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Challenge: Leading Lines IV (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: Wellsburg, WV
Date: Feb 15, 2008
Aperture: 5.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Transportation
Date Uploaded: Feb 16, 2008

 I was visiting some family this past weekend and needed to find a good place to photograph. Since, I couldn't get the shot that I wanted b/c there was no place to pull of the road, I took the opportunity to take this pic. It was a gloomy, overcast day....right before it started to spit a little bit of snow. The bridge in the distance is also a train bridge.

I really like taking outdoor shots more than indoor. I'm also starting to learn a little bit more about post processing.

I brightened it up, decreased the shadows, added a bit of saturation, did a clarify, and sharpen. The original was underexposed.

Looking to get in the mid 5's, but my predictions are always wrong. I'm sure I'm going to get some comments about too much negative space and not being level, oh well.....both were intentional to give perspective.

And from all of the help in the forums, I can now "save" at near the 150K limit. THANK YOU TO ALL THAT HELPED!!

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Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 02/26/2008 05:04:24 PM
I really like the perspective view here. Three nitpicks though.
1) colors need bumping up a little for impact, probably with a curves adjust would do nicely.
2) the skew needs to be a little more, so that it is obvious that it is intended, or straightened out.
3) crop a little more out of the sky, so that the horizon and subject are not so centered.
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6G ED
 02/24/2008 11:49:53 PM
nice dof!
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Nikon D810
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 02/24/2008 10:26:54 PM
Good job on levels ... sky is perfect love the rail
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-50D
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Canon
 02/21/2008 02:34:53 PM
the tilted horizon is a little distracting
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
 02/20/2008 08:19:00 PM
Nice idea but my initial reaction was that it was uninteresting. It grew on me a little as I looked at it more.
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