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* Cityscape #4 *

© Carolyn J. Connolly

* Cityscape #4 *

Uploaded: June 24, 2005

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The fourth in my series of cityscape shots! A stylized look at the Sydney city skyline, from Darling Harbour... Some adjustments made using PS CS - Brightness & Contrast, Saturation & Lightness, Shadow-Highlight, Unsharp Mask, Spherize, & Borders... Taken early afternoon - 1/400 sec @ f5.6, ISO 64, & 38mm digital focal length...

Comments

Janet Williams June 25, 2005

Fabulous image Carolyn! I love the way you have spherized it - makes a very futuristic picture. Great composition of the buildings, yachts and the yellow boat. Very well done. #268569

Kerby Pfrangle June 25, 2005

Carolyn this is wonderful. A WOW image.

This is so cool I love the way you did this.

I have a feeling this one will be back to see us again. LOVE THIS BIG TIME...Kerby

#1517898

Carolyn J. Connolly June 25, 2005

Janet and Kerby, thank you SO much for your great comments on this latest 'Cityscape' image of mine - glad you like it!! I think it looks pretty 'cool', too!! :o)

My husband Phil actually suggested the effect for this one, so thanks to you too, Phil!! ;o) The spherize filter was set to 100% to achieve the effect in this image...

Thanks again, Janet and Kerby!! :o) #1517945

Ermanno Radice June 25, 2005

Wonderful image, great action, well done, Carolyn! #1519557

Lori Carlson June 25, 2005

I love this Carolyn!!! :0) Perfect use of the Spherize effect!! Lots of interest to this image and it all comes together so well!! Great work!! :0) #1519707

Andrea W. Hedgepeth June 25, 2005

Really cool effects. Love this! #1519853

Laura E. OConnor June 25, 2005

Really neat effect! Beautiful image! #1519866

Dominique Declerck June 26, 2005

Wow! great effect, Carolyn!! #1521928

Carolyn J. Connolly June 26, 2005

Ermanno, Lori, Andrea, Laura, and Dominique - thank you all for your great comments!! Each one is really appreciated very much!! :o) #1522377

Jenny Bosmans June 26, 2005

Wow!!! What a fantastic cityscape, Carolyn!! I love this one very much! #1522438

Jim Kinnunen level-classic June 26, 2005

Fantastic image with great PS work, Carolyn! #1522798

Daniel Diaz June 27, 2005

Great use of effects here Carolyn I thought you used a fisheye lens at first. Bravo!!!! #1525144

Carolyn J. Connolly June 27, 2005

Thanks to Jenny, Jim, and Daniel, for looking at, and, for making comment on, this image of mine!! I thought that it leant itself to the spherize effect very well - glad that you all like it, too!! :o) #1529192

Karen R. Rubeiz June 29, 2005

Carolyn this is bonzer! I like the point of view and the way you captured this:)
I like all the cityscapes you submitted, nice change in your gallery.
Good on ya!!! #1535665

Carolyn J. Connolly June 29, 2005

G'day Karen - very nice to hear from you again!! How's things going in Nebraska?! :o)

We are getting a lot of rain here on the eastern side of Australia at the moment, and, most importantly, it seems that the country areas of NSW have been getting good follow-up rain to what they had a few weeks back!! Unfortunately, some areas around the Gold Coast, in southern Queensland, are actually getting flooding!! That seems to be the case in Australia a lot of times, though - it can certainly be a land of extremes!! Either drought or flooding rain...but, sometimes we get it just right!! ;o)

Anyway, thank you for your feedback on this image - glad you like it...and, all my other cityscapes!! Just thought I'd make a change in my gallery for a while!! Have a great day/evening, Karen!! :o) #1537702

Susie Peek-Swint July 03, 2005

This is wonderful Carolyn ~ I've only just noticed the spherize filter and yet to use it ~ but you've found a perfect use for it.. I agree with Kerby, we should see this one again!
regards, susie #1550203

Joe Terni August 23, 2005

Firsly Carolyn I must apologise for not keeping an eye out for our other downunder members(I honestly cannot keep up with the great shots on BP,I think I will have to give up both the night and day job`s).I love this shot,and with the boat and its wake in front of the city skyline,its a real beauty.How good would it look on a poster? Fantastic Carolyn, a very exciting,inspiring shot and presentation. #1756156

Dawn O November 09, 2005

Love your city scapes, Carolyn. I also thought this image was taken using a fish eye lens at first. Great shot!

Dawn #2052899

Carolyn J. Connolly November 09, 2005

WELL, Susie and Joe...first of all, let me apologise most sincerely for not replying to your wonderful comments earlier!! :o( Thanks very much for them, and, thank you too, Dawn, for your very nice comment!! :o)

Susie - glad you like this image!! :o) Have you tried out the spherize filter yet?!! ;o)

Joe - ...and here you were apologising for not keeping an eye out for other Downunder members!! I know what you mean though, about all "the great shots on BP" - unfortunately, it IS impossible to take a look at all of them...as much as we'd like to!! Hope you haven't given up your day job yet, by the way!! ;o) I'm happy with the way this image turned out, and you obviously like it!! Have you tried out some of these different filters yourself? :o)

Dawn - thanks for taking a look through my gallery images, and, I'm pleased you like the Cityscape series I did!! It's worth trying out some of the different and unusual filters in PS - it's amazing what you can come up with sometimes!! ;o)

Thanks once again all - I appreciate the encouraging feedback!! :o) #2056687

June 27, 2008

NEAT EFFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!! #6115596

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