanks for the comments everyone. Shu, I'll try your desaturating (perhaps only the sky) suggestion. Best wishes Alastair

Canon Image Challenge		21-Feb-2011 21:40
great topaz work! if you don't mind just one suggestion....try to tone down the image just a bit w a slight desat. the colors are beautiful but i think the sky is just a bit too intense! hope you don't mind the critique. shu

Daniel Bollag		21-Feb-2011 16:50
I do like the "artistic" effect of Topaz (so far unknown to me; I've justed looked it up). It turnes, though, the photograph that could have told a "real" story (of your stay in London and about your ride on the "London Eye") into a phantasy (like Lucy's when she was In The Sky With Diamonds ;-)) That is, BTW, not at all a criticism of mine--beware!--just a expression of surprise how easy it is sometimes to cross the line from report to art. Once I accept it as the latter, I find this most fabulous imagery, Alistair! (I apologize for looking at it from a journalistic POV; that's my problem, not yours, is it not?) -- db.

Canon Image Challenge		21-Feb-2011 06:42
Very nice, Alastair! Topaz works really well in this, it is wonderfully dramatic! ~Sharon

Canon Image Challenge		21-Feb-2011 04:10
I like this...it is weird, but very effective. Interesting, a different world almost. Traveller

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