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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
Date: Oct 17, 2008
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/400
Date Uploaded: Mar 8, 2009

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Statistics
Place: 97 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 6.3956
Avg (commenters): 7.2338
Avg (participants): 6.3783
Avg (non-participants): 6.4933
Views since voting: 1122
Views during voting: 733
Votes: 498
Comments: 82
Favorites: 5 (view)


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03/18/2009 10:25:34 PM
Love your colors. Fabulous image.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 04:47:40 PM
I like this more than many balloon shots -- the contrast between the vibrant balloons and the pastel landscape, and how even these seemingly large aircraft are dwarfed by the expanse of open space.
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03/17/2009 04:35:29 PM
Great composition with the shape of the balloons contrasting against the rocky outcrop. Nice colours too with the muted reds of the ground complimenting the metallic look of the yellows and blues. Excellent capture.
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03/17/2009 11:47:53 AM
Lovely desert balloon race scene. Focus looks a tad too soft to me.
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03/17/2009 10:40:06 AM
I love pics of hot air balloons, they look so cool against this landscape, bursts of colors in a grey dessert.
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03/17/2009 10:17:01 AM
Oooh... nice shot. I love the soft colours... good sharpening, and contrast.
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03/16/2009 10:44:57 PM
Great contrast between the rocks and the colors of the balloons.
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03/16/2009 10:21:20 PM
The soft lighting makes this shot sing. Beautiful. 8
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03/16/2009 09:44:34 PM
one of my favorites so far
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03/16/2009 09:30:30 PM
Beautiful shot.
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03/16/2009 07:56:56 PM
Wonderful. So emotive.

Not voting yet.
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03/16/2009 01:57:52 PM
Good use of three and the placement is very nice. Good tones.
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03/16/2009 11:03:55 AM
Love the details and composition of this.
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03/16/2009 10:45:55 AM
impressive
I give seven
brano
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03/16/2009 12:18:36 AM
Brave souls
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03/16/2009 12:08:02 AM
Wonderful capture, excellent sharpness and detail.
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03/15/2009 11:37:27 PM
nice tones - wish to see another crop
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03/15/2009 08:10:41 PM
wish the lowest baloon was a little higher so not touching the rocks
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03/15/2009 04:35:53 PM
nice tones and subjects, but that border kinda sucks (-1 point for that)
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03/15/2009 03:26:29 PM
This looks bizarre but very interesting! Nice composition and tones and a great landscape!
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03/15/2009 02:45:58 PM
excellent! great capture, post processing is cool too
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03/15/2009 11:44:34 AM
I like the composition. Might be a fun one to play with BW too. :~)
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03/15/2009 10:21:00 AM
The almost lack of colour makes this look like another planet, very surreal, nice.
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03/15/2009 09:30:03 AM
Nice capture. Love how sharp it is.
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03/15/2009 09:20:21 AM
I just love the clarity and especially the tones in this image. I would buy this as a poster/print. First class. I've bumped this to a 10 on my second pass. Well done and best of luck for the challenge.
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03/15/2009 01:37:45 AM
This is a really cool picture here, the balloons really add another creative element to the shot. Well done. 8.
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03/15/2009 01:01:13 AM
Wonderful landscape. The balloons makes it look as if it's on another planet.
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03/15/2009 12:21:49 AM
Cool! would have never to seen hot air balloons in a setting like this. Gorgeous composition! 8
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03/14/2009 07:50:41 PM
That b&w color. Nice. The color leaps out. Closer crop would work.
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03/14/2009 07:29:12 PM
Dramatic over the almost lunar landscape
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03/14/2009 06:54:34 PM
My faves list is filling up fast. Great textures and light.
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03/14/2009 05:11:03 PM
Coming back to comment...

Beautiful image, the burst of yellow and silver and white in the barren landscape.
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03/14/2009 05:07:02 PM
great clarity and well framed
03/14/2009 09:59:10 AM
Beautiful scenery. I'd love to see an alternate with all 3 balloons in the sky.
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03/14/2009 07:05:08 AM
This is a good capture. It could have been enhanced with some photoshop.
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03/14/2009 05:48:38 AM
nice shot
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03/14/2009 05:31:59 AM
I would have cropped this differently. I would have used the 1/3rd rule on the balloons., 6
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03/14/2009 03:37:14 AM
I love the way they seem to be in an unexpected setting yet add the scene so well!
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03/14/2009 12:49:15 AM
Absolute perfection!!! 10
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03/13/2009 11:49:15 PM
Three colorful balloons sailing above such a barren landscape must be quite a sight indeed...very interesting and unique scene!
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03/13/2009 11:17:48 PM
nice landscape
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03/13/2009 11:08:35 PM
Wow, what a view. Your colors are very nice and sharp in this photo. Good job!
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03/13/2009 07:22:07 PM
I really like the balloons disappearing off into the distance
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03/13/2009 06:23:14 PM
Great shot - too bad the thrid balloon is behind the rock.
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03/13/2009 02:42:47 PM
What a neat shot! I am so used to balloons over bright green fields and blue skies - this really stands out.
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03/13/2009 01:14:57 PM
Great shot. 10
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03/13/2009 12:39:14 PM
this is very pleasing...excellent shot
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03/13/2009 12:31:21 PM
I think this would have worked even better as a more panoramic crop. IMO
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03/13/2009 12:17:50 PM
Oh pretty. Fun you where there to get this. Clean shot.
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03/13/2009 12:07:08 PM
Amazing clarity in this. Lovely photograph!
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03/13/2009 11:57:14 AM
had a lot of lag loading this pic. I preferred it with the bottom 10% sliced off as this really put more emphasis on the balloons and the sky.
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03/13/2009 09:43:59 AM
This is so cool.. the tones and patterns in the balloons work well together.
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03/13/2009 09:20:20 AM
love it!
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03/13/2009 07:52:06 AM
I imagine it would be surprising to be looking at this beautiful landscape and then seeing balloons rise up into the sky. I like how the sky is grey and one color, acts like a perfect backdrop.
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03/13/2009 05:31:03 AM
i like this, almost seems like miniatures
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03/13/2009 12:40:38 AM
Great shot, I love how it's as if they're coming out the sun.
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03/12/2009 09:11:35 PM
I really hate when people do this to me but...I would have loved to see the balloons a little bit higher in the frame. That said there may have been a good reason why you shot it like this, maybe other balloons started showing up and messing up the shot, or maybe you shot it exactly how you wanted to. Either way I love the light and tones, it is a great image, but I'm sure you already knew that. 8
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03/12/2009 08:09:56 PM
Very pretty and good editing. Not a typical air balloon picture and the foreground is lovely.
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03/12/2009 07:16:10 PM
I like this alot. The detail throughout is great and the balloons add a little burst of colour.
My nitpick: could do without the border
Back to bump to 9. 10 without the border
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03/12/2009 07:01:55 PM
What a cool feel to this, wish the right ballon was in full view
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03/12/2009 06:51:37 PM
I love this!
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03/12/2009 05:29:09 PM
Crisp. I really like the tones and coloring of this.
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03/12/2009 04:07:07 PM
Wow! Wonderful setting, color, lighting. Among the best this challenge.
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03/12/2009 03:56:08 PM
well composed image, and a nice shot
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03/12/2009 03:27:58 PM
Love the color contrast
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03/12/2009 01:49:51 PM
Wow - this is incredible.
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03/12/2009 01:35:09 PM
Almost looks fake. Nice pic.
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03/12/2009 12:40:34 PM
The composition is meh, but the details in the balloons and landscape are brought out well.
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03/11/2009 11:42:06 PM
the light, it illuminates so beautifully, the air looks so clean! this is grogeous
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03/11/2009 09:57:52 PM
neat shot
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03/11/2009 08:53:56 PM
nice capture, I like the editing too
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03/11/2009 08:23:22 PM
Good comp. Would be cool as a high contrast B/W
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03/11/2009 08:00:56 PM
This is one of those photos that I wish I had taken.
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03/11/2009 07:56:51 PM
Always wanted to do this. Very stark, great detail on the balloons.
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03/11/2009 03:06:50 PM
balloons really stand out as do the various mountain ranges. colors against the grey sky jump out at you. nice shot
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03/11/2009 02:12:43 PM
There is something so surreal and alien about what's happening here...from the arid landscape rises lightness and whimsy...how excellent is that?!
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03/11/2009 01:59:47 PM
Nice - I'd have liked to have seen this shot taken in another few seconds when they had cleared the hills
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03/11/2009 10:59:03 AM
great catch
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03/11/2009 09:07:25 AM
Wow! Love those bold yellow and black colors of the balloons as they rise over the stark desert landscape! The balloons add color and added interest to the scenic desert landscape. Love the rugged terrain and the interesting mountainscape of the desert. And there rising just above the ridges are these beautiful balloons as they begin there flight. This must have been absolutly stunning to watch! The colors are great, the details stunning, and composition wonderfully captured!
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03/11/2009 07:39:58 AM
Great capture! I like everything about it!
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03/11/2009 07:38:30 AM
I love the shot but its just too overprocessed for me to give it a higher score than a 6
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03/11/2009 06:54:34 AM
WOW. Stunning photo, love the tones and the contrast of the air ballons against the arid landscape. I would have liked to see the entirety of the third ballon however. Best of luck. 8
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