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Challenge: Sunrise/Sunset in Black and White (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: New Jersey
Date: Mar 14, 2012
Aperture: 18.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: various
Date Uploaded: Mar 15, 2012

 Capture with welding glass in front of lens (#4)

3 exposures combined in HDR Efex Pro

resulting image further processed using Capture NX2
-increase brightness and bring out shadows
-invert
-increase contrast
-straighten horizontal
-noise reduction on sky and water
-unsharp mask
-slight blur on sky areas
-spot touch up of small dark and light spots
-crop, size, and save for DPC submission

Statistics
Place: 38 out of 85
Avg (all users): 5.6341
Avg (commenters): 7.3000
Avg (participants): 5.5682
Avg (non-participants): 5.6709
Views since voting: 475
Views during voting: 228
Votes: 123
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/22/2012 06:58:12 PM
very nice flipping of light to dark.
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 03/22/2012 02:26:15 PM
A creative approach to this challenge, I like it despite it feeling rather "lobsided".
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/21/2012 11:03:02 PM
Interesting; I like it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/21/2012 08:52:12 AM
Clearly the best "out of the box" image in the challenge. This is simply brilliant. It should be the overall winner, but it won't be sadly. Well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/19/2012 10:25:43 AM
Love how the color was inverted in this shot! Such a different twist. Love this!!! And the black sunbursts, just amazing!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/17/2012 06:52:02 PM
Effective in negative, but also really quite nice when I stare at it for awhile, then turn and look at my blank white wall where it now appears as a positive.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/17/2012 09:45:25 AM
A striking composition, albeit an unconventional landscape. I also see possibilities for non-negative and landscape format compositions (especially with such mirror perfect reflections).
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/16/2012 06:19:02 PM
i am a mole, i live in a ....... :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/16/2012 02:34:17 PM
I assume you tried this image without the inverted color scheme? I think the inverted color kinda takes away from what could otherwise be a really nice image...
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 03/16/2012 12:27:15 PM
Oh so clever! love it and beautifully exposed to get that much cripness even in the reflection.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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