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Now you know why they call it
Now you know why they call it "The Road Less Traveled"
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Further On Up the Road (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Pentax *ist DS
Lens: Promaster 28-200mm f/3.8-5.6 XR IF
Location: Louisville, KY
Date: Apr 4, 2012
Aperture: 6.7
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/125
Date Uploaded: Apr 8, 2012

 Shot at the Louisville Zoo through green glass.

Raw conversion using Rawshooters Essentials
- Slight exsposure adjustment
- White balance correction
- Save as JPEG

Post Processing with Paint Shop Pro X

- Histogram adjust (increase gamma and decrease midtone expand)
- Highlight the eye and apply levels adjustment
- Clarify whole image at +1
- USM R=0.3 Strg=250 Clip=0
- USM R=50 Strg=12 Clip=0
- High Pass Sharpen R=2 Strg=70
- Mask and blur the background
- Resize
- Levels Adjustment B=18 Gamma=1.16 W=255
= USM R=0.5 Strg=100 Clip=3


Statistics
Place: 72 out of 115
Avg (all users): 5.3525
Avg (commenters): 6.8333
Avg (participants): 4.7333
Avg (non-participants): 5.6489
Views since voting: 664
Views during voting: 247
Votes: 139
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/16/2012 10:24:08 PM
I'd hate any chance of meeting that further on up the road! Great capture of the snarl.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/16/2012 01:10:57 PM
Very good.8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/15/2012 01:27:50 PM
I think it is DNMC but I won't vote it down. Lovely picture
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/14/2012 08:15:25 PM
Beautiful image but a bit of a shoehorn IMO 6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/14/2012 08:37:44 AM
Strong and beautiful image but IMO a little weak on the theme.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/12/2012 12:47:51 AM
is that the mama bear or the daddy bear
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/11/2012 03:33:30 PM
He's smiling at you, he's trying to make a new friend. ;)
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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