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Challenge: Foreground Bokeh II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED
Date: Jun 19, 2012
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 100
Galleries: Landscape, Rural
Date Uploaded: Jun 19, 2012

This feels a little overedited to me but was the only way to get the sky with the grain.
The wheat up close looks weird too due to how the lens captured things, which was exacerbated by editing. Not thinking this will fare well...

Post challenge: This is an image taken southeast of Fort Collins of the High Park fire. The city I live in is actually totally under the plume here. The perspective makes the city disappear though, due to the undulating wheat fields. Here's an outtake.

Statistics
Place: 8 out of 126
Avg (all users): 6.2093
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 6.0962
Avg (non-participants): 6.2857
Views since voting: 1471
Views during voting: 269
Votes: 129
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0


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06/28/2012 06:47:45 AM
i guess the "ghosts" in the front didn't put off as many as i thought :) really awesome finish derek you're on some hell of a run. this was an excellent choice, bringing the site's focus in to what's going on there. keep chronicling it (chronicling?)
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06/27/2012 02:24:43 PM
Congrats on the excellent / frightening image and top ten finish.
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06/27/2012 02:18:50 PM
Fantastic, Derek. Knowing the sad events these days, I wish this picture had a clear blue sky...
I love your choice for title.
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06/27/2012 03:28:28 AM
Nice shot Derek congrats on TT finish.
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06/27/2012 01:21:56 AM
Congrats on the top ten finish. A very dramatic image. I prefer this image over your outtake but that bird is a great inclusion.
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06/27/2012 12:53:37 AM
What Bear said. Congrats on the tt finish, Derek!
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06/27/2012 12:35:33 AM
" Not thinking this will fare well... "

Looks like you were wrong! I love it when I am... doesn't happen too often for me, though...

CONGRATS!

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06/27/2012 12:27:44 AM
Good one!
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06/27/2012 12:05:24 AM
Whoa, wildly topical. I think you did it well. Nice finish.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/26/2012 09:46:47 PM
excellent use of foreground bokeh to pull the eye in.
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06/26/2012 12:35:56 AM
Intense, you forgot to straighten the horizon, don't worry I've been guilty of that. 8
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06/25/2012 09:32:22 PM
I marked this "train of thoughts" with 9. Enough said.
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06/20/2012 02:44:47 PM
When coming back to comment on this image, I've decided to change my score from an 8 to a 9. You really set the scene here. The viewer gets a great feel of the scope of the location which is a breath of fresh air in this challenge. The tones are subtle and the foreground blur is minimal. But this image is equal parts smart and striking. It is in a class all it's own. A clear ribbon winner imo. Very well done.
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06/20/2012 10:55:04 AM
Oh, dear :-( Wildfires are SO destructive, at least in the short term. Interesting contrast with the growing fields, though it occurs to me that the contrast would be even more dramatic if the fields were greener. Never mind if they weren't in reality ;-)
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