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Comment by NiallOTuama:
Spectacular! Well done Paul! Shame you didn't get the 7!

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Comment by P-A-U-L:

Originally posted by markwiley: The processing lends a great mood to this. Nicely done. ETA: I just want return to say I have a lot of respect for your bold choices in processing. I might not have even experimented with this much grain or this color palette, and if I had I likely would have been reluctant to enter for fear it might get hammered in voting. Glad it paid off nicely for you.

Thanks Mark - I must admit I was surprised it did so well as on one of my monitors it looked terribly pixellated in the middle region. I liked the composition of the original photo but without the processing I think it would have been a different kettle of fish.

The experimentation with the colour palettes is always fun due to being colour blind:)

Message edited by author 2013-02-15 05:00:12.

High as a kite
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Comment by markwiley:
The processing lends a great mood to this. Nicely done.

ETA: I just want return to say I have a lot of respect for your bold choices in processing. I might not have even experimented with this much grain or this color palette, and if I had I likely would have been reluctant to enter for fear it might get hammered in voting. Glad it paid off nicely for you.

Message edited by author 2013-02-14 15:39:54.

High as a kite
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Comment by Neil:
Wonderful image, congrats.

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Comment by MelonMusketeer:
I'm happy to see this one on top of the stack. Congrats on the ribbon for a very engaging image.
It's good to see that people are accepting that technical perfection is more about getting what you want into the image, than about getting every detail sharp and every color creamy smooth.

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Comment by flaherma:
Congrats on the ribbon - super image

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Comment by Tiny:
Great stuff,Congratulations.

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Comment by RianBotes:
Congrats on the Blue with a timeless shot and a first ribbon to go with it. What a feeling :)

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Comment by mrchhas:
congrats on that first ribbon that's awesome!

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Comment by Paul:
It was a 10 from me. Nicely done.