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28-NOV-2007 tvsometime

Changing Skyline

W 40th St, NYC

The crane marks the start of construction of a 50 story tower that will obscure this view of my favorite midtown building. This image is also the start of using RAW files in newly acquired Photoshop Elements 6.0 with Camera Raw built in - easier and more powerful than Canon's Zoom Browser RAW conversion.

Canon PowerShot S70
1/1000s f/3.5 at 7.3mm iso50 hide exif
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Date/Time28-Nov-2007 10:35:38
MakeCanon
ModelCanon PowerShot S70
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length7.3 mm
Exposure Time1/1000 sec
Aperturef/3.5
ISO Equivalent50
Exposure Bias-0.67
White Balance
Metering Modecenter weighted (2)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programshutter priority (2)
Focus Distance

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ctfchallenge04-Dec-2007 05:28
Tv, forgot to ask. Do you know the name of the building in the fore front? is it part of the taller tower behind it?

Oh and have you seen the new IAC building right on the west side highway?
http://iacbuilding.com/interactive/content.html . The glass siding looks very cool. Should be a wonderful site with some snow cover on the ground.

-Techo
ctfchallenge04-Dec-2007 04:27
I really like both shots but the way the crane frames the buildings is what made this special for me.
What a pitty that we'll be losing the view of the building there. I would love to see it in person. Good for us that at least you have shots of it.
-Techo
ctfchallenge03-Dec-2007 22:04
Carole and Doug, I've haven't been using PS Elements until I found the current version 6.0 included Camera Raw and Distortion Adjustment that are not in my Photoshop 7.0. But this version of PS Elements has what I use most in PS 7 at a fraction of the price of CS2. Only comment so far is that it is a big program and grabs gobs of memory. Camera Raw is great and recognizes all kinds of Raw files.
Thanks Rod for giving a name to the "jib" of the crane. -tv
ctfchallenge03-Dec-2007 21:17
Good topic choice. It looks like your new view might be interesting. John
Guest 03-Dec-2007 16:17
The construction may ruin your scenery but in the mean time could make for a neat daily picture documentary. Haven't tried Elements but I use Lightroom on a regular basis. -COAmature
ctfchallenge03-Dec-2007 16:01
Good one Tom and I'm sorry to hear you will lose your view of those great looking buildings. I will be upgrading to Elements 6 and may actually break down and try shooting RAW too! How do you like 6.0 and working with RAW files? :-) CJ
Rod 03-Dec-2007 07:47
Yes this does work well & I love the way the plane trail crosses the the crane jib (Aussie Favco crane too) Nicely done Tommy.
ctfchallenge02-Dec-2007 05:43
Cool shot tv! - Kelly
ctfchallenge02-Dec-2007 00:49
changing skylines are perfect for this challenge, especially considering you'll be losing you view :( - b.c.