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Redrock Country: Sedona, Arizona
Redrock Country: Sedona, Arizona
jeger


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Challenge: Free Study 2009-06 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
Location: Sedona, Arizona
Date: Jun 1, 2009
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Landscape, Travel
Date Uploaded: Jun 28, 2009
[Jul. 7th, 2009 05:42:13 PM]

This is my first serious attempt at HDR. Since I am new to HDR, I read over Judi'stutorial, and incorporated some of her early steps in my processing, then edited using some of my own techniques.

Editing Steps:

1 - Created 9 exposures from the same image (+/- .5).
2 - Opened the images in Photomatix, adjusted the image so that it was very subtle.
3 - Import the single file into Photoshop.
4 - Minor Shadow/Highlight adjustment
5 - Clone out some wooden stakes and other minor elements in the foreground
6 - Adjustment Layer - Curves: Mask the sky
7 - Adjustment Layer - Levels (5 .95 250)
8 - Copy the green channel, change blending mode to Soft Light, Opacity 60%
9 - Copy the red channel, change blending mode to Soft Light, Opacity 60%, mask all but the sky and some trees
10 - Dodge Grass & Trees to make some stand out better (6%)
11 - Adjustment layer - Hue/Saturation - Cyan +10, Blue +10, Yellow +25, Red +5
12 - Crop to 720 wide
13 - Sharpen using my own technique based on Luko sharpening
14 - Add border
15 - Save As...

Statistics
Place: 35 out of 407
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Avg (commenters): 8.0000
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Avg (non-participants): 6.7941
Views since voting: 1367
Views during voting: 205
Votes: 131
Comments: 7
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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/09/2009 02:18:43 PM
Man I would have loved to go on this trip! Love it and I gave you a high score.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon Z7II
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 07/07/2009 03:45:02 PM
such great colors and contrast...I love how the sky is just popping with blue and white colors...very well done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-600D/T3i Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM II
 07/04/2009 04:55:21 PM
Home! So beautiful - whatever you used for processing, it's awesome. Sky is a killer.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 07/03/2009 10:58:35 PM
I like your processing
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 07/02/2009 06:22:31 PM
Gorgeous scenery, what a great sky you had. I love the colours, would love to see this in person some day.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 07/02/2009 09:13:17 AM
Beautiful :) Good luck with the jeger. no vote.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D810
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 07/02/2009 07:08:53 AM
fantastic capture!
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