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Flat Iron Moon
Flat Iron Moon
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Challenge: Free Study VIII (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: Boulder, CO
Date: Mar 30, 2005
Aperture: F22
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1 sec.
Galleries: Sky, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Apr 15, 2005

 Ok, I did *a lot* of post processing on this image. I just hope it doesn't look over processed. Here are the steps as best as I can remember them:

Convert from Raw to JPG using RawShooter, white balance set from the moon.

In GIMP:

Copied sky into new layer.
Curves on background layer to bump the contrast.
Hue-Sat. on background layer to pop the color on the mountains
Curves on Sky to bump the contrast
Hue-Sat. on sky to make it deep blue (yes, it started out blue).
Flattened layers.
Lots of cloning in the sky - the image was embarrassingly dirty!
Copied moon into new layer.
Curves on moon to restore some of the contrast that was previously lost.
Cuves on sky again - used a U shaped curve to get the pink effect.
2 USM layers on whole image.
Erase some USM from sky area.
Flatten, resize.
USM again, erased some USM from sky again.
Copied non-cloud areas of sky into new layer.
Gaussian blur on non-cloud sky to remove noise
Eerase some blur from moon to retain sharpness there.
Flatten again.
Added border.

Phew - I think that's it :)



Statistics
Place: 420 out of 507
Avg (all users): 4.9098
Avg (commenters): 5.2381
Avg (participants): 4.8040
Avg (non-participants): 5.2857
Views since voting: 1086
Views during voting: 349
Votes: 255
Comments: 23
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/25/2005 10:46:01 PM
nice perspective, but IMO it has too much contrast.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/25/2005 08:11:13 PM
Overpixelated,bad choice of gradient,5
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/25/2005 07:33:10 PM
Image appears to be over processed for colors. Colors seem unrealstic. Oversharpening or separate processing between sky and horizon resulted in distracting haloing. Might have considered offsetting the moon to one side or the other of the frame as opposed to having it directly in the middle.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/25/2005 05:17:56 PM
looks like mars!...except for the trees...maybe a bit over processed, but it certainly stands out, the more i look at it the more it appeals!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/25/2005 04:41:40 PM
A great strong visual as a graphical representation but imho less processing and staying more withing its natural colors would have yielded a more highly exciting entry. Bumping from 5 to 6.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/25/2005 03:26:58 PM
im just guessing here but i think you might have used too much high pass sharpening.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/25/2005 08:35:27 AM
Your color saturation leaves a little to be desired here. I think it would be a stronger photograph if the colors had been a little more realistic.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/24/2005 01:17:16 PM
Godd capture. I don't like the horzon being in the center.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/24/2005 06:13:43 AM
The cloud looks like smoke coming out of a volcano. I`m not to keen on the colour.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/23/2005 01:50:29 PM
color seems overprocessed and blown out to me
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/22/2005 01:53:13 PM
love the colors, very unusual and interesting
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/21/2005 01:12:46 PM
I believe the colors are too enhanced.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/20/2005 08:31:46 PM
Beautiful shot, I personally don't care for the border with this one.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/20/2005 03:37:18 PM
stunning sky - colours are mesmerising
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/20/2005 12:46:21 PM
Looks a bit over-proccessed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/19/2005 08:49:11 PM
This is a good subject, and the centered composition works. I'm not very fond of the technical aspects though, the colors aren't what they're supposed to be (and not overdone enough if it was intentional ;)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/19/2005 07:51:49 PM
Cool color effect here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/19/2005 10:28:25 AM
Man, I miss Boulder! It's as beautiful as ever, eh?

Your shot seems a bit harsh - like it's both out of focus and over-usm'ed. I like the colors very much, but the details are rather dulled out.

All in all, though, it was real nice to see a familiar scene :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/19/2005 09:16:14 AM
this is probably one of those images where the size reduction really takes away from the overall potential of the image. here, it comes across a bit flat and a bit soft. i love the colors, but am left feeling that something is missing. oh well, it's probably just me. good luck!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/19/2005 08:44:21 AM
A bit too surreal-looking for my taste.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/19/2005 07:54:15 AM
Moon overexposed with a blue halo. A graduated ND filter would help with this.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/19/2005 04:42:04 AM
Great colouring, almost looks like another planet.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/19/2005 12:17:21 AM
looks almost like a painting. very nice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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