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Spirit of Olympia


Spirit of Olympia
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Copyright: David Michaels (tsumeb) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 308 W: 58 N: 269] (2130)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2003-01-08
Categories: Architecture, Macro, HPP [Heavily Post-Processed]
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 8700
Exposure: f/6.0
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2005-09-12 22:03
Viewed: 939
Points: 18
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This picture is taken from the spot where the Olympic flame is lit before it begins its journey to th next site of the Games. A runner leaves here and heads down this path past the ruins of Ancient Olympia.

Often times the flame will circumnavigate the earth before it reaches the host city. The next Olympics will be in Torino, Italy. The torch relay begins here on December 8 and covers 11,000 km before reaching Torino on February 10.

A mirror is used to focus sunlight to ignite the flame.

I messed with levels and saturation in Photoshop to give the columns more of an ancient patina.

As a note, Olympia is in the Prefecture of Ilia which is not in the TL dropdown box.
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A very interesting place to visit, you do a good composition David, very sharp, i mean its too sharp especialy on the sky. I loved a tone in this pict. regards, regi

Nicely composed shot David. Like the use of portrait mode for the composition. The path leads nicely into the shot. The lighting is just perfect. TFS

Peter

Excellent image, great low angle POV moody sky and balanced lighting.
Bravo!
Vassilis

Very nicely done, David, with an interesting POV that gives us a sense of height. The light & colours are great and I really like the beautiful cloudy sky in between the columns. Well done!

well composed shot David
good informative note

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  • mwebr Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 450 W: 141 N: 666] (3402)
  • [2005-09-14 23:32]

David,
Interesting and great compositional point of view on this place. I like very much the shadows going across the ground with the light shining graciously on these ruins. You also captured a great mood with this image and the color palette created in this scene amplifying its presence. I do keep coming back to the possible realization the image is oversharpend. Might look pretty spiffy in b/w also. Good work David!

michael

Hi David,
very nice photo with good choice in POV.
Nice colour tone & detail.
Well done :)

Nice image david,
I like their result from your PP work. Togetehr with the nice sky and perfect light it makes indeed a very pleasant view.

Well done!!

Take care, Stef

Very nice picture, the sky is so beautiful.

great compo and perspective! and thanks for the trivia!

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