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Radiance
Radiance
darnok


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Contre-jour (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: South Africa, Pretoria
Date: Apr 3, 2007
Aperture: 8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Sky, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Apr 3, 2007

First challenge with the new D200. Shot at 18mm just after the sun went down.

This will probably bomb, but I really like the colours in this image. It is clear shot into the sun, so I feel it meets the challenge.

Post processing:
RAW conversion.
Crop a few pixels off each side to get to exactly 3:2 aspect ratio.
Set black and white point using levels.
Aggressive contrast adjustment with curves.
Border, resize, smart sharpen, save for web.

Statistics
Place: 48 out of 332
Avg (all users): 6.0546
Avg (commenters): 6.8000
Avg (participants): 5.8750
Avg (non-participants): 6.2211
Views since voting: 908
Views during voting: 263
Votes: 183
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0


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AuthorThread
04/24/2007 04:47:23 AM
dude nice shot. goeie werk!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/09/2007 03:12:27 AM
good clarity of the sky. probably could have cropped out the top part... no real info up there
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04/08/2007 10:35:03 AM
perhaps better with a little high crop
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04/05/2007 04:50:56 PM
wow! looks at that sky!
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04/05/2007 08:25:31 AM
oh wow... vee'ery nice. 9
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04/04/2007 08:15:45 AM
It's the first and probably one of many pictures where I will ask the question - does silouette count for the theme do we differentiate between silouette shot and contre-jour, where there's a clear subject lit by backlight? I will go half-way and give it a five. Again, it's a beautiful shot all in all.
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