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Rose clouds before Ribs
Rose clouds before Ribs
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Challenge: Free Study 2008-08 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Nikon
Location: Oregon
Date: Aug 18, 2008
Aperture: 18
ISO: 100
Shutter: 2.5sec
Galleries: Landscape
Date Uploaded: Aug 30, 2008

Convert from RAW, Levels, Curves, selective color adj for reds, brightness/contrast adjustments, more selective color, more contrast, sharpen, resize, border, save

Statistics
Place: 248 out of 487
Avg (all users): 5.6728
Avg (commenters): 6.5000
Avg (participants): 5.6240
Avg (non-participants): 5.8378
Views since voting: 946
Views during voting: 230
Votes: 162
Comments: 10
Favorites: 1 (view)


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09/08/2008 10:35:39 PM
It's a very pretty shot, but it's lacking something in terms of lighting - seems kind of flat to me. I gave it a 6, so it was above average, but there's a lack of contrast overall. Perhaps a little dodging and burning would do the trick. I sometimes have this same problem with my own photos - they just don't pop well enough.
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09/08/2008 10:35:25 PM
Beautiful image....a little bit saturated and purple... I actually like the HDR version better.

This version is not very realistic due to the odd colors. If adjusted a little bit more...you would have an even better image!
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09/08/2008 10:21:52 PM
This is a very pretty photo. At the same time, there is just so much here for an image this size. If this were a travel poster taking up a good portion of a wall, it could work much better.

The colors are beautiful, but the picture is very busy and at this scale there is a lot of competition going on.

The stream tries to act as a leading line. But it is broken up a bit upstream by the rocks, and the brilliant colors along the stream side, pull the eye away. When the eye gets to the waterfall, the sky immediately pulls the eye away. It is hard for the eye to rest on a focal point anywhere in this picture. Is it the stream, the waterfall, the clouds that I am supposed to look at? All are competing for a starring role, as opposed to supporting each other.

Again, the picture itself as a whole is beautiful. If the scale were larger, it would surely come across better.

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09/08/2008 09:54:00 PM
I gave this a 7 and enjoyed this pic. I think it scored lower than a 6 (unfairly so, IMO) b/c the details in the trees and bushes looks too fuzzy and granulated somehow, and b/c of the slightly unrealistic color scheme. It just has too much Magenta in it, perhaps this could it could be fixed by setting a 'black point' with the eye dropper in curves. Or by going into selective color and going into the neutrals and pumping more black into them. I like 'unrealistic' shots and i think the composition is just great here, but somehow it looks like there is an accidental magenta cast rather than a deliberate attempt at making the picture magenta. Still, I would have pegged this at a 6.3 i don't get how it scored so low!
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09/08/2008 09:39:51 PM
I would have included more sky. The crop cuts off the tree in the right hand side of the photo as well. There is something about the colours. It looks as though (on my screen) that the cliffs are slightly pink, which may have been when you adjusted the reds for the sky. Some extra work experimenting with the selective colour could have helped, either to further bring out the red in the sky (and sending the cliffs further pink for the evening reflective look) or to reduce pink inthe cliffs. Also, a level adjustment prehaps to give it more feel, more evening as well (slightly darken)
Oh well, my 2 cents............
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09/08/2008 08:35:42 PM
Beautiful, underrated photo. Great use of depth, lovely colors too. Where is it?

Message edited by author 2008-09-08 20:36:01.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/05/2008 06:13:41 AM
Nice scene. Interesting colour palette.
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09/02/2008 08:57:47 PM
not sure about the title, lol! but i love the image, the colors are beautiful, and you did a great job capturing the right amount of movement in the water.
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09/02/2008 01:27:34 PM
Lovely colors
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09/01/2008 04:47:19 PM
Interesting colours but the sky is such a small part of the shot that it is almost dwarfed by the trees and the river


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