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Morning Guardian

© Cliff Berinsky

Morning Guardian

Uploaded: December 09, 2005 19:15:07

Description

Taken at the Forbidden City, Beijing, China. 1/160 sec. @ f/10, ISO 200.

Comments

Lorri Shane December 09, 2005

Awesome photo. Did you use a wide angle? #356924

Cliff Berinsky December 09, 2005

No, this was shot at 60mm, with Nikon 18-70 lens. Thanks for the very kind comment, Lorri. #2170206

Susan L. Vasquez December 09, 2005

WOW! This is stunning Cliff, well done! #2170304

Janine Russell level-classic December 09, 2005

Cliff, excellent detail, colors, DOF and composition. #2170402

Patricia Marroquin December 09, 2005

Very striking, Cliff! Love the colors and perspective. Well done! :-) #2170495

December 12, 2005

Intersting and dramatic, were the color was enhanced at all? #2177507

Cliff Berinsky December 12, 2005

The colors were enhanced, but, in a somewhat indirect fashion. I treated the sky seperately by giving it a strong increase in contrast with a levels adjustment. This brought out the colors in the sky. I did this in hopes of making the sky appear as fierce as the expression on the foo dog statue. #2178928

January 21, 2006

Nice light - imposing composition. #2317270

William Moore January 21, 2006

way to go C......... #2318693

MARLON IGNACIO level-classic January 22, 2006

Great POV and love the dramatic sky! Congratulations, Cliff, and good luck in the final judging! #2323804

Chris Macer January 24, 2006

Congrats on the 1st place, Cliff! #2330874

Kristi A. Howson January 24, 2006

Wonderful angle/composition and I love the dramatic impact. Congratulations Cliff on this wonderful 1rst Place Winner!!! #2331090

Claudia Kuhn level-classic January 24, 2006

Big congrats to you Cliff on your wonderful first place win!!! A stunning image! #2331258

MARLON IGNACIO level-classic January 24, 2006

Congratulations on winning FIRST place!! It's a remarkable image, Cliff! #2331686

Terrill Province January 24, 2006

Well, this is just a STUNNING image and well deserves recognition. Unbelievable color, comp, detail, etc., etc.!!! #2331711

Erica Murphy level-classic January 24, 2006

A beautiful photo Cliff, so well composed and perfect. Congrats on your BIG WIN!

Erica #2331953

Joline Frazier January 24, 2006

Congratulations with your great first place win. This is a beautifully exotic photo. #2332809

Lorri Shane January 24, 2006

Cliff--I am so glad you won!! This image has alot of drama to it. Amazing. Congrats!!!! Lorri #2332883

Jill Flynn January 24, 2006

Superb! Congratulations on your FIRST PLACE WIN Cliff. #2334102

Chris Budny level-deluxe January 24, 2006

What an amazing image to look at! I initially thought it was a composite of 3 individual shots, until I read the thread... the sky treatment really sets off the pavillion colors! Congratulations on this great win! #2334278

Evy Johansen level-classic January 24, 2006

Congratulations on your great win, Cliff! #2334359

Gustavo Márquez January 24, 2006

Awesome shot, Cliff, good composition and colors,
Congratulations! #2334424

Allan L. Dy January 24, 2006

Absolute winner Cliff! Congratulations! #2334489

Mary Clarke January 25, 2006

Many congratulations Cliff, great image #2334956

Donna W. Neal January 25, 2006

Congratulations on this fine winner Cliff #2335213

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe January 25, 2006

Congrats Cliff on this great winning image! Jeff #2335455

Kelly Heaton January 25, 2006

Great Shot , Congratulations!! #2336454

Mick Burkey January 25, 2006

Stunning image, Cliff. Easy to see how it is the WINNER. This image jumps from the page - the judges couldn't avoid it. Fantastic work! #2337055

Desiree M. Bento January 25, 2006

This is an amazing image, Cliff! A well deserved firtst place winner! Hearty Congratulations to you! #2339264

Monika Sapek January 25, 2006

I just love the composition and details in this image! Excellent! Many congratulations on your First Place Win, Cliff!
Monika
#2339622

Donna La Mattino Pagakis January 27, 2006

Dramatic and beautiful, congrats! #2345858

Stephanie Laird level-classic January 27, 2006

Congratulations Cliff! Fantastic Image! #2346555

Candy Dzenkiw January 31, 2006

Absolutely beautiful...congrats!! :-) #2358491

Kevin Wo February 03, 2006

Is this a composite of two or more images? Just curious. #2374154

Cliff Berinsky February 03, 2006

Kevin: The sky is not original to the image. The original shot was taken on a very overcast day, with a blank, white sky. The sky was shot 2 days later. The statue and buildings are one image. #2374260

Kevin Wo February 03, 2006

Thanks for the reply Cliff. Great job from the Camera and the digital darkroom. I plan to visit China this coming May. Hopefully I too can capture images as photogenic as this one. #2374423

Stefan G February 05, 2006

Congratulations Cliff! Great image! #2381091

Mary N C. Taitt February 06, 2006

Congratulations, CLiff! Nice job! Mary :-) #2384329

Cathy M. Gromball February 13, 2006

Congratulations on your First Place win, Cliff!

Cathy :) #2414562

Nancy Grace Chen March 18, 2006

Incredibly dramatic and striking! A late congrats to you. #2547782

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