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Challenge: Country Life II (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Animals-Domestic
Camera: Gateway DC-T50
Location: Greyledge Road, Buchanan, VA
Date: Feb 12, 2006
Aperture: 1:6.7
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/640 sec
Galleries: Animals, Rural
Date Uploaded: Feb 12, 2006

Taken on Greyledge Road outside of Buchanan, Virginia, after our first real snow of 2006. It doesn't get more "country" or rural than this shot of Purgatory Hollow... ;-)

PP included:
color sat
lighting/exposure adjustment
contrast
blend & clone brush to remove utility lines and utility tower on distant mountain
dodge/burn brush
neat image
sepia semi-transparent layer
b/w semi-transparent layer
save for web

Statistics
Place: 25 out of 219
Avg (all users): 6.2350
Avg (commenters): 6.2143
Avg (participants): 6.2130
Avg (non-participants): 6.2569
Views since voting: 1496
Views during voting: 360
Votes: 217
Comments: 20
Favorites: 1 (view)


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12/14/2006 11:58:42 PM
what a great location.
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12/14/2006 10:44:28 PM
Very nice image. It evokes memories of where I grew up. I would like to see the shot a little wider to include the edge of the barn.
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02/20/2006 04:38:26 PM
I love this photo! It feel so "Country Life" to me! Fantastic job!
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02/20/2006 12:36:12 AM
I'm stunned this wasn't top 10. Big gyp as far as I'm concerned.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/19/2006 11:39:48 PM
Very nice. If the cows were closer this would have given a better chance for greater tonal detail. Yet, a very strong image. 7
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02/19/2006 11:45:21 AM
the 'effect' here is a bit too strong for my liking, otherwise is great shot
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02/18/2006 03:43:37 PM
Especially appropriate for the challenge theme; cows just a shade oversaturated but didn't hurt score
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02/17/2006 07:05:50 AM
great colors and lighting, also the composition is nice,but
looks a bit oversharpened (i guess you first used usm to sharpen and then neat image to reduce noise but both a little too much for my taste)
only my two cents...
good luck
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02/16/2006 09:20:05 PM
My eye keeps getting drawn to the cow on the left and what appears as a outline of white, expecially on the rear, does not look right to me. I like the capture and the content. Not really sure how you did that?
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02/16/2006 03:01:14 AM
looks like an awful lot of dodge & burn, too much to my way of thinking, doesn't look natural
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02/15/2006 10:25:35 PM
Too pixelated. Try not to be so heavy handed with the Photoshop.
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02/15/2006 04:30:14 AM
wow, a stunning shot...love the contrast between sky and land
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02/14/2006 12:14:49 PM
Too bad we miss some details on the cows - 7
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02/14/2006 01:02:45 AM
gorgeous, Maybe just a hair too much processing (for the cows particularly) but you have lots of elements that show life in the country,
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02/13/2006 08:55:17 PM
I love this shot. I wish I could see a little more detail in the cows. The colors are perfect!
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02/13/2006 08:19:43 PM
I like the image, but I think that it looks a bit odd having the sky in full color and the forground in sepia...
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02/13/2006 12:33:03 PM
I like it, but something is strange as if it's been put through a filter. It looks interesting though. I give it an 8.
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02/13/2006 11:07:51 AM
Nice picture but seems a bit over processed - dodging, burning, sharpening?
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02/13/2006 09:52:47 AM
i wish you had a bit of sun
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02/13/2006 12:37:45 AM
Man, what a stand out. Love the deep grayed sense of the sky and the filtration on the snow and landscape. Beautimous!!!!
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