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My sweet Gisele at the Petronas Towers


My sweet Gisele at the Petronas Towers
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Copyright: Carol Dorion (CAROL50) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 474 W: 57 N: 1103] (4733)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-05-09
Categories: Architecture, Friends/Family
Camera: Sony DSC-H50
Exposure: f/1.8, 1/100 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-08-09 9:16
Viewed: 220
Points: 16
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Let me introduce you to my long-time companion of life Gisele , seen here sitting on one of the steps leading down from a long rectangular water fountain extending from near the entrance of the famous Petronas Towers to the boulevard fronting the building , she is at the farthest from the building here in this compo .
I know it's cliché , evidently all visitors coming to see this architectural delight do the same photo , we all waited our turn to do it, on that very step , well why would i do otherwise! lol! So here she is , to get this particular angle and view , naturally i had to lie down very flat on my back to get her and the building in the shot , yep this is a partial view of her and of the building indeed , it's a huge structure and even at 36mn it's impossible from this vantage point to even consider getting the whole building from the base up in the frame , i have also comprehended that the low angle of view and wide focal length ( the widest on this camera ... ) would not do justice to her figure , omg the only way for me to post her photo today is to write the nicest words , right ! Of course my sweet Gisele is thinner than that , i love you and you look great , now about that Darling ,hum hum better be on her good side ! LOL!
The Petronas Towers ,oh well they have been described in details before on other photos but a few lines in brief to say , as a quick reminder , that they were opened a little over 20 years ago ,the 88-storey steel clad twin towers rise up to some 451.9 m and are the headquarters of the national oil and gas company Petronas as well as housing several other companies like Al Jazeera 's new Asian broadcasting centre.The Skybridge at the 41st floor is the highest one can go as a visitor, as seen here over Gisele's head it connects the two towers at a modest 170 m above ground . As a final note, 1400 free tickets are available to visitors but to get one you must be at the ticket counter in the basement no later than 8.30 AM , well guess what , we weren't able to secure any ticket out of the 3 attempts we made , true it was a weekend and getting a ticket on those days is quite difficult, it seems the whole population of Kuala Lumpur is there with you , a nice activity to do in air con at that and it's closed on Mondays , well that 's how popular they are , no wonder we had to look at them from the humid outside , another time maybe !
Thanks for reviewing this photo ,
Iso 80 , f/8, 1/100 , had a great sky to work with , i needed to add illumination to Gisele's face particularly the light coming from the rear of the building , not sure if i did enough though , other PP invloved correcting/leveling the towers , cropping , contrasting , sharpening and framing ,
this whole processing brought noise into the image , where did i do wrong as i did not have it in the first place , there must be a way to reduce this noise other than in Neat image without loosing the EXIF data, any help here ? Thanks to all who take their time to review this photo !

Carol
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  • Ejtaan Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 971 W: 99 N: 2247] (11317)
  • [2009-08-09 10:08]

hahaha what a view Carol!!! I think this is one for the wall!
I really like your view, great building, but even more important; a lovely woman in the foreground.

Cheers!
Anneke

Hi Carol,
Very typical Malaysian view indeed, beautiful symmetric composition set up by the Petronas towers, it works great as a frame for this portrait. :) Good idea, creative photo, TFS!
Greetings,
Kristof

Hi Carol
Well done with your PP. I do not see much evidence of noise but if you have it it may be as a result of compressing the jpeg to fit TE's standards. I do not think your friend looks fat but the wide angle lens tends to put more emphasis on her knees and distorts somewhat.
Phil

This is great Carol! Those towers ... WOW!! Quite a sight to see, I'm sure.
Great to get Gisele in on the touristy shot. Now you laying on your back to get the shot ... that I would have liked to have seen too!! hehe. She should have taken a picture of that.
Great perspective though, and a great way to show these impressive towers and Gisele at the same time.
,, and very sweet words about your beloved also!
Great job my friend.
Trudy

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  • clic Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 758 W: 0 N: 206] (4714)
  • [2009-08-15 13:52]

Bonjour Carol
Gisèle semble en contact direct avec le Ciel par ces antennes impressionnantes qui paraissent pointer vers une bonne étoile!!
Architecture doublement impressionnante aux coloris sobres.
Je vous souhaite un autre voyage agréable, plein de surprises photographiques.
Amicalement.
Robert

Belíssima foto, Carol! Muito original! Ótimo seu ponto de vista e impressionante a nitidez conseguida, utilizando uma abertura tão grande do diafragma. Belo trabalho! Meus parabéns!

Abração,
Bruno

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  • gnada Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2662 W: 74 N: 4763] (21685)
  • [2009-09-30 9:33]

Hi Carol...

Excellent shot of wonderful place the Petronas Towers...
Excellently done - fantastic details, sharpness and colors.
Great info story - Best regards my friend,
George

Salut Carol.

Enchanté de "rencontrer" ta muse ! ;-) Elle a l'air très sympatique. Moi aussi j'aurais tenté ce cliché si j'avais été là bas. J'aime beaucoup la composition avec la position asymétrique de Gisèle en contraste avec le côté plutôt symétrique des tours. L'angle de prise de vue est aussi très intéressant car, à première vue, ces tours semblent centrées mais, en y regardant de plus près, ça n'est pas tout à fait le cas. J'aime beaucoup l'effet.

En ce qui concerne le traitement de l'image avec Neat Image tout en gardant les infos EXIF, je ne sais pas si c'est directement possible avec ce programme mais je connais un truc que j'ai utilisé avec certaines images traitées en HDR (car les programmes que j'utilise pour ça détruit aussi des infos). Je ne sais pas quel autre programme de traitement d'image tu utilises mais je vais aussi essayer avec Photoshop par curiosité; à date, je n'ai essayé qu'avec Gimp. D'ici là, envoies moi un message pour m'indiquer quels sont ces programmes que tu utilises.

Amicalement
Pascal-Eric

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