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Snowy December day without a fire
Snowy December day without a fire
giantmike


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Challenge: Inside Looking Out II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm IS USM
Location: Madison, WI
Date: Dec 19, 2010
Aperture: 11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/6
Galleries: Architecture, Rural
Date Uploaded: Dec 19, 2010

I just learned of this cabin in the UW Arboretum today. I saw a nice fall photo of it, and set out to find it on the many trails. Surprisingly, I found it rather quickly, and started shooting away. It' unfortunate that this is a basic editing challenge, as this would be been a wonderful opportunity for HDR. Instead, I had to settle for trying to mimic HDR with a single exposure, which just doesn't work all that well. It's also unfortunate that I didn't have my flash with me, since that could have really helped balance the exposure.

Post Processing:
* Increase Recovery and Highlights a lot
* Reduce black point
* Topaz Adjust
* Topaz Detail
* Topaz Adjust again
* Increase Exposure and Black Point
* Increase Definition
* Increase Saturation with much lower Vibrancy
* Reduce Highlights further via a curve
* Export to tiff
* Re-size to 1600px
* Sharpen Edges
* Re-size to 800px
* Save for web

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Place: 53 out of 77
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/25/2010 11:30:56 PM
awesome room, but this seems to be inside looking more inside.
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