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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Arkansas, United States of America
Date: Sep 22, 2006
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Landscape, High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Date Uploaded: Mar 10, 2009

Hi Guys!

Thanks for all the kind words.

Just wanted to post the expert editing version of this shot - the way it was meant to be shown.



Thanks!

Statistics
Place: 208 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 6.1139
Avg (commenters): 6.9412
Avg (participants): 6.1007
Avg (non-participants): 6.1944
Views since voting: 1118
Views during voting: 713
Votes: 509
Comments: 74
Favorites: 3 (view)


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03/18/2009 07:08:05 AM
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Message edited by author 2009-03-18 09:27:15.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 10:43:20 PM
Fantastic! What a catch!
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03/17/2009 10:24:43 PM
Great shot. Definitely looks like the clouds were torn apart.
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03/17/2009 05:43:46 PM
I love this break in the clouds and the streaming sun rays. You don't often see them going both up and down, so this must be very wide angle. 24mm I see.
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03/17/2009 05:03:29 PM
Very dramatic! 7
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03/17/2009 11:19:08 AM
Those are some incredible sun rays.
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03/17/2009 06:20:14 AM
Great sun rays, love the way it looks like the clouds are cracking
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03/17/2009 06:08:29 AM
Nice post-processing, well done :)
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03/16/2009 11:24:13 PM
beautiful light rays!! excellent
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03/16/2009 08:43:11 PM
nice rays
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03/16/2009 03:13:11 PM
I love seeing the sun break through the clouds like this. My grandma always called it "the fingers of God". Beautiful.
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03/16/2009 11:20:11 AM
Nice shot
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03/15/2009 11:46:05 PM
Wow! What a scene. The fore ground trees seem unnaturally bright considering the placement of the sun.
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03/15/2009 10:52:32 PM
Powerful, 9
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03/15/2009 10:22:39 PM
Perfect title. Lovely sky. Good job.

Not voting yet.
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03/15/2009 08:40:08 PM
Glorious Gem! You caught so much and I like the up close green against the distanct hills.
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03/15/2009 05:47:09 PM
Beautiful!
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03/15/2009 05:26:23 PM
like the sky.
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03/15/2009 03:40:42 PM
Stunning break in the clouds with the sunlight streaming through you captured here. It really does look as if this is to gateway to Heaven. 7
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03/15/2009 12:11:14 PM
hard shot to expose correctly good work on this one
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03/15/2009 11:49:18 AM
8! amazing hands down


brano
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03/15/2009 10:35:05 AM
Gorgeous. Love it.
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03/15/2009 10:14:58 AM
Very nice image. It's good to see a few "great" images. This is a perfect reflection of your abilities as a photographer.
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03/15/2009 10:12:14 AM
omg, what a wonderful capture, those clouds and the sunbeams are just amazing
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03/15/2009 09:24:14 AM
This photo defiantely has the WOW factor, it really looks like a split has opened up in time itself. Awesome, like a scene from War of the Worlds. Well done and good luck for the rest of the challenge.
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03/15/2009 07:36:26 AM
nice capture of the sun rays , recommend that you increase the blacks slightly to be even more dramatic, 6
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03/15/2009 12:30:50 AM
the sun rays are so perfect as to look fake, i will vote as though they are not /9
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03/15/2009 12:07:51 AM
Gorgeous shot...prefect timing to capture this! 7
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03/14/2009 10:58:50 PM
Gorgeous rays! You were in the right place at the right time.
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03/14/2009 08:09:15 PM
Peek a boo like effect. The trees don't do much.
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03/14/2009 07:46:10 PM
Neat! Would like a little darker foreground. The light trees draw my eyes away from the sky.
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03/14/2009 07:26:02 PM
wow amazing capture - really cool with those sunbeams
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03/14/2009 05:55:11 PM
That sky is just... amazing... Perfect title! I only wish the foreground... where slightly different, like without those trees, but wow, that is a great sky you captured! 8
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03/14/2009 04:34:42 PM
excellent job capturing the cloud formation and light. This might be improved if you had been able to get over the tree tops - not an easy feat, i know...
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03/14/2009 09:37:21 AM
A classic shot. Well captured.
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03/14/2009 09:33:48 AM
Magnificent moment. Beautiful sun rays.
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03/14/2009 09:11:26 AM
Wow - was a great moment. A vignette may have been nice on this image as the foreground is reasonably prevalent which may have added to the drama. one of those things you'd have to try and see to know if it worked or not....7.
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03/14/2009 05:37:20 AM
cool capture
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03/13/2009 07:06:19 PM
Beautiful clouds and rays.
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03/13/2009 03:21:26 PM
Beautiful capture! My only, tiny nitpick is that it could be cropped a little closer on the left side. Otherwise, its perfect.
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03/13/2009 12:58:30 PM
Wow. Absolutely wonderful sky. I think this photo could be pushed a little further.
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03/13/2009 09:15:31 AM
WOW
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03/13/2009 09:06:38 AM
Wow, great capture. I love when the light makes rays like that through the clouds. Nice composition.
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03/13/2009 03:00:17 AM
the sun beams are great
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03/13/2009 02:42:30 AM
I like how the sun rays are just bursting through the clouds.
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03/13/2009 02:34:29 AM
I would have yelled "Stop the car!!" if I saw this. Amazing sky and capture. I like how well controlled the exposure is.
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03/12/2009 11:53:11 PM
Fabuous sky.
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03/12/2009 10:39:10 PM
Wow, that is amazing! And well captured, too.
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03/12/2009 10:22:09 PM
I love this capture. Great job.
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03/12/2009 09:19:48 PM
Dramatic rays. It certainly has a biblical feel.
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03/12/2009 05:38:07 PM
An absolutely beautiful shot with a good composition to boot. The trees are rather boring, but I suppose that can be overlooked because the sky is doing some amazing stuff here.
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03/12/2009 03:22:22 PM
Nice title and pic.
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03/12/2009 03:02:47 PM
What an amazing shot!
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03/12/2009 12:14:14 PM
I love when the sun comes through the clouds like this. Nice capture and good detail.
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03/12/2009 08:12:06 AM
Tremendous sky but the foreground lets the image as a whole down for me, sorry
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03/12/2009 01:33:04 AM
very nice clouds
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03/12/2009 12:43:11 AM
Wonderful timing on the lighting.
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03/12/2009 12:17:55 AM
that's one phenomenal sky shot! The foreground looks a bit over processed imo but still a cool shot!
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03/11/2009 11:02:12 PM
Wow, look at those sun rays. Looks like you were really lucky to capture that moment of time with your camera. Really striking photo.
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03/11/2009 05:06:44 PM
This looks like it would be a perfect submission for Ecce Signum's book. Are you involved in the project? If not, you should check it out :)
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03/11/2009 04:55:31 PM
Very impressive sky - lovely thing to have witnessed at the time, too, I'm betting.
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03/11/2009 02:06:02 PM
nice moment
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03/11/2009 12:59:07 PM
Amazing capture!
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03/11/2009 12:50:33 PM
only 15% through the voting, but I had to comment, love this!
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03/11/2009 10:55:26 AM
Good capture and nicely processed, I know because I've tried.
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03/11/2009 10:22:57 AM
Patience pays off!Very nice
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03/11/2009 09:58:35 AM
Amazing capture, congratulations!!
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03/11/2009 08:10:01 AM
Nice shot!
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03/11/2009 06:34:53 AM
very nice rays of light
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03/11/2009 05:10:32 AM
This one really stands out in the thumbnails so I'd expect quite a high number of views for this shot. The light bursting through the clouds is perfect however the treeline is rather mundane in comparison, Id even go as far as saying it detracts hugely from the overall feel of the shot.
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03/11/2009 03:13:45 AM
Spectacular capture! Love to know what you did on the editing in this one.
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03/11/2009 02:42:39 AM
Great crepuscular rays. I like the sky a lot.
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03/11/2009 01:40:31 AM
what a moment to capture, such pretty soft colors
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03/11/2009 01:32:34 AM
Amazing the way you've captured the light.
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