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Ice Melting from Mendota
Ice Melting from Mendota
giantmike


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Challenge: Free Study 2012-02 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm IS USM
Location: Madison, WI
Date: Feb 4, 2012
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/60-1/1000
Date Uploaded: Feb 7, 2012

Took this early in the month during a morning ride around Madison with Cody and Nala. Even as more shots from the month looked nice, I kept landing on this one as my favorite, so here it is in the free study.

This particular location I have been to many times in the past, but never in the winter. I just decided to stop on in and walk down the slippery steps to see what it would look like with an ice covering. The various formations actually looked even cooler than they do in the summer.

Post processing:
* Clone out vignetting
* White balance
* Combine 3 exposures in Nik HDR Efex Pro
* Increase exposure
* Increase saturation
* Desaturate blues while increasing luminance
* Blur sky to reduce noise
* Noise Reduction
* Export as TIFF
* Resize
* Sharpen Edges
* Save as JPEG

Note, my July 2011 Free Study was from this same location, just up on the hill instead of down by the water:

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03/07/2012 06:14:54 PM
Beautiful shot!
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03/06/2012 02:54:50 AM
Good blend of colors that enrich this image good composition and depth of field
.Well done
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03/01/2012 10:18:53 PM
This is a neat shot, the colors and details are very pleasing. Perhaps a bit of a levels shift to brighten up the brighters a tad more and to add a little more contrast,
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03/01/2012 11:08:15 AM
A ver beautiful image. The colors are very warm in this picture, even though you can tell it's not too terribly warm. The business on the right of the image, mixed with the simplicity on the left are a perfect balance. The few leaves here and there across some of the trees add a hint of life...

The image is thought provoking and beautifully taken/processed.
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03/01/2012 08:17:18 AM
Lovely setting. So serene.
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03/01/2012 04:59:41 AM
I like the colors and the unique atmosphere.
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03/01/2012 04:26:54 AM
Beautiful colors
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03/01/2012 03:24:35 AM
Beautiful. Looks almost like an oil painting. Nice processing.
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