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Challenge: Best of 2004 (Advanced Editing III*)
Camera: Olympus C-5050Z
Location: Arcadia Bluffs GC
Date: Jul 23, 2004
Aperture: 7
ISO: 64
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Landscape, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jan 14, 2005

Pic was taken at Arcadia Bluffs golf course. Channel mixed to BW, adjusted contrast and clarified (several times), burned the sky then smudged. Cloned out some things/cleaned some things up. Sadly, this is fairly heavily cropped and it suffers a bit because of that.

First crack at a BW landscape. Probably not the best time to do it with the tough competition that will dominate this challenge, but oh well! :-)

I will definitely recreate this pic this summer with my Rebel and 17-40L...

Statistics
Place: 58 out of 530
Avg (all users): 6.4971
Avg (commenters): 8.5294
Avg (participants): 6.4615
Avg (non-participants): 6.6098
Views since voting: 1313
Views during voting: 520
Votes: 342
Comments: 18
Favorites: 3 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/27/2005 06:53:48 PM
The tonal levels are intense in this image. Nice job
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01/27/2005 09:34:21 AM
This is an outstanding photo....into my favs.
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01/26/2005 10:07:41 AM
Beautiful b/w landscape... The layering in the foreground is beautiful.
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01/22/2005 11:39:35 PM
This shot is gorgeous and a great candidate for the black and white treatment it really brings attention to the lines forms and details. A top shot. 10
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01/22/2005 01:34:26 PM
this is a beautiful image that has a ton of potential. i do fee it is a bit top heavy, the way you've split the horizon so close to the middle, especially when you have such a dead, empty sky. good luck with the challenge!
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01/21/2005 06:19:31 PM
A different crop whould get a better composition. There are just too much of the sky IMHO. Since they don't hols any interest, why show so mucf them?
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01/21/2005 02:42:25 PM
WOW! I just love the way the grassy hills lead you right to the building... perfect contrast... stunning in B&W
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01/20/2005 06:35:16 PM
I like the layers created by the hills in the fg. Good tones in the land. I feel the sky area is too large and could be cropped down a little.
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01/19/2005 01:22:19 PM
I love pictures like this! Black and white. So sharp it looks 3-dimensional. This is beautiful. Even with so many entries, this one has to be in the very, very top! Good luck.
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01/18/2005 04:30:30 AM
GORGEOUS! I love the lines here! I just wish there were either some clouds in the sky or not quite so much of it. Maybe crop some out? Great use of large DOF... beautiful with everything in focus... love the black and white and the contrast here. Nicely done.
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01/17/2005 06:40:20 PM
excellent in all ways.
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01/17/2005 04:39:48 PM
Beautiful house, love your choice of B&W, nice work
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01/17/2005 01:06:00 PM
Excellent black and white. The horizon in the centre of the shot just doesn't work for me though... perhaps a square crop is not the best choice here? Wonderful variety of textures, patterns and tones. 9
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01/17/2005 11:24:58 AM
This is a fantastic and very well done black and white. Tones are perfect. This one will finish near the top of the list.
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01/17/2005 02:53:40 AM
Wondergul tones. Simple scene, incredible striking though.

Great work

9.
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01/16/2005 02:29:56 PM
Nice saetting for an exceptional photo. I really like the lines of the hills and grasses. I like the counterpoint of diagonal hill lines and vertical grass lines. It's a powerful composition with perfect placement of the house in the frame. The nearly empty sky contrasts well witht he lower two thirds of the image. Hope this ribbons.
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01/16/2005 12:10:39 PM
I like the composition and the flow in the landscape. This is very wel balanced and the texture in the foreground is beautiful.
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01/16/2005 12:35:49 AM
Great capture of tones and detail. Nice B&W. 10
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