Does this photo look weird?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/...1/58807298.jpg

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"Alan Browne"wrote:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/...1/58807298.jpg
Reminded me of Prince´s Love symbol right away:
http://991.com/NewGallery/Prince-Lov...-Dis-16035.jpg

On 2011.01.15 16:03 , Markus Fuenfrocken wrote:
"Alan Browne"wrote:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/...1/58807298.jpg
Reminded me of Prince´s Love symbol right away:
http://991.com/NewGallery/Prince-Lov...-Dis-16035.jpg

Good spot! Though I thought that was "the symbol for the artist
formerly known as Prince"?

But not what I was referring to wrt to weirdness.

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"Alan Browne" wrote in message
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/...1/58807298.jpg

Looks to me to be coincidental. Like snow banks piled up in the culdesacs
and the lighting making it look that "other worldly" effect.
Seems to glow, doesn't it?

Alan Browne wrote:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/...1/58807298.jpg

I guess it's supposed to look uncomfortable, the story is about the
toxic asphalt used there. It does look bleak.

On 2011.01.15 16:08 , Tim Conway wrote:

"Alan Browne" wrote in message
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/...1/58807298.jpg

Looks to me to be coincidental. Like snow banks piled up in the
culdesacs and the lighting making it look that "other worldly" effect.
Seems to glow, doesn't it?

Yes. I'm beginning to see that the fill light (open shade areas) blue
sort of complements the beige/brown/green of the grass with the grey of
the streets - still - eerie.

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On 15 Jan 2011 in rec.photo.digital.slr-systems, John A. wrote:

It still strikes me as being possibly tone-mapped or otherwise
processed some to bring up the shadows a bit, though. Maybe. It would
have to be with a single shot, though, I would think, given that the
angle implies it was taken from an aircraft.

I dunno. Given that today's dSLRs can take 5-10 frames per second, that
they can auto-bracket, and that high-dynamic-range (HDR) software can do
at least minimal auto-aligning, I don't think that it's out of the
question that it's an HDR image.

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On 2011-01-15 19:16:11 -0800, Joe Makowiec said:

On 15 Jan 2011 in rec.photo.digital.slr-systems, John A. wrote:

It still strikes me as being possibly tone-mapped or otherwise
processed some to bring up the shadows a bit, though. Maybe. It would
have to be with a single shot, though, I would think, given that the
angle implies it was taken from an aircraft.

I dunno. Given that today's dSLRs can take 5-10 frames per second, that
they can auto-bracket, and that high-dynamic-range (HDR) software can do
at least minimal auto-aligning, I don't think that it's out of the
question that it's an HDR image.

It is quite possible to do 32-bit, single frame tone-mapping.

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"Alan Browne" wrote in message
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/...1/58807298.jpg

Weird, no, but unusual yes. Just the angles of view and of the sun, the
repeated patterns, and the slightly hazy atmosphere. You sometimes get
similar helicopter shots elsewhere, such as occasional photos in the
Guardian Eyewitness series:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/series/eyewitness

(also an app for the iPad).

Cheers,
David

"otter" wrote in message
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It looks like fill light was used to open up the shadows, but I
wouldn't say it's much more than that. It's just the light from that
time of day causing the "glow".

... and perhaps some contribution from the reflected snow?

David