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anjelline — more ambience, less sun..
Published: 2005-08-24 16:18:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 150; Favourites: 3; Downloads: 14
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hahs.. i like this one!you like?
Edit: i've edited it!! the city's profile couldn't really be saved coz the picture was taken without flash, the place was already dark by then..
really a pity.. but hey, now you have flood lights that look like eraser bits! 
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I love this picture, all the colours blend very well with each other.. awesome pic!!
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thanks! but it's a bummer since the haze has been coming in from indonesia... i can't get good photos nowadays...
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yea, i agree.. the haze now is very bad!!
Bummer!!
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Okay. Here comes the critique, since you asked for it 
Like:
A) The colors are brilliant. I love the way the sky is alive!
B) The composition is good.
Don't like:
A) Your frame, and your text. In my view, the text is not necessary. You want your goal to be able to stand alone without the text, and more importantly, that text should not be part of the image. Here it seems intrusive and my eye is immediately drawn to it.
B) Your frame needs a white border before you enter black territory. This will separate your image from the frame. As of now it seems like your image is becoming lost inside the frame because there is no white-border separation.
C) Your blacks are too deep. I see what you did to make your clouds dramatic, but you need to learn layer-masking in photoshop so that you don't make dark the areas that don't need to be darker. The foreground lacks any detail whatsoever because you used global as opposed to local changes. Learn layer masking (google-search will do) and you will know how to make those skies dramatic without losing all detail in the foreground.
D) More on the blacks. You have thrown away valuable information in the front of the frame. What is this city in front of me? What is its story? If you are not going to tell the story of the city, then there is no reason to include it in the frame.
Things you can work on:
A) Obviously this is all opinion based upon my own experience as a photographer. But here are some things you can work on, in summary:
1) Frame
2) Learn layer-masking and local contrast enhancement.
3) Get a tripod and bracket your exposures. One for the clouds, one for the city foreground.
4) Read Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson. Excellent book and if you understand its concepts you will already be much farther into understanding photography as a whole.
Cheers, and hope this was useful to you. It is a good image, but if you refined your technical skills, it could be a great and unforgetable image.
- Chui
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thank you SO much daniel!! (:
your critique is VERY much appreciated... i'll prolly work on re-doing this picture again...
when i get my next 4 hour break over the weekend!
thanks so much!
cheers to you too!
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the actual picture didn't look much like that at all actually... it was kinda light and all...
put it was perfect for playing with level settings!
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interesting contrast in this shot. much better than that pink one. this one is more majestic i should say!
great shot!! ")) 
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whahahas... finally you fave something from me...
stinge...
anyway, yarh lah... this one a little more majestic...
the other one is for girly girly girls can anot.. hahs.. i'm a girl don't ferget that!
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how could i forget you are a girl.. look at your deviant id.. gosh... no comments bout bad fashion sense.. kekeke
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eh eh eh... i could say the same of you okay? na bei....
kiang pak ah...
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fwaaaaaaaaah so gangsta all of a sudden.. rem you are a girl leh.. must be more feminine leh.. hehehe "))
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knn lah.... i'm a girl yeah, i'm also brought up as a hokkien kid.. *makes face*
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i do!
awesome contrast between black and very well done colors
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