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Trees fighting off clouds...
Trees fighting off clouds...
Sirashley


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Challenge: Constructed By Nature (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Nikon
Location: Florida Everglades
Date: Feb 16, 2010
Aperture: f4
ISO: 100
Shutter: .001
Galleries: Landscape
Date Uploaded: Feb 16, 2010

I shot this out in the Everglades with a Nikon D200 and a sigma 10-20mm. I shot it in Raw, put it into NX2, then finished up the editing in GIMP with an unsharpen mask and a quick resize

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02/24/2010 09:15:30 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Very nice balance of the elements here, that great mackerel sky really draws you in. Is the sky in Florida really that blue? I have that lens too, great little thing :-)

Compositionally, it could use a little more of a focal point and possibly quite a bit less foreground, as the sawgrass seems to want in on the battle too. Going by your settings I'm guessing you shot handheld. For a landscape it never hurts to pack along a tripod, close the aperture way down and leave the shutter open. That way you get a nice dof and give the viewer a greater sense of place.

Artistically, I can see what you wanted to get and can see that you shot from a fairly low pov. I shot a lot like this in my early days, go have a giggle looking at the stuff I was shooting a few years ago :-) Might I suggest getting even lower, if possible, and make that lens earn its keep by shooting wide open and tilting the angle around a bit.

Overall a pleasant shot. Keep on shooting!

Feel free to PM me with any questions,

Susan
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/21/2010 10:52:27 AM
I looked at this photo a long time, therefore it must be a good photo :)
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02/20/2010 02:25:20 PM
nice shot great colors 6
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02/19/2010 12:41:18 PM
beautiful picture
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02/18/2010 10:16:08 AM
lovely! very nice photo in my opinion and the title fits well
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