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Church on the Hill
Church on the Hill
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Challenge: Low Key IV (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Tokina AF 11-16mm f/2.8 116 AT-X Pro DX for Canon
Location: Guldford
Date: Oct 4, 2009
Aperture: f/20
ISO: 100
Shutter: 120
Galleries: Architecture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Oct 5, 2009

 I wanted to do something other than people or flowers so I took this 120 second exposure during the day using an ND1000 filter and a cokin graduated ND filter in front of that to darken the sky a bit.

Converted from raw lowering exposure, upping fill light, blacks and contrast to lighten the foreground and keep the sky dark., upping clarity and charpness. Cloned a few dust spots in RAW editor (should really clean my sensor before doing long exposures!).

In CS3 b&w adjustment layer at about 90% opacity adjusting the sliders manually to lighten the foreground and keep the sky dark. Curves and levels, crop, resize, noise ninja, save.

I don't think this is "clean" enough or low key enough so expect 5.5, but I love the clouds! I'd have liked to do a little dodge and burn but can't under the basic ruleset

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Place: 31 out of 225
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 03/11/2010 08:03:28 PM
I love what that longer does with the clouds. Very nice shot.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/12/2009 04:47:20 PM
I really like this picture. The clouds really add a nice touch to it.
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 10/08/2009 07:40:33 PM
Very cool, love how the light plays around the church and the tone of the image is incredible. I just wish that "hot spot" to the left of the church wasn't there. Not wild about the key stoning.
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 10/08/2009 12:10:57 PM
I love the sky into motion, you have could made it a little bit darker but overall a great photo
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 10/08/2009 12:42:56 AM
Meets Challenge: 2 of 3. I could have used a little more lows.
Technical: 3 of 3.
Emotion: 3 of 3.
Awe: 1 of 1.

A great shot!
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 10/07/2009 08:31:03 AM
This is a very cool shot.
10
:)
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