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The Deception Castle
The Deception Castle
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2007-08 (Expert Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Trakoscan - Croatia
Date: Aug 12, 2007
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/20s
Galleries: Landscape, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Aug 23, 2007

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i'll write some stuff about the image later ...

later: nothing special, just combined two photos which i previously edited as hdr+tone mapping. since it was expert editing i decided to utilize the ruleset and do "something" :-)

both photos are super cool just as they are and i love them very much

thanks all for nice and honest comments (except Larus :-) j/k)

"no it's not a bird brush" LOOL
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first let me tell you that i'm sorry for submitting this motive/subject again ... but i really didn't have opportunity and time to chase something else ... and besides i'll be on vacation without computer for the next 17 days (23rd today) so i'll submitt this and what the heck !

made from 2 photos, one the castle and the other was evening sky with birds :-)

HDR + tonemapped from 5 differently exposed/exported tiff's

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Statistics
Place: 12 out of 503
Avg (all users): 7.0464
Avg (commenters): 8.0667
Avg (participants): 6.9815
Avg (non-participants): 7.2093
Views since voting: 3237
Views during voting: 217
Votes: 151
Comments: 23
Favorites: 15 (view)


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09/11/2007 04:35:07 AM
great colours!!
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09/10/2007 11:36:07 AM
Big congrats on the 7+ :-D Awesome photo, BTW.
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09/10/2007 01:17:22 AM

Congrats!

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09/08/2007 03:56:26 PM
Congrats on your 7+ and PB score!! Very unique and striking creation!
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09/08/2007 03:18:18 AM
Aside from that this image is powerfully done, all the stuff people notice, let me say that I find the foreground vegetation to be particularly well-balanced in the overall composition, where many might have left it quite dark. It's a great anchor to the otherwise-symmetricality of the image as a whole. Beautiful!
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09/08/2007 02:32:56 AM
geez, what did the original look like?
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09/08/2007 12:31:23 AM
Looks like you were busy with your Deception Castle. Thanks for wonderful contradictions.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/07/2007 09:28:57 PM
Love it. Great picture
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09/06/2007 05:23:43 PM
At first I thought you'd dropped a clangger, but then I read the title! Brilliant, I really like it. 7. well done.
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09/05/2007 10:38:19 PM
Beautiful photo!
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09/05/2007 07:44:56 PM
Pretty scene. Like the reflections!
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09/05/2007 05:21:42 PM
Fabulous image. 10
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09/05/2007 11:58:29 AM
Well not bad but still, not really to my taste. I do realize that is intentional, hence the title but the fact is that the sky doesn´t match the reflection just isn´t to my taste, think it should be the other way around, the reflection should give it away as a hazardous place to be, that´s just my gut reaction. Also I am not really digging the foliage in the foreground, just want to remove it so I can see the reflection better but that´s also not a big drawback. Gave a 6.
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09/05/2007 03:45:04 AM
Beautiful shot, IMO a little less foreground would make it even more stunning. Gorgeous scene.
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09/04/2007 05:17:10 PM
Very nice composition. I like the dark feel, as well as the reflection and muted colors. Well done 9
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09/04/2007 12:44:46 PM
Very nice idea. The sky in the background seems a little more grainier than the rest of the photo. Other than that, very well executed.
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09/04/2007 01:33:16 AM
Interesting foreground, subject, and background. The only thing throwing me off is the differences in the clouds in the reflection vs. the ones in the sky, but that may have been intended based on the title.
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09/03/2007 12:28:34 PM
Intriguing - at first I wondered why the birds weren't in the reflection - hopefully folks are looking at it long enough to see what you've created.
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09/03/2007 10:59:01 AM
I wish I had a comment better than "wow!"...so we'll go with a double-WOW!! Nice. Nothing to add. 10
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09/02/2007 09:03:04 PM
real clever idea and done well, but I think I would have rather seen the "darker" side of the castle be in the reflection. Under water kind of has that mystical, dark, cold, deathly feel plus...I fricken lost my train of thought, hopefully the brain will kick in and I can come back to edit this.
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09/02/2007 07:10:11 AM
a great title for the editing technique, this is one of my favorites so far in this challenge. 9 for now
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09/02/2007 02:26:11 AM
How about a "deception lake" title? Cool effect!
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09/02/2007 01:42:46 AM
Nice shot - Like the tones - Great PP skills - I do find the difference in the clouds and the reflection very distracting and I know that's how it should be but I myself find it distracting.
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