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Cliff and cloudy night II
Cliff and cloudy night II
MadMan2k


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Challenge: Take Two (Advanced Editing IV*)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: New Mexico
Date: Jun 5, 2006
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 30
Date Uploaded: Jun 6, 2006

A reshoot of my photo for Night Shot 3.

This was the closest I've ever cut a deadline; taken 25 minutes before rollover 15 minutes from home. I thought it was basic editing for some reason and edited accordingly.

Statistics
Place: 60 out of 161
Avg (all users): 6.0387
Avg (commenters): 7.2857
Avg (participants): 5.9545
Avg (non-participants): 6.1011
Views since voting: 1065
Views during voting: 216
Votes: 155
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0


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06/15/2006 11:26:57 PM
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: I like your focus, including a great depth of field that goes beyond the clouds and nicely exposes the stars in focus. I also like the time of exposure here, catching the ever so slight drifting of the clouds.

Lighting: You did a very nice job in an often difficult, low light condition. You were able to keep the stars and the cloud highlights from losing detail, while also capturing a long enough exposure to paint a very nice red coloring on the cliff.

Composition/Content: This is the one area that I do believe that the original was better. This one is interesting from a minimalist viewpoint, but I find myself feeling like the cliff was accidentally chopped off. I'd really like to see more of it, as the color complements the sky very nicely.

My Opinion: The two shots are vastly different in content and execution. I, against the opinion of the voters, do not see this one as far superior to the original. Rather, I believe that this one scored pretty close to its deserved potential, whereas the initial entry was actually much better than the voters gave it credit.

Eric
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06/13/2006 12:36:25 AM
Very nice, Jon. I had this one rated pretty high! Good work.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/12/2006 11:16:01 PM
the stars are really cool!
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06/11/2006 11:25:50 PM
Extraordinary!! Love the stars. 10
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06/11/2006 01:43:14 PM
I have no idea what the original shot looks like, but this one is wonderful.
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06/10/2006 12:17:33 AM
Gorgeous...maybe up the blues towards the top of the image a bit.
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06/06/2006 02:37:32 PM
raise contrast and gamma, and it should get a much stronger "night" feel, cause until u see that stars, it looks like day
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06/06/2006 12:59:19 PM
Wow! This is spectacular! The subject is clearly that aMAZING sky with all the stars sprinkled throughout. . .but the cliff and the barren tree are the perfect thing to add bold interest. This is great, and one of my favorites so far!!
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06/06/2006 09:04:46 AM
wow...haven't seen the original, but this looks fantastic and I hope you do well with this, good luck
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06/06/2006 08:00:19 AM
I like it -- the stars in a blue sky ... beautiful.
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