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Challenge: Landscape in Portrait Orientation (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Location: Sugarland Run
Date: Oct 28, 2006
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Oct 31, 2006

 Shot RAW at a stream not far from my house. Processed in DPP and PS CS. DPP steps included adjusting white balance, removing any sharpening and send two versions to PS. One version with the exposure as shot and one underexposed 1.17 stops.

In PS, set the background image to the proper exposure and set the underexposed image to a layer above. Slight rotation of the frame to correct a tilted horizon (3.46 deg. CW) and crop. Selected the blown out sky with the magic wand and applied that selection as a layer mask to the underexposed layer. Applied a curves adjustment layer to the background image. Finally, merged visible layers, resized, USM (200/0.3/1), upped canvas size to add border, saved for web.

Statistics
Place: 105 out of 308
Avg (all users): 5.7749
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
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Views since voting: 953
Views during voting: 310
Votes: 231
Comments: 4
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/06/2006 03:25:29 PM
great shot well done
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 11/04/2006 09:25:01 AM
Sky is blown. Could have brought out colors more in Photoshop.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/01/2006 11:00:03 AM
Nice colors and composition. You've done a great job of controlling the exposure throughout the shot.
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 11/01/2006 03:39:17 AM
A chocolate box scene...very nicely composed...good use of contrast and lighting
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