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Trees on the River Stour
Trees on the River Stour
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Challenge: Botany (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 5400
Location: Dedham Vale
Date: Aug 10, 2004
Aperture: f/7.9
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Landscape, Rural
Date Uploaded: Aug 9, 2004

 Back to the Dedham Vale project ... aside from the misty shots this is exactly the kind of thing I've been after. I rather think it may be too subtle in its intentions for dpc, but I have a poor record of second guessing the voters recently.

As I regularly do, I shot this quite heavily under-exposed - I maintain that, as with all digital media, it is more important to have all the information recorded than to have it looking good immediately - you can never recover burnt out areas, whatever you do.

An enormous amount of editing here - but I would say it is photographically honest editing, if you like. Created a mask image to isloate the sky, then darkened it to gring it in line with the rest of the image. Selected and layered the foreground also to darken it. Added and blue-through-transparent-through-green raster layer, using colours selected from the image, at 16% blend to give the blues and greens some punch. That blend seems very low, but I think the thumbnail shows the imapct of that more than the 640-pixel image. The beginning mist hadn't showed up on the capture, so again made some selections, created a layer from them, brightened and lowered contrast there, and blended that at around 44% to put it back. Somewhere in there there was a combination process of levels and curves to bring the image up to display brightness and clarity. The command history tells me there's only 118 edits ... feels like more. 9 layers though. After re-sizing, a touch of UAM at 0.6/80/5, and then a selection of the top section of frame, feathered at around 25 pixels, and darkened slightly to give the grad. ND effect.

I like it very much - it's one of the more careful images I've submitted. I hope it does as well as I like it, but I fear it will not.

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Fujifilm X30
Custom Made Pinhole
 08/22/2004 08:43:53 PM
WOW!
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 08/22/2004 12:22:58 AM
This is a very nice scenery. I would crop it with less sky. (8)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm X-T30
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 08/20/2004 09:05:47 AM
Lovely colors, and I particularly like the misty look near the water! It would have been great if you could have captured this a bit wider. It could also be cropped a little at the top--the green is the star here!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 08/19/2004 09:44:43 AM
Wonderful job creating visual tranquility, congratulations on this wonderful image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7
Panasonic Lumix G 14mm F2.5 ASPH
08/18/2004 12:18:25 PM
The cool colors here are exquisite and the landscape is absolutely beautiful. Very painterly. I don't really believe this meets the challenge, but I won't penalize you as this is so gorgeous.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 08/17/2004 03:44:38 PM
Nice landscape which would probably convert well to oils
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 08/17/2004 02:51:45 PM
I'd like to see the cropping tighter on top, and a bit tighter on the left to maintain aspect ratio. The vast sky draws my eye away from the river and trees which are otherwise beautiful subjects.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Sigma 300-800mm f/5.6 EX APO IF HSM for Canon
 08/16/2004 10:46:01 PM
This is a lovely, peaceful place. I like the fog.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm X100F
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED
 08/16/2004 10:00:00 PM
Great wide angle - good detail on the trees. It looks almost like a painting - I don't know how you did it, but I like it!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 08/16/2004 06:54:24 PM
A very peaceful scene with nice subtle colors.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 08/16/2004 12:50:45 PM
VERY pretty!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSC-RX100 VI
Canon EF 28-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 08/16/2004 07:25:03 AM
Nice bucolic landscape.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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