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Challenge: Fences (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM
Location: Merrit, BC
Date: Dec 31, 2006
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/50sec
Galleries: Landscape
Date Uploaded: Jan 2, 2007

 Had a blast with the In-laws, driving around looking for the perfect fence while visiting them for New Years. Luckily, they live in a beautiful setting, with lots of snow!

Easily my most aggressive post-processing to date, but I think the result is kind-of cool. This will likely be way overdone for a lot of people, but i guess we'll see. I was SOOOOO inclined to enter the Black & White version of this, as it definitely had that Ansel feel to it, but I've had far to many B&W submissions lately ;o)

Also - this is my 1st entry with my shiny new 17-40mm F4... so we'll see how it does :O)

pp:
convert from RAW
crop
cloned out some sensor dust (i REALLY need to clean it)
cloned out one tiny splinter from a rail & the barbed-wire ends (miniscule) at the edge.
levels
curves (masked to bring out the sky & poles)
smart sharpen (masked to only sharpen the snow & rocks)
resize
border
sfw

Statistics
Place: 4 out of 315
Avg (all users): 7.2177
Avg (commenters): 8.1081
Avg (participants): 7.0381
Avg (non-participants): 7.3313
Views since voting: 3419
Views during voting: 517
Votes: 271
Comments: 48
Favorites: 6 (view)

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 01/13/2007 07:49:09 PM
Congrats on the 4th place. Excellent shot!
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 01/10/2007 03:54:40 PM
I liked this so much. Glad it did well! Congrats.
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 01/10/2007 03:52:41 PM
This makes and excellent print - bravo!
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 01/10/2007 03:49:24 PM
Sweet!! Congrats on 4th place - A beautiful image!
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 01/10/2007 08:22:21 AM
Congrats on your 4th placing! Awesome Image, chrystal clear!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/09/2007 11:26:43 PM
very clean looking site...
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 01/09/2007 11:16:33 PM
Great shot and angle. Beautiful sky and setup. Great colors also. Nice work.
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 01/09/2007 09:57:28 PM
crisp and clear. Good control of your whites giving you great textures in the snow.
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 01/09/2007 09:49:26 PM
Great composition and feel of the image. Coming back to bump it upto 9
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 01/09/2007 05:49:05 PM
SUPERB................like the strong colours and the details in the snow.
Thanx for sharing................
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 01/09/2007 02:33:14 PM
Good clear shot. "9"
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 01/09/2007 12:28:43 PM
Nice job
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 01/09/2007 11:34:55 AM
nice sky
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 01/09/2007 09:54:40 AM
Great photo, some very nice light. The black border seems to really cramp/confine the scene though.
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 01/09/2007 08:17:42 AM
Perfect exposure for the snow.. lovely strong colours in the fenc, rocks and the sky... gets my vote!
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 01/08/2007 07:34:02 PM
one of my favorites
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 01/08/2007 06:40:31 PM
Simple and nice. 6
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 01/07/2007 11:49:18 PM
perfect clarity and colors - 10
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 01/07/2007 11:03:17 PM
I may have cropped it a tad on the right, other then that wonderful shot. 8
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 01/07/2007 07:53:31 PM
excellent crispness and detail - 9
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 01/07/2007 05:56:44 PM
I like how you framed this one
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 01/07/2007 12:58:08 PM
Beautiful colors on the sky and fence - Excellent composition. Nicely done!
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 01/06/2007 03:19:00 PM
So clean and such lovely color I just had to come back and bump you up to 8.
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 01/06/2007 02:09:41 PM
very nice - 7
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 01/05/2007 04:20:27 PM
Love the contrast in color and texture. Great sky and well seen with the rocks in the foreground.
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 01/05/2007 09:30:53 AM
This is very pretty! The colors are very beautiful. 9
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 01/04/2007 11:34:55 PM
I don't usually like borders, but for this shot it seems to work really well for bringing out the red in the fence. Good job.
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 01/04/2007 07:18:28 PM
Well done. This picture makes the fence interesting :o)
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 01/04/2007 03:14:01 PM
Nice work, well balanced and the fence definately stands out, even against the nice blue sky.
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 01/04/2007 02:47:20 PM
Very nice. 9
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 01/04/2007 01:21:11 PM
wow! very crisp!
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 01/03/2007 07:53:23 PM
I love the colors in the photo! Nice!
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 01/03/2007 07:10:30 PM
Stunning shot!
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 01/03/2007 03:01:45 PM
Lovel, love, love the colours in this!! Excellent composition/POV
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 01/03/2007 12:51:19 PM
I'm quite fond of this. Came back to look at it again. Nice composition, focus and tones. 8
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 01/03/2007 12:06:13 PM
wow. a strong contender for first!!!! 10
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 01/03/2007 11:52:14 AM
Beautiful scene, great perspective with the fence.
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 01/03/2007 11:31:37 AM
Flawless. I Love it.
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 01/03/2007 11:17:00 AM
beautiful shot. if this doesn't make top 10, i will be upset. I like the smoothness of the fence and the contrast of the wood color with the sky.
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 01/03/2007 11:11:17 AM
Very good
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 01/03/2007 10:54:17 AM
You have done an excellent job capturing a wide range of light (details in the fense, white snow and in the bright sky) well done!
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 01/03/2007 10:19:01 AM
Love the colrs and simplicity of this photo. Great job!
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 01/03/2007 09:22:28 AM
very well composed, i like this
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 01/03/2007 09:03:48 AM
very nice, clean lines, like the focal point
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 01/03/2007 06:39:52 AM
excellent, maybe the rocks should be more to the left ... 8
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 01/03/2007 05:15:37 AM
very crisp!love this one 8
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 01/03/2007 02:04:19 AM
Awesome! You really got this photograph to be about the fence and it really pops visually. Strong post-editing skills really punch this pic up a few notches but it doesn't look overdone. Print please!
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 01/03/2007 01:10:16 AM
Beautiful exposure and tones. I might have shifted the rocks a little more off centered, but I like the compostion otherwise. Tough to get snow right - good job.
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