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Penygarreg
Penygarreg
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Challenge: Free Study XV (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS
Location: Penygarreg Reservoir, Elan valley, Wales
Date: Nov 19, 2006
Aperture: f36
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/6
Date Uploaded: Nov 20, 2006

 Morning mist and early light on Penygarreg Reservoir, Elan valley, Wales

PS Work:

Crop and straighten.
Levels to nail white/black points
Curves to add mid tone contrast
Cloned out the dust. cloned out a tree at right, cloned out small rock next to tower
Neat Image to remove noise
Duplicate base layer and add gaussian blur, reduce opacity to 20% and the use layer mask to bring back detail in main tree and tower
Hue/Sturation
Smart sharpen

Statistics
Place: 16 out of 501
Avg (all users): 6.8650
Avg (commenters): 8.5714
Avg (participants): 6.8440
Avg (non-participants): 6.9074
Views since voting: 1576
Views during voting: 299
Votes: 163
Comments: 20
Favorites: 4 (view)

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AuthorThread
 12/08/2006 11:25:58 PM
Breathtaking! Congratulations on your top 20 finish.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/07/2006 09:22:34 PM
I hope you'll pardon the pun, very mystical but I mean it. The sheep takes out of the above ordinary to extraordinary. Good Luck.
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 12/07/2006 05:44:21 PM
Very nice mood and lighting captured here. Congrats!
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 12/07/2006 10:33:22 AM
Wow this is nice, mystical. I like the 1 sheep and good colors.
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 12/06/2006 05:15:33 PM
Wow! You got my attention with this one.
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 12/05/2006 10:54:56 PM
Spectacular - the perspective and reflection make this appear to be some sort of optical illusion. Great colours - early morning light?
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 12/05/2006 06:42:25 PM
The thing that really tops this off for me is the lone sheep. 10
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 12/05/2006 03:55:10 PM
Love this.
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 12/05/2006 02:52:11 PM
Very unusual composition and a stunning photograph. Absolutely beautiful!
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 12/05/2006 02:21:54 PM
What's going on here?
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 12/05/2006 07:30:38 AM
wow, love that mist
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 12/04/2006 08:52:44 PM
One word. WOW! I can't figure out the visual effect on the tower until after I googled the name! The sheep in the foreground makes it surreal! Well done and best of luck to you in the challenge! (I think you'll do well, as the composition is fantastic, it's like a collage!)
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 12/04/2006 01:39:05 PM
Breathtaking and magical. I especially like the small tree and the sheep in the foreground - a world removed from that in the distance.
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 12/03/2006 02:20:15 PM
Excellent capture, composed well.
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 12/03/2006 07:01:05 AM
where is it? absolutely stunning landscape!
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 12/02/2006 09:58:10 AM
Spooky - I can imagine Excaliber being thrust out of the water at any minute!. A knight on a white charger might have increased the Arthurian impact a bit more than the sheep but they're never about when you need them - and maybe it's a killer sheep finishing off the remains of it's last victim.
Great colours - just noticed the sky has a hint of 'Turner' about it too - very atmospheric and surreal.
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 12/01/2006 08:16:55 PM
This is very unusual. It draws me in for a closer look.
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 12/01/2006 11:33:13 AM
lovely
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 12/01/2006 05:25:56 AM
Perfection!
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 12/01/2006 03:29:36 AM
Whew...nice image you have here!
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