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17-JUN-2006 Helen Betts

9th: Shades of Ankara
by Helen Betts

Ankara, Turkey

I know this image has some technical problems, but I can't help myself, I just like it :-). We have truly spectacular sunsets here due to the huge amount of pollution. The first full version was criticized by friends as just not quite right, so I tried to reshoot this three nights in a row but can't seem to get the color I saw that first evening and have finally given up due to a lack of free time. Then, to make matters worse, I realized to my horror that I had neglected to make a duplicate image and thus had no original, so I recovered the erased image from my hard drive (amazing, LOL) and came up with this cropped version. Shot from my balcony.

Sony DSC-H1
1/200s f/3.5 at 27.5mm iso64 hide exif
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Date/Time17-Jun-2006 20:07:14
MakeSony
ModelDSC-H1
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length27.5 mm
Exposure Time1/200 sec
Aperturef/3.5
ISO Equivalent64
Exposure Bias-1.00
White Balancedaylight (1)
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Guest 26-Jun-2006 12:51
Great lighting - beautiful layering. Adam Bramley
Denise24-Jun-2006 17:29
Helen, this image has the most wonderful feel to it. I love the layers and layers of color!
Barbara Heide24-Jun-2006 00:01
the tones are strong and the wide cut is well appropiated! The lighting just perfect!
and thanks for your comments!!
Barbara
Franky2005 21-Jun-2006 19:30
Helen, this is truly a beautiful image and I fully understand why you like it, despite any problem. Also the panorama like composition is perfect and lets me think that you should even zoom in more for taking more shots to create a real pano.