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Sail on the steel breeze
Sail on the steel breeze
strangeghost


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: High Contrast (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Peleng 8mm f/3.5 Fisheye MC In M42 Mount
Location: Madison, WI
Date: Sep 3, 2005
Aperture: f 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1500
Galleries: Landscape, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Sep 4, 2005

Converted to BW via channel mixer, oversaturating the red channel to bring out the IR feel. Cropped and spot edited out a little flare and some vignetting in the upper right corner. Light USM and resize/save for web.

Statistics
Place: 21 out of 343
Avg (all users): 6.3361
Avg (commenters): 7.3636
Avg (participants): 6.1711
Avg (non-participants): 6.6279
Views since voting: 2202
Views during voting: 426
Votes: 238
Comments: 24
Favorites: 4 (view)


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09/14/2005 09:35:01 AM
Great composition John, and that technique worked perfectly to simulate IR! I'll have to try it!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/11/2005 11:52:18 PM
Really love this high contrast shot, it's one that stands out in the crowd! Dark line along the left of the dead tree is a bit distracting.
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09/11/2005 10:37:01 PM
Bumping up after second look. Good luck!
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09/11/2005 01:39:54 PM
Nicely done IR photo. I really feel this one.

Great job. So far my only 10.
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09/11/2005 12:35:41 PM
Is this an IR photograph? I like how the tree seems to grab the sun. 7.
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09/11/2005 08:17:04 AM
Don't get the title. Nice. Have you burned the sky? 8.
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09/09/2005 11:18:35 PM
Great shot, what great glowing sun.
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09/09/2005 10:32:11 PM
This has all the makings for a really great shot, but the processing is a distraction for me. There are remnants visible on the edges of many objects and the sky (while unique and pretty cool) has a very odd shape to the darkness that is obviously intentional, but I'm not convinced works entirely. I really like the focus and overall composition though, and it's very high contrast.
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09/09/2005 06:51:46 PM
Love how the light fits right between the branches!
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09/09/2005 02:01:47 PM
looks almost like an IR exposure... I like the perspective distortion in this photograph.
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09/09/2005 11:56:42 AM
This is an excellent photo. An adjustment to mid tones would gotten a ten from me.
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09/09/2005 08:15:29 AM
The IR look certainly produces a strong High Contrast look IMHO. Very nice. I think the composition would have been stronger if the sun/moon had fallen on the intersecting lines of the top right thirds.
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09/09/2005 12:52:47 AM
This is amazing, the way you managed to capture the moon in between the branches is very effective, top ten IMHO. 10
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09/08/2005 07:08:48 PM
Would this have looked more dramatic without the left-hand third of the shot? The light and the branches are superb...well done
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09/08/2005 04:40:47 PM
Very impressive light!
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09/08/2005 01:31:57 PM
Very nice one of the best in this challenge.
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09/08/2005 08:59:39 AM
amazing one, i really like it
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09/07/2005 10:32:43 AM
I love the composition of the shot, not sure if a tighter shot/crop would have been better. A little less post editing for me, but still a Nice Job.
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09/06/2005 03:27:41 PM
Beautiful
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09/06/2005 01:11:42 PM
...crazy diamond....good shot
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09/06/2005 09:39:10 AM
This is the 4th snowy picture I've seen so far...where in the world is there snow in September? I like the craggy tree.
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09/05/2005 11:48:33 PM
simply gourgeus! 10
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09/05/2005 05:50:17 AM
This caught my eye going through the thumbprints,like the way you have created this image...8
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09/05/2005 12:19:34 AM
WOW..!
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