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Goodnight Joshua Tree
Goodnight Joshua Tree
TommyMoe21


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2015-05 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-7D Mark II
Lens: Sigma 50-500mm f/4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM APO
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, CA
Date: May 16, 2015
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/2500
Date Uploaded: May 31, 2015

 Shot RAW. From LR5, sent to Nik HDR eFex Pro2 as a single shot. That revived an almost silhouetted shot. Back in LR5 colors enhanced, noise reduction and exposure tweaked. In PS6, resized and converted to JPG.

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Votes: 81
Comments: 4
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Canon EOS Rebel SL1
Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
 06/11/2015 10:55:36 PM
I really like the colors here how they balance out from top to bottom. I also like how the sky is so much in focused. Wondering what it would look like with out photoshop tools. Because sometimes I try things like focusing or noise reduction and it only seems to make the image look fake. So if you tried not doing anything to so that the bottom where the grass and rocks are soft more natural even with out focus it would still be a really pleasing photo.

Hope my comment was helpful I chose this from the critique club...
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Fujifilm X-M1
Fujifilm XC 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 OIS
 06/07/2015 06:35:04 PM
Love the location.
This one is strange to me. It looks like there is alot of Noise in the trees and bushes yet the sky has none?
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Canon EOS-50D
 06/07/2015 04:31:12 PM
Lovely light
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D810
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED VR
 06/02/2015 09:53:45 PM
Sure looks like a nuclear detonation in the background. I remember these from Lancaster, CA.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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