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Christmas at Casa Rio
Christmas at Casa Rio
dleach


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Challenge: Free Study XVI (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: San Antonio Texas
Date: Dec 17, 2006
Aperture: f14.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 15 sec
Date Uploaded: Dec 22, 2006

This is an attempt at nighttime photography of Christmas lights on the San Antonio River (Casa Rio resturant).

I used RSP to crop and convert the raw image into multiple exposures then used photomatix to combine the exposures. I PSE4 I manipulated the color cast a bit and then did some sharpening. Resized then save for the web.

Statistics
Place: 204 out of 488
Avg (all users): 5.7079
Avg (commenters): 6.7143
Avg (participants): 5.6667
Avg (non-participants): 5.8077
Views since voting: 1016
Views during voting: 349
Votes: 178
Comments: 19
Favorites: 2 (view)


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01/08/2007 10:32:47 PM
Well done, we muct have been following each other. Great colors and great action with the tourists
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01/08/2007 05:31:15 AM
Nice of you and Don to share such gorgeous pictures of the Riverwalk! I like the tonemapping - adds a warmth to it.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/07/2007 06:41:21 PM
This looks like a painting!
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01/06/2007 03:58:41 AM
Good
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01/05/2007 07:03:35 PM
Nice wildness of detail and color palette.
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01/04/2007 10:45:55 PM
What wonderful colors! I predict a high finish for this wonderful photo.
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01/04/2007 10:23:03 PM
beautiful colors... but a bit busy. missing a "center of attention" item
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01/04/2007 05:05:22 PM
LOVE all the lights. But there seems to be something liking in the Levels adjustment. It doesn't seem to be as colorful and intense as it could be.
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01/04/2007 04:10:15 PM
Nice colors. A tad darker would give a better soothing nighttime feel to me.
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01/04/2007 12:16:04 AM
Reminds me of River Walk in San Antonio, TX, but I have no idea if there is a Casa Rio or not (I only visited it once as I was traveling to SA for business, but it was a lovely place). Anyway, love the imagery here, especially with the all the Christmasy colors.
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01/02/2007 06:27:53 PM
I love the food at Casa Rio--one of my fav's on the Riverwalk. This shot is very festive and appealing to me, but the blurriness in certain places (e.g., the people on the boats, seated at tables in lower left, and lights on the water under the bridge) weakens this shot considerably, in my humble opinion. My camera doesn't allow me to manually adjust shutter speeds, but I would have tried this on a tripod with a much quicker speed to try and minimize blurs. Overall, I offer a 6.
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01/02/2007 11:52:24 AM
A remarkable scene, though i think you've perhaps over-exposed it, or perhaps rather not brought the overall brightness completely under control in processing - more dark to balance the brightness would help the impact of the shot.
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01/02/2007 10:24:31 AM
yes, quite lovely. Brilliant photo!
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01/01/2007 09:06:26 PM
Very colorful. Nice job. 7
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01/01/2007 09:01:58 PM
Love it!! 10
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01/01/2007 05:46:05 PM
Wow is that ever colorful. Georgeous.
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01/01/2007 11:19:04 AM
HDR? Great processing. I like the perspective. Maybe a touch chopped off at the bottom.
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01/01/2007 10:11:24 AM
I love the colors, wonderful capture
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01/01/2007 04:33:02 AM
A tad over whelming on the star filter. Otherwise a pretty photo.
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