I'm away for very important job matters. It would be great to wake up tomorrow with a ribbon :)
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Yeah! Thanks for votes and comments. At least walking through the mud has not been useless :)
For the ones interested, this is a typical landscape of my region, with olive trees along sweet hills and villages at the top of them. That's great to have sea, hills and high mountains all in less than 100 kms.
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Very lovely scene Alex, I took many many shots of the countryside in Italy, but unfortunately I couldn't use all of them in the challenges, and the one I entered was in no way the best, shot I took!
Congrats on the ribbon! I knew this would do well!! So cool to see you and Dennis on the front page! But what's that??...is there three Long Shots in the top ten?! :-)
A tip, that has helped me with this type of HDR recently. Manually dodge the sky to bring it back to life. It's ok if some of the sun rays blow out, that is how the eye sees it too.
I have always been a sucker for pictures that depict a road or trail that leads off into the unknown. It makes me want to grab my hiking shoes and start walking. I love the detail in the grass and along the lane. I also love how the mist combines with the sunlight to create a dream like feeling. This is my favorite in this challenge.