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Engine 844
Engine 844
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Image Grain IV (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-7D
Lens: Tokina AF 11-16mm f/2.8 116 AT-X Pro DX for Canon
Location: Tucson, AZ
Date: Nov 12, 2011
Aperture: f/7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Transportation, History
Date Uploaded: Nov 13, 2011

Union Pacific, Engine 844, visits Arizona to commemorate the states centennial

Statistics
Place: 149 out of 179
Avg (all users): 4.8926
Avg (commenters): 4.4000
Avg (participants): 4.6962
Avg (non-participants): 5.2619
Views since voting: 519
Views during voting: 259
Votes: 121
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0


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11/24/2011 12:54:35 PM
Critique Club Review:

Color Saturation and Hue: Colors are very saturated and hues are commensurate with HDR processing.

Brightness and contrast: The brightness is good. The contrast is a little harsh, as are most HDR processed images. Still it makes for an interesting effect.

Focus and depth of field: Focus is very nicely done. Depth of field is deep, which is appropriate for this image.

Subjective: Overall, a good image. However, the processing was a little over the top for most voters. The result was a little harsh on the eye. The processing brought out some really nice detail, but at the same time introduced artifacts such as the aura or glow around the right side of the engine. (I've had this happen using the Spicify setting in Topaz Adjust.) I like that you chose to include people in this image, it helps to give scale to the engine. I've seen this engine up close. Your effort is great on the detail of this mammoth beast. I'd like to see this redone with a little less harshness, and for a challenge such as this, a bit more grain. Voters can be very literal.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/20/2011 02:00:24 PM
Where's the grain?
11/20/2011 01:12:05 PM
Someone thought this was mine, probably because I've photographed it myself when it was in town. I'm not really seeing any grain in it, I'm afraid. I'm sure it has some at full size, but it doesn't appear to have survived the downsize to 800 pixels. Some bad fringing on the right edge of the engine as well. I'm sure I'm not the first to mention that and you're probably getting tired of hearing it.
11/20/2011 10:29:14 AM
Great image, but I don't see grain :-(
11/19/2011 07:38:39 PM
I'm not seeing much grain but maybe it's just me. Great shot and processing.
11/19/2011 07:53:20 AM
seems to focus on the smooth more than the grain
11/16/2011 05:21:57 PM
Beautiful subject but over-processed. Halo on the right side of the train and no grain is present.
11/15/2011 10:28:27 AM
Many will hate the halo,I don,t and hope it does well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/14/2011 11:43:27 AM
This is the opposite of grain, it's supersmoothed...
11/14/2011 07:48:40 AM
Nice HDR image, but struggling to see any grain..
11/14/2011 12:57:27 AM
Ummm well sorry can't see any grain, shame this would've looked good in black and white.
11/14/2011 12:41:14 AM
not really seeing the 'grain' here. The image seems to have been softened out intensely to the point that all grain is gone


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