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National Memorial Arch
National Memorial Arch
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Challenge: Free Study 2009-03 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Sony DSLR-A300
Lens: Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED Zoom Lens for Sony Alpha
Location: Valley Forge PA
Date: Mar 7, 2009
Aperture: F/11.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Landscape, History
Date Uploaded: Mar 31, 2009

 No expectations. Just been practicing with Photoshop. I'm OK with how this turned out. I had some minor problems and know of some areas that need to be fixed.

Isolated arch and inverted.
Applied Curves, reds and blues to sky.
Burned bright area in clouds.
Applied levels to arch.
applied unsharp mask to arch.
applied gaussiam blur to arch.
applied unsharp mask to sky and trees.
cloned out some minor branches poking in on right.
resized and sharpened.
re-applied gaussian bur to sky.
merged layers and saved as .jpg.

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Place: 230 out of 475
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Avg (commenters): 5.5000
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Views since voting: 801
Views during voting: 225
Votes: 137
Comments: 3
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/06/2009 02:01:52 PM
Nice capture
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 04/01/2009 01:24:50 PM
Looks like Valley Forge! Great tones and POV.
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 04/01/2009 12:59:40 AM
Good timing to catch the sun highlighting the inscription.
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