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Crane Creek Sunset
Crane Creek Sunset
Damon


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Challenge: Free Study 2014-08 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Tokina AF 17-35 ATX F/4 Pro
Location: Indiana
Date: Aug 27, 2014
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/2000
Date Uploaded: Aug 29, 2014

 Not much processing here, taken from the middle exposure of 5 shots. Simple processing and added a little saturation, sharpening and cropped.

Statistics
Place: 105 out of 177
Avg (all users): 5.7091
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 5.7294
Avg (non-participants): 5.6400
Views since voting: 234
Views during voting: 183
Votes: 110
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0

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 09/09/2014 03:03:25 AM
Critique Club Comment:

Overall impression is that this is a lovely capture of a beautiful sunset. Processing is pretty much spot on - great colors not oversaturated as some might be want to do. It's great that you got that bird in flight as well. Unfortunately, the sky is king in this photo, and while in other circumstances framing the bird or even the sun using the tree branches and the grasses would work well, with the sky as is it only serves to block more of what I want to see.

There's not a lot to really say outside of that. I think we sometimes over think a scene and want to use techniques like framing because they're available and not necessarily because we need them. I gave this a 6 originally because it was well processed, but would have likely gone as high as an 8 if the tree wasn't there. If I want to get critical I could point to a slightly skewed horizon (it's a tad lower on the right), and also suggest that you move the horizon line a little lower in the frame (think rule of thirds) which would add more of the gorgeous sky and eliminate some of the dead zone at the bottom of the frame. Even a 2:3 crop instead of the 5:7 you're using improves the lines a bit if you crop out the bottom.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/07/2014 03:18:42 PM
Like the last pic of the day. And a very well done one at that. The details though out the image are impressive
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/07/2014 04:23:22 AM
Wonderful and simple. Rewarded.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/06/2014 01:16:17 PM
Nice sunset
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/01/2014 01:27:01 PM
The silhouetted natural framing is great. Very nice job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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