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The mayor of Austin, Texas, wants to find out how other cities are reducing traffic congestion. Seattle's mayor would like to know how metropolises outside the United States are tackling the issue of climate change. And the mayor of Salt Lake City is keenly interested in emerging technology to reduce greenhouse gases.
Starting Monday, they will get some of their questions answered when 29 other big-city mayors from around the globe arrive in New York to discuss what urban areas can do about climate change.
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Called the "C40" summit for the 40 largest cities, this is the second meeting of large cities to discuss climate change. Two years ago, 20 cities met in London. That's when the mayors realized that by joining together, they could have an impact, Ms. Wyman says.


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Todays upload was taken last Saturday at Tarn Hows, Cumbria. Managed to stay relatively dry until this point. This rock was just that little bit in the water for me to stretch to so in we go!.
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Brand: | Canon |
Camera: | Canon EOS 7D |
Lens: | 10-20mm |
Recording media: | RAW (digital) |
Date Taken: | 12 May 2012 - 8:14 PM |
Focal Length: | 10mm |
Lens Max Aperture: | f/4.0 |
Aperture: | f/16.0 |
Shutter Speed: | 410sec |
Exposure Comp: | 0.0 |
Exposure Mode: | Bulb |
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cheers Charlotte. Howie, mono is the scary zone for me.
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The long exposure has really pulled the light out of the sky here. It's nicely flattening the lake too which is an effect well suited to a large body of water (no accusations of over-milking any turbulence, unlike with rivers!). The stone works well as foreground interest and speaking as one who often takes their socks and shoes off for the sake of the art... well done!
I agree the dark LHS is a bit distracting for me too. Often seems to be an issue with 10 stopper images. All the tones on the RHS are bright and lovely where as the LHS is a bit muddy. I can see a couple of options. Either a selective curves adjustment to the LHS which you blend in using a mask (something I find very difficult to blend without tell tale signs) or you do a square crop. Using my hands the square crop is my fave because it's a 'static' frame which I thinks suits the mood of the image and by cropping off the LHS you preserve all those lovely colours and tones that make the image stand out so well!
I have to say the standard of your work is fabulous!
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Beautiful, Mand, maybe it could go a bit brighter, but it's still a cracking shot as it is
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