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Maunga-a-Reipae - "Watchful Mountain"
Maunga-a-Reipae - "Watchful Mountain"
julesski


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Landscape III (Expert Editing*)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: Mt Wellinton - Auckland
Date: Apr 15, 2007
Aperture: F18
ISO: 250
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Apr 16, 2007

Wanted to take a landscape panoramic and this is my chance.

Polarising filter, cropping, some levels, dodging and burning, dust cloning and couple of cars made to disappear together with more "aggressive" PP than I usually do.

Details of the location if you are interested are as follows (Volcanic Rangitoto in the background - looks fake (like a childrens drawing of a Volcano) but very real:-

Maunga-a-Reipae, 'watchful mountain' or 'the mountain of Reipae'
Location: Auckland City, map reference NZMS 260: R11/750772
Height: 135m
Age: Formed about 9000 years ago
Volume lava: 160 million cubic metres (equivalent to 32,000 Olympic sized swimming pools)
Volume tuff/ash/pyroclastics: 9.2 million cubic metres (equivalent to 1,840 Olympic sized swimming pools).




Statistics
Place: 152 out of 308
Avg (all users): 5.6654
Avg (commenters): 6.1429
Avg (participants): 5.6196
Avg (non-participants): 5.6914
Views since voting: 1120
Views during voting: 359
Votes: 254
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/24/2007 11:57:29 AM
Not bad but composition as far as the tree goes too centered for my taste, had you moved a couple of steps to the right it would instantly have appealed more to me.
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04/23/2007 09:35:44 PM
Nice.
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04/22/2007 10:23:00 PM
Just lovely. The weather co-operated for you last week, awesome :)
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04/22/2007 05:56:45 AM
Looks like Rangitoto in the background :)
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04/19/2007 09:12:08 PM
Very nice image. I like the softness of the grass, the balance of land and sky. Nice frame. Only thing I would like to see different is maybe the blue sky on the right a little darker... but very minor.
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04/19/2007 01:09:43 PM
Don't like the near centered tree orientation, especially when there is so little of viewer interest on the far left that could be cropped out for a better tree off set with more viewer interest. The tree and its shadow is the main subject and you want to do EVERYTHING possible to highlight it.
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04/18/2007 11:56:55 PM
Great image! I wish the tree weren't as centered, but the colors and everything else are great.
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04/18/2007 01:15:32 AM
nice. left side looks darker tho, kinda two faced watchful mountain... :P i rate 7
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