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namesake — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:54:32 EDT

Looks pretty cool to me!

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nyphotog — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:51:37 EDT

By "novel," you mean "something nearly every photographer on Flickr made into a cliché 3 years ago." I take nothing away from Nikola's photographs (in fact I'm a fan, and this is good HDR). But its overuse and the truly awful results have caused a lot of people to react to HDR like it was a velvet painting of Elvis.

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fileunder — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:52:05 EDT

@rex: Nice details, thanks.

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Helman — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:10:14 EDT

@BadUncle: Well, I like the photo, but I love BSL!!! (Also, not to get all broken-record-y, but my Mondays aren't the same without you know who! Um, Wookie? A little help?)

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SarahHeartburn — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:34:51 EDT

@BettyCrocker: Yeah. The video/photos of the awful day upset me less than the photos of the towers alive and well, or of the pit.

Wouldn't the best memorial for the dead be a living, working building? Can we get to it?

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BettyCrocker — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:13:48 EDT

It is nice, but it makes me have a sad.

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BalknChain — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:53:04 EDT

Keep them coming Nick, very nice

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rex — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:51:25 EDT

I happen to live in the top floor of the building in the center-right of this shot. Looking the other way, here's my photo, sans Photoshop OR knowing a goddamn thing about taking good photos:

[www.flickr.com]

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Dickdogfood — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:22:08 EDT

Aw. I feel a little sorry for XSTEVIEDX, he of the linked-to HDR example. It's overdramatic, but not one of the worse ones out there.

I like this photograph a lot for its control of light and darkness at a very tricky site. I have little photographic skills beyond point-and-shoot, so I'm mad jealous.

A pity the West Street Building (it's the mansarded one to the left and center) looks like a dwarf in nearly any shot of the site--it's one of the most beautiful structures in the whole city. Folks, if you're ever in the neighbordhood, take your binoculars or a camera with a zoom lens for a good look at the top, it's got a mesmerizing amount of decorative detail.

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Steverino — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:08:24 EDT

Sorry if I'm dumb, but is he talking about traditional ol' dodging and burning, or is this some digital version of d&b? Please tell me how I can make this and impress people, despite having zero photography skills. Thanks.

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SarahHeartburn — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:53:55 EDT

@HOPSCOTCH: I agree with the homesick comment, but I like it too.

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Sally Tomato — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:29:08 EDT

That shit crazy. Likes!

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Jack Szwergold — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:29:06 EDT

Tangental, but... Isn't it amazing that NYC is in a real estate boom, but the WTC site is still-basically-a hole in the ground?

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MyCubeHas3Sides — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:28:35 EDT

I really like the effect, and encourage more pics like this (and the linked previous one).
Ooooohooohooh, sorry, a touch of vertigo kicked in.

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HOPSCOTCH — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:14:25 EDT

This is so cool ! I can actually see the light on in my apartment. Thank goodness I'm flying back from London tomorrow so I can see what fucker is in there. Minewhile Denton enough with the making non New Yorker located New Yorkers homesick.

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BenderingTime — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:57:21 EDT

Oohh! Someone do Denver like this!

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BrianVan — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:56:51 EDT

Yes, yes, and yes. Also, that's a very good shot, free of "trippy" visual effects (other than the art of exposure used correctly), and those damn people at Moody's at 7WTC are actually pretty lucky for the view they're getting, even if it is somewhat macabre at the moment.

It's understandable that people kinda like HDRI on first glance, but most people who use it are indeed extremely cheesy. There are some very good HDR tone-mapped images out there but those are the ones where you wouldn't know unless you were a photographer. Again, it's about good exposure, not about "playing with the slider to get wacky colors".

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Botswana Meat Commission FC — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:56:09 EDT

@BadUncle:
What happend to BSL? I used to love that. I actually saw that Misshapes: The Book travesty in a store recently and thought of it.

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maevemealone — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:55:54 EDT

(I miss you WTC...)

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Greg Johnson — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:53:11 EDT

Wow. This photo is REALLY chill.

Big ups to Ground Z!

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The Real JR — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:52:05 EDT

Honestly, I prefer this technique. For me, it more reflects the NYC I know through my naked eyes. Whenever I take pics, I hate that it never comes out with the colors and nuances my eyes see.

I really like this and please keep it coming.

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BadUncle — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:50:19 EDT

I would gladly trade all Gawker's fine art photography for some Blue States Lose. In the name of sweet, weeping Wotan, please bring on some drunken losers, stat.

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vulturesquadron — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:49:42 EDT

I feel vindicated about my rant on the HDR pic of the day.

Sort of amazing that you were able to limit the veiling flare with those bazillion candlepower flood lights shining in the pit. Nice shot, Nikola!

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rosaluxembourgeoise — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:46:50 EDT

Do jaja!

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mathnet — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:46:31 EDT

Get. Rebecca. To PUTTHATSHITAFTERTHEJUMP.

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TedSez — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:44:30 EDT

The dark night returns.

TedSez