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The blast
The blast
aliqui


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2009-11 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D300s
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Nikon
Location: Hendrick's Park
Date: Nov 29, 2009
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/200sec
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Nov 30, 2009

 Photoshop
Cloned out a bright purple spot in the sun glare
Lots of Gradient tool-age to brighten up the right side and then darken the left side.
Topaz Adjust... one of the presets, can't remember which one.
Sharpen tool
Hue/Saturation
Healed out a weird thing in the bottom right
Selective color to darken blacks
Masked out sun and boosted contrast of whole image
Topaz Denoise

Lightroom
Graduated filter from top, left, and bottom toning down the exposure to darken those areas


Original

Statistics
Place: 151 out of 366
Avg (all users): 5.8312
Avg (commenters): 6.3333
Avg (participants): 5.9643
Avg (non-participants): 5.4762
Views since voting: 850
Views during voting: 62
Votes: 154
Comments: 8
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 07/24/2014 01:41:46 PM
The title is absolutely perfect. You can almost feel it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/08/2009 04:15:04 AM
Love what you did with it!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/07/2009 11:58:14 PM
I love how magical this looks. The streaks really work here. How did you do it?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/07/2009 11:29:14 PM
not one for hdr, but this is a nice use of it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/05/2009 01:22:53 AM
Feels like a scene in a SciFi movie. I like the radial lines and how they draw my towards the light.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/04/2009 07:09:55 PM
wow! That's fantastic!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/02/2009 11:48:12 AM
great capture to catch those rays coming through the trees...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/01/2009 10:12:31 AM
a bit overexposed otherwise would have rated higher
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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