NOTE: Changed the version of the picture at the last minute, have no time to update details, but they're almost the same as below.
Shot RAW, handheld. Converted in Photomatix, saved as TIFF.
Opened in PSCS3.
Rotated very slightly, and cropped to a 2:1 ratio.
Cloned out a little car in the distance, and a few sensor spots.
Worked in colour channels, using adjustment layers for curves for the three channels.
Added a 50% grey layer in soft light for burn, slightly burned cloud areas.
Adjusted colours using selective colours and hue/sat/lightness.
Applied NN to blue channel selection only.
Resized, sharpened with USM, saved for web.
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Place: 60 out of 712 Avg (all users): 6.7011 Avg (commenters): 8.0857 Avg (participants): 6.6462 Avg (non-participants): 6.8681 Views since voting: 1695 Views during voting: 557 Votes: 368 Comments: 39 Favorites: 3 (view)
I can't believe this isn't in the top 10. I read through the comments for clues of something that dragged it down, but there aren't any. Maybe it's the 720 pixel limit; this is quite the shot and needs room to breathe! In any case, it's definitely one of the best I've seen in 2006.
Happy shooting in 2007--perhaps we'll find ourselves with an opportunity to shoot together sometime.
Oh Ursula! Unfortunately, I didn't get to this one in the voting! I am wild about perspective shots like this, and this one is so dramatic and beautiful! Wow!
come on, you've got to be kidding me. you couldn't get them to get a little closer to the edge for you? i mean, yeah, it's beautiful, but it could use just a bit more drama, dontcha think...
The horse-rider makes the shot. Good range, looks like some haloing around the top of the mount that prevents a perfect score, but otherwise very grand. 8
A classic. The vista along with the POW of the woman's turquoise skirt really has the WOAH- show stopping quality we all love. The horse - just adds another dimension of terrific stuff. The lines of the canyon and bottoms of the clouds make for some interesting parallels. A stunner for sure.
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