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Sand & Stone
Sand & Stone
desertsnail


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Black and White Landscape (Basic Editing*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Location: Joshua Tree
Date: Apr 25, 2010
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500 sec
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Apr 25, 2010

 Headed out to JTree in the late afternoon and hunted down a very funky rock formation off trail. Managed to catch just the right lighting. Love the textures of the the plants and the sand.

-Bumped the Clarity in Lightroom
-B&W adjustment layer in Photoshop -bumped cyans, blues, greens)
-unsharp mask

Statistics
Place: 27 out of 382
Avg (all users): 6.3613
Avg (commenters): 7.4286
Avg (participants): 6.3868
Avg (non-participants): 6.3061
Views since voting: 1376
Views during voting: 273
Votes: 155
Comments: 10
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Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
 05/03/2010 06:02:47 AM
Stellar!!! Love that light!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Pentax K20D
Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Pentax
 05/02/2010 08:27:29 PM
I really like this.
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 05/01/2010 07:40:45 PM
excellent shadows
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Sony Alpha a7
Olympus 50mm f/3.5 MF Normal Zuiko Macro
 05/01/2010 10:10:23 AM
Good scene and processing but needs a little sharpening imo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 04/29/2010 08:05:16 PM
lovely 10
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Nikon D40
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED VR
 04/27/2010 06:47:03 AM
very well done; nice contrast and very interesting subject
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 04/26/2010 11:39:58 AM
Love the lighting and the processing on this. Front page.
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Pentax K-1
Pentax FA 50mm f/1.4 AF
 04/26/2010 11:22:19 AM
Barely a landscape, since the rock is primary and you cannot see much behind it, but decently shot.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC for Canon
 04/26/2010 04:08:23 AM
excellent,,,, great shot ,,,, were is this taken ???
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D2Xs
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 04/26/2010 12:30:01 AM
and cacti
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