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Dance of the Aurora
Dance of the Aurora
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Silhouettes III (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Location: Antelope Island
Date: Aug 24, 2006
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/3200
Galleries: Emotive, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Aug 27, 2006

Shot in Raw
Adjusted Exposure compensation -1.2
Bumped up contrast and color saturation to high
In PS:
Added border and sized for dpc

If this were advanced editing I'd love to dodge and burn the sky....Oh well!!

Statistics
Place: 59 out of 352
Avg (all users): 6.0595
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.7981
Avg (non-participants): 6.2432
Views since voting: 1370
Views during voting: 401
Votes: 252
Comments: 18
Favorites: 3 (view)


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08/29/2007 01:27:37 AM
This is really awesome! It gives me the impression that she is on a tall hill or mountain.
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02/01/2007 06:37:30 PM
ooo love it!
great job!
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01/30/2007 11:50:22 AM
I think the muted tones work well here...maybe not from a voting point of view, but rather a lasting impression...they allow the focus to center on the model, and the wonderfully spirit like pose she has...
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09/11/2006 08:51:07 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club.

Hi Alecia,

This is a lovely image. I do like your models pose and the general scene. On the whole I think 6-plus is a comfortable score here. Nonetheless this could have done better but for a few small details. It is clear that a number of commentors rated this very highly indeed.

It seems a number of voters marked you down because they could make out detail in your subject. I'm guessing that they have their monitors better calibrated than either you or I. Always a shame to be marked down for something like that. As has been commented a bit more contrast should have dealt with that. A bit of a rotation to get the horizon horizontal would also have been good.

Looking through the challenge entries it seems that the more vibrant sunset colours did very well. By comparison the tones here are muted. Bumping up a bit of selective saturation on orange and red might have helped. In terms of composition I would have liked to see a space to the left where the model is facing - as it stands I think she is facing out of the frame whch draws my attention away.

I hope my comments help and Good Luck in future Challenges!

Cheers
Paul
 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/05/2006 10:21:26 PM
She's got style too...hmmm
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09/04/2006 02:04:54 PM
Good colours.
This one's going far.
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09/03/2006 01:14:21 AM
I like the tones in the photo. To me it would be improved a bit if the subject were even more off-center.
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09/02/2006 07:47:47 PM
The pose here makes the image! I also really like the colour, very evocative and moody. Your composition is also very nice, I expect to see this in the top ten, good luck.
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09/02/2006 04:45:43 PM
I like the pose and the silhouette of the woman :o) The colors of the picture I donĀ“t like as much... But that is just MHO.... The subject is nice and overall the picture is good... Good luck..
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09/01/2006 06:05:21 AM
Even if I can see too many details on the lady, I like it and I think it fit the challenge.
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09/01/2006 06:03:15 AM
Perfect! 10
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09/01/2006 12:13:47 AM
Great colors, depth. The pose doesn't seem to fit.
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08/31/2006 07:55:07 PM
The problem with this, is that I can see som of the model's features, This is a silhouette! You can fix that with a touch of contrast
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08/31/2006 08:58:09 AM
6
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08/30/2006 08:33:43 PM
Very nice composition and great pose by your subject. It's a rather small detail but I like the tiny bit of illumination at bottom of the dress. Nice work!
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08/30/2006 08:07:18 PM
I can see this in the top 10
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08/30/2006 08:32:51 AM
graceful pose, lovely sky...nice 7
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08/30/2006 01:10:40 AM
She needs to be a bit darker to meet the challenge more adequately.

Aside from that, I like the image... maybe tilt it so that the horizon is in horizontal?
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