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Along the Stone Fence
Along the Stone Fence
giantmike


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Landscape VI (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: Middleton, WI
Date: May 3, 2012
Aperture: 8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/1600
Date Uploaded: May 6, 2012

 I love this setting. I discovered Pope Farm Park last year as the sunflowers were blooming. It's an absolute brilliant sight that produces cracking images. This time of year, the crops aren't even planted, so no chance to include sunflowers in my photo. But I did happen to arrive one late afternoon just after some big storm went through. The resulting sky was filled with all different types of clouds, and a sun the was shining brightly on the countryside.

I took a number of shots from various angles. In the end, I had two images I adored, and I couldn't decide between them. I showed them to my wife, and she couldn't decide either. Each has its own plusses and minuses that made them special.

But we finally decided on this image. The way the shadows stretch from the fence line is very dynamic. Adding the sun with the rays is a great touch, and luckily I was there at just the right time of day for this.

Post Processing:
* Chromatic Aberration
* Retouch dust spots
* Topaz Adjust 5
* Nik HDR Efex Pro
* Slight shadows boost
* Dodge the fence
* Dodge the sun to restore the blown out center (Nik and Topaz made it an ugly grey)
* Topaz DeNoise
* Aperture's Noise Reduce
* Increase black point a bit
* Increase brightness a lot
* Increase saturation with lower vibrancy
* Purple and green color adjustments
* Dodge the upper corners to reduce vignette
* Export as TIFF
* Resize
* Sharpen Edges
* Save as JPEG

Statistics
Place: 33 out of 134
Avg (all users): 6.0739
Avg (commenters): 7.4444
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Avg (non-participants): 6.1182
Views since voting: 555
Views during voting: 306
Votes: 176
Comments: 9
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/15/2012 11:17:14 PM
You took what could have been a rather boring landscape and made it interesting between the sky, saturation and glare.
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 05/13/2012 07:46:47 PM
There is so much to love about this picture. The composition is great. You've managed to get 2/3 sky, 1/3 treetops, and 1/3 grass making for 4/3 along the horizontal axis! That makes for an additional 1/3 of a picture as a bonus! :) I really like the sun burning through and the shadows for those two wonderful trees. I hope to see this score very well in the overall rankings.
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 05/12/2012 11:04:40 PM
Nice use of sun in frame!
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 05/10/2012 11:14:29 PM
Good processing , esp the sky, in this one.
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 05/10/2012 01:48:15 PM
This is gorgeous! The tones in places seam a little off, but the rest is perfect. Love the saturation and clouds. 7 from me.
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 05/10/2012 01:42:38 PM
Great processing to capture all of that at once. Not the perfect setting, but not bad either. Maybe a person at the picknick table would add a certain something extra?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/10/2012 12:57:19 PM
Beautiful
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 05/09/2012 12:29:30 PM
Very difficult acute angle to the sun. Actually, you're looking at the sun!!!!! An amazing sky, pleasant composition and interesting trees. 8
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 05/09/2012 11:02:40 AM
Love this! Great job on exposure.
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