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Great Midwestern Desert
Great Midwestern Desert
giantmike


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: 100 Meters (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 IS USM
Location: Madison, WI
Date: May 26, 2011
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1250
Galleries: Sky, Nature
Date Uploaded: May 29, 2011

 I don't have a lot of interesting scenes within 100 meters of my house. Just a lot of houses in the suburbs, and a couple small trees. So I had to get creative, which is how I came up with this shot. The sun was setting one evening and I went out to see what I could do with the light. I took a silhouette of the little maple in our backyard and then had an "ah-ha" moment. I went over to one of our pine trees that has a ton of new growth (about 4-6 inches depending on the branch). I positioned myself to get a few of the new growth parts in the shot, and then this desert like scene came alive.

Post Processing:
* Increase Exposure
* Decrease Brightness
* Increase Contrast
* Increase Definition
* Increase Saturation and Vibrancy
* Topaz DeNoise
* Topaz Detail
* Export as TIFF
* Resize
* Sharpen Edges
* Save as JPEG

I was actually hoping for a sky like we see below, as I thought a reproduction of this shot could have done well:
Reflections of a Post Storm Sky

Statistics
Place: 70 out of 141
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Votes: 134
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AuthorThread
 06/06/2011 11:44:22 AM
Definitely fooled. Well done.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/31/2011 10:01:13 AM
An iconic silhouette and a lovely warm ambiance.
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 05/31/2011 03:02:58 AM
Arizona ?? Nice.
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 05/30/2011 11:05:52 AM
I really like this, simple but nice.
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