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Challenge: Take Two (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Abandoned house on Hwy. 33 in rural Louisiana.
Date: Jun 2, 2006
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/800 sec
Galleries: Black and White, Rural
Date Uploaded: Jun 2, 2006

 Here's the original.
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Alot of people suggested this shot would look better as black and white instead of color as in the original shot entered in the Dead End challenge. Many thought I went too far on the saturation and now months later, I agree. Also I changed up the composition of the shot to get rid of the distracting background. I wish I could have gotten a better sky, but the weather didn't cooperate.

Cropped out electric pole and part of sky.
Unsharp Mask.
Grayscale.
Duotone (black & yellow).
Back to RGB.
Dodge & Burn.
Added black frame.
Save for Web.


Statistics
Place: 110 out of 161
Avg (all users): 5.5385
Avg (commenters): 6.5000
Avg (participants): 5.3220
Avg (non-participants): 5.6701
Views since voting: 725
Views during voting: 213
Votes: 156
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 06/13/2006 05:38:21 PM
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: I like the strong, crisp focus, as well as the deep depth of field that keeps each part of the image in focus. I do prefer the duotone conversion, but you lost some of the shy detail.

Lighting: The sky is pretty harsh and overpowering in this version. I believe that a graduated natural density filter or a soft light gradient layer in post processing would have helped this one out a great deal. You lost some of the valuable detail in your highlights and your shadows. Your first one was lit better.

Composition/Content: I prefer this landscape orientation and composition as opposed to the square crop of the original. The fence you included on the left of this image helps pull the eye around the frame and the openness gives more of a sense of freedom in the outdoors.

My Opinion: As is, the original submission is better. With slight lighting adjustments, I think this one would have easily pressed in to the 6 range of scoring.

Eric
 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/10/2006 12:32:15 AM
Good capture.
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 06/07/2006 08:19:23 PM
I like this.....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/06/2006 01:15:20 PM
Lovely colours and tones but a better perspective would have added abit more interest into the shot i think.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/06/2006 12:35:10 PM
Love the tone you picked and the texture. Sky is a washed out though. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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