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Challenge: Free Study 2007-10 (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Canon
Location: Edale, Peak District
Date: Oct 6, 2007
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Landscape, Animals
Date Uploaded: Oct 26, 2007

 Cropped the picture a lot and tried to add a it more depth in the sky by using levels, shadow/highlight and some other tricks seperately.

Added a blank layer filled with a dark brown colour then changed blending mode to colour (it might have been hue) and change to about 30% opacity. This is great way to slightly tone images and something I will use a lot in the future. I then pushed the reds and yellows and blacks to bring out the autumnal shades and to increase the shadows.

High pass filter, smart sharpen. Soft focus effect added by duplicating layer, 4 pix guassian blur and reducing opacity to around 30%, not too much or it would obscure the details, i wanted a quieter effect.

I picked up a lot of these editing steps from Simms, yet mine pales next to his.

Anyways, I like this shot, I like how it looks like a rainy day up a hill... which, incidentally, it was.

Thanks for looking :)

My prediction: 5.9.

Statistics
Place: 147 out of 521
Avg (all users): 5.9845
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.9798
Avg (non-participants): 6.0000
Views since voting: 966
Views during voting: 170
Votes: 129
Comments: 8
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Canon EOS-30D
Sigma 50mm f/2.8 EX Macro for Canon
 01/24/2008 01:02:53 PM
Great image, excellent composition and PP. I'm supprised that this didn't score much better.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 11/07/2007 10:08:11 PM
8
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 11/07/2007 04:40:24 PM
The sheep's clearly horrified - they're sitting in his favourite spot.

Gret PP work nice crop and DoF
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 11/03/2007 08:39:34 PM
I absolutely adore this. The balance of the sheep with the woman and child to the right. Then you added a touch of softness. GORGEOUS.
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 11/03/2007 01:51:22 PM
quite moody and I like the simple tones - not so much the vignetting (perhaps too dominate) but I do like the hint of people.
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Fujifilm FinePix 2800Z
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
 11/03/2007 01:29:45 PM
7 - Nice. Processing works well here, like the scene, like the capture and stance of the 'ovine'. Do wish I could see the face more of the person in blue, it is distracting that they are there but cannot decipher them enough, so wonder about cropping them out, but your call.
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 11/01/2007 03:56:01 PM
Not fond of the dark edges or the haloing around the people but I do like the composition.
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 11/01/2007 10:16:42 AM
Nice PP. 7
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