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Photographer's Comments |
Challenge: Darkness II (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Location: Provincetown, MA
Date: May 3, 2009
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Date Uploaded: May 5, 2009
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Processed from RAW in ACR, exported to CS3
Duped BG layer, selected sky and saved selection
Topaz Adjust Simplify setting
Duped simplify layer, Topaz Adjust Clarity, loaded sky selection and cleared it
Merged two topaz layers, cntrl-alt-tilde plus cntrl-J to create a feathered highlights layer, set to multiply
Gradients on multiply layer fore, right and left
Hue/sat to mute foreground colors
Adamus sharpening an flattened layers at 1400 pixels, resized to 700 pixels, delete sky from merged Adamus layers (no sharpening in sky, in other words
Border, save for web
*****
Disappointing finish :-( Here's the original:
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05/25/2009 04:31:48 AM |
| Very moody, VERY well done. |
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05/23/2009 10:02:20 AM |
| quite a dramatic change. the dark clouds enhance the feeling of a strong storm coming on. even tho you are disappointed with your finish, cherish your commenters because they obviously showed this photo some great love :) |
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05/13/2009 04:10:50 PM |
| I'm never disappointed with a 6+ score. Still, I think I can see that it deserved better. You really captured darkness here -- looming darkness. Quite interesting how this was gotten from the original. |
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05/13/2009 03:49:55 PM |
| I really hoped this would do much better and was convinced it would be top 10. Those colours and that sky are just wonderful. |
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05/13/2009 06:40:02 AM |
| Incredibly underrated image. I have seen few images on DPC that I like more than this one. This is what landscape photography is all about.... |
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05/12/2009 08:58:58 PM |
| Nice capture and great framing using the thirds rule. |
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05/11/2009 02:38:04 PM |
| very good - and one of the rare image in this challenge that don't create darkness from a contrasting light. This is globally dark, heavy, sad. And extremely well composed. |
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05/07/2009 09:05:40 PM |
| The original review didn't reveal what became readily apparent on comment review - there are two images here and both are excellant post-impressionist images. Of the image was cropped to just aboe the mid-ground print, it's a perfect homage to Van Gogh and his post-impressionist style. On the other hand, if the bottom third of the image was cropped off, it would be another Van Gogh style post-impressionist image. In either case, this is a wonderful image and one that, by rights, should be recognised for both it's technical excellance and significant artistic impression. Originally rated a 7 on the first pass through due to a mistaken impression, it's rerated to a 10 and if a 11 could be issued, it would have been. A wonderful entry into the challenge and one of this reviewer's all time DPC favorites. Well done. |
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05/06/2009 08:30:26 PM |
| Wonderful perspective and the focus is spot on! Lovely. |
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05/06/2009 02:15:01 PM |
fantastic image - the richness of the tones and details available to us is simply outstanding
back for a bit of a bump - simply outstanding.... |
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05/06/2009 01:08:18 AM |
| i like the portrait oriented landscape in this case :) |
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