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Spring Eve
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Challenge: Minimalism (Basic Editing III)
Camera: HP PhotoSmart 320
Location: Hawk Island Park, Lansing, MI.
Date: Apr 21, 2005
Galleries: Sky, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Apr 26, 2005

 Going for a simple, yet elegant (I hope) presentation of a young tree just budding in early spring, dancing against the backdrop of a splendid colorfilled sunset. Tried to ensure the foreground was dark enough to not show any detail, and the sky darkened to the top to give balance to it all. In ps -- brightness/contrast, levels, hue/sat, sized and added border.
Thanks for checking out my pic. :-)

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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 07/03/2005 08:31:26 AM
Wow, really lovely! Noise in the sky? Maybe, but I wouldn't let it be a worry, the photo is very pleasing to the eye.

Linda
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 05/02/2005 11:25:01 PM
great colors and framing
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Minolta DiMAGE 5
 05/02/2005 03:55:04 PM
it's just a sunset. nice too look at but nothing special.
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Fujifilm X-T2
Fujifilm XF 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8 R LM OIS
 05/01/2005 03:11:32 PM
Excellent sunset colours.
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Nikon Coolpix 5700
 05/01/2005 10:35:02 AM
There seems to be quite a bit of noise in the background, that is a bit distracting in my opinion. Still beautiful colors.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 05/01/2005 04:58:30 AM
I think that this would be a better picture if you cropped both top and bottom. And got rid of the small trees.
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Sony DSC-F717
Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC for Canon
 04/30/2005 11:44:11 AM
i like the color in this photo
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II
 04/30/2005 07:51:41 AM
nice capture.
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED
 04/30/2005 01:59:41 AM
good shot, like the colors
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Nikon Coolpix 5700
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6D ED
 04/29/2005 06:44:45 PM
Color problems.
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
 04/29/2005 10:28:29 AM
interesting use of theme
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
 04/29/2005 07:54:25 AM
wow. That´s a really good pic. The colours of this sunset are awesome. I really the tree´s silhouette. 6
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 04/28/2005 05:18:29 PM
Not very strong link to the challenge. colours are strange. 2
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Sony Mavica CD300
 04/28/2005 12:34:11 AM
Very pretty colors but ended up with a lot of artifact.
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 04/27/2005 11:39:58 PM
very noisy sky
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Samsung Galaxy S25, S25+, S25 Ultra
Panasonic Lumix G 14mm F2.5 ASPH
04/27/2005 11:41:59 AM
Grain does not help a lot on this beautiful image. Good luck!
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Fujifilm FinePix S3000
 04/27/2005 10:10:26 AM
This is a nice image. i really like the coloring in the sky. I also like how as you get to the bottom of the image everything is black. nice work.
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