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DAY 2 . where i live ... lookin down my road
DAY 2 . where i live ... lookin down my road
roz


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Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon
Location: road where i live
Date: Jan 2, 2007
Aperture: F4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/80
Galleries: Landscape, Rural
Date Uploaded: Feb 2, 2007

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 today my computer has really stuffed up ... graphics card or possibly driver problems .. things that looked crisp , sharp and colourful, now look dull and lifeless ... i compare my photos with other dpc work to get a sort of standard to go by, but i'm finding it confusing ...

this photo is taken looking down my road ... i was going to put it in unedited then computer stuffed up and photograph totally changed!! ... so i've done some curves, levels .. and a bit of a vignette to fixed up my constant problem of the burned out sky ...

4-02-07 .. my computer is ok for the moment until upgrade in a couple of days .. i've fixed up the darkness to make image how i wanted it in the first place ... this is it ..

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 02/05/2007 10:18:53 AM
wonderful image. i like the darkness, the rich colours, adn the mystery of this one. great depth of field and focal plane. yummmm.
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 02/05/2007 03:58:18 AM
The re-edit is maybe a bit better (for darkness), but the original also has its merits; very shallow DoF can work well (I did it on my fences entry), but you need to have something interesting about the pattern of the fence (which you do here, so the shallow focus works here for me). I like it!
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 02/04/2007 02:18:19 AM
I really like this, it is an unusal perspective and I like the dark colours.
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 02/03/2007 11:05:17 PM
It's a bit dark, but I love the look overall. Very nice choice of DOF and composition!
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 02/03/2007 10:04:29 PM
The pp version looks dark to me but I like the use of shallow DOF.
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 02/03/2007 11:40:43 AM
Great dof Roz, really well done, like the shine you can see on the fence and what lush looking greens, very nicely done!
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 02/02/2007 10:02:03 PM
Roz, I really like how the center of the shot is crystal clear. Great job on DOF. I like both versions, I think I prefer your processed one. The colors grab me more.
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 02/02/2007 07:49:04 PM
I like this a lot, Roz. For one, the fencing and the depth of field really give it the feeling that this place is off limits. The darkness that you've added to everything gives it a jungle feel, which is spooky. This kind of reminds me of Lost....
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 02/02/2007 07:18:54 PM
The image seems a bit dark on my monitor. It does make for a different sort of abstract with the extreme shallow dof. Sky is not overexposed at all. It is an interesting image with the muted colors in the background. I would probably do a bit more dodging on the fence, or perhaps use a layer to lighten the image, than overaly the darker one and erase at a transparency of around 60 to start, just to see if you could get more detail on the fence.
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 02/02/2007 12:19:03 PM
I like the color in this one the green is amazing.
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 02/02/2007 12:14:57 PM
Great job - excellent photo!
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 02/02/2007 11:59:33 AM
Very cool DOF and bokeh. Your post processing really brings out deep rich color.
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 02/02/2007 11:19:50 AM
I like it! It looks green and lush and I do not find it dark at all. I also really like the angle you shot chose for this picture.
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 02/02/2007 11:01:40 AM
hmmm, funky angle i like it!
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 02/02/2007 09:41:19 AM
Beautiful. I like the rich deep tones of brown and green. GREAT dof.
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 02/02/2007 09:07:19 AM
Great DOF!!
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 02/02/2007 07:29:17 AM
What a very cool photo! I too am partial to the processed version. I guess like Skewsme, dpc has conidtioned me too. Those rich colors create such a "mood". I love it! would have made a great shallow depth of field entry.

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 02/02/2007 03:17:29 AM
Hi! I like your processed version. Great mood. The orig is fine, but you know, dpc warping trains me to want sharpy colorful shiny etc. Love the perspective and the dof here, and your pp really makes the fence ominous. If I try to nit pick - there might be a little more texture in the foliage and sky than I want - I don't want them to compete with the fence. Have you tried slapping a little noise reduction on this? (or maybe adding more?) Maybe even a gaussian blur with the fence masked out. That might be interesting. Or I could be completely off my rocker ;-) Anyway, I do like this, and I think it would score really well in a leading lines challenge, especially if you stick a subject at the deep end. Good luck with your computer problems. Maybe it's your monitor?
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 02/02/2007 02:20:47 AM
excellent focus, maybe alittle too dark for my tastes but works for this image very nicely.
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 02/02/2007 02:06:05 AM
Roz - this is beautiful. And I read your comment on your bio about the how you feel about photography - SNAP! I'm right with you!

Good luck with your computer - this shot is spot on! Can't wait to see more.
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