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Mountain Sunset
Mountain Sunset
giantmike


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Challenge: Keys (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
Location: Madison, WI
Date: Mar 22, 2012
Aperture: 32
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/640
Date Uploaded: Mar 22, 2012

 One of those ideas that hit me the day before the challenge ended, and I got lucky that the weather that night was perfect for the shot. This really is the sun and a cloud on the background. I used f/32 to get it in as good of focus as possible. Later I thought about focus stacking, but live and learn!

Post Processing:
* White Balance
* Crop
* Clone out some sensor dust
* Increase recovery
* Decrease black point
* In sky: decrease contrast, increase definition, increase saturation and vibrancy
* Topaz DeNoise
* Topaz Adjust
* Increase saturation slightly
* Export as TIFF
* Resize
* Sharpen Edges
* Save as JPEG

Statistics
Place: 14 out of 69
Avg (all users): 6.0894
Avg (commenters): 8.1429
Avg (participants): 6.1538
Avg (non-participants): 6.0595
Views since voting: 533
Views during voting: 241
Votes: 123
Comments: 15
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 03/30/2012 03:39:37 AM
Yes this was high on my list for originality - great idea!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/29/2012 11:53:09 PM
key-ule
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 03/29/2012 11:40:23 PM
Good effect.
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 03/29/2012 11:07:09 PM
I really enjoy this picture. At first I believed the key to be a mountain range? Well done.
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 03/29/2012 05:25:05 PM
Such a different, interesting idea! I LOVE this. It's brilliant.
Very well done.
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 03/29/2012 01:56:22 PM
Lovely.
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 03/27/2012 03:01:20 PM
Creative!
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 03/27/2012 09:34:36 AM
Creative........I was like....ok.....why does the Sahara have mountains and why are they so regular and even......then OMG.......I'm NOT a Valley Gurl...I'm a "keywhiz"! 10
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 03/25/2012 06:32:20 PM
Really nice take. I really like how you transformed the key.
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 03/24/2012 01:47:25 PM
LOL , I didn't get it at first . great job .. Very interesting idea .
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 03/24/2012 10:42:06 AM
thats cool lol
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 03/23/2012 08:12:26 PM
My favorite concept of the challenge, it may not have the eye candy appeal to get on the front page, but it is clever clever clever.
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 03/23/2012 11:47:39 AM
Technically, not a fan of the photo, but you're getting high marks for the idea alone. Love when something creative comes through the pipe.
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 03/23/2012 11:36:11 AM
I like the idea, and it's very well done. You even have the rays. :)
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 03/23/2012 10:46:04 AM
Very nice shot. Creative
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