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Prairie Skeleton
Prairie Skeleton
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: High Contrast III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
Location: Eau Claire Market - Calgary, Alberta
Date: Jun 5, 2008
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jun 5, 2008

 The windmill at Eau Claire market without the vanes attached. (I think they are getting painted)

Processing was
in Capture One Pro- levels, white balance, and minor sharpening , export to TIFF

in PSP XI
Saturation
Channel Mixer layer to create black and white (100% red)
Tweaked levels
USM
Resize
Final Sharpening (USM)
Export to JPG

post-challenge:
I can now mention that this windmill normally has nice bright orange vanes. Converted to black and white they would have been close to white against the sky. Too bad...

Statistics
Place: 33 out of 294
Avg (all users): 6.2203
Avg (commenters): 8.7500
Avg (participants): 6.0633
Avg (non-participants): 6.3469
Views since voting: 1034
Views during voting: 261
Votes: 177
Comments: 5
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 06/18/2008 02:57:41 PM
PostLuminous Award Nominee!

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/12/2008 09:44:21 PM
Probably isn't, but this seems like New Mexico to me, where I grew up: GREAT skies in NM. Well done in every way. 9
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 06/11/2008 07:15:29 PM
Interesting subject, very nicely processed.
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 06/11/2008 02:20:58 PM
Strong Photo! Excellent Contrast! :) "10" from me! :)
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 06/11/2008 07:20:13 AM
great sky and light...8
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