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Land Ahoy!
Land Ahoy!
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Challenge: Clichés and Sayings II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Nikon
Date: Oct 7, 2012
Date Uploaded: Oct 8, 2012

 I swear I wasn't going to enter another lighthouse shot (yet).
I had a lovely shot of some trees reflected in a pond but then I saw the "Trees" challenge and backed off fearing a tree overload.
PP as follows:
This is a single jpeg shot.
Lighten the rocks using Highlights/shadows adjustment.
Duplicate layer and blend in multiply mode 25% opacity. (Mask the rocks so they aren't darkened again.)
Apply Topaz denoise. (It's not a noisy image but this is to make it as smooth as possible so that it doesn't have that tone-mapped look.)
Apply Topaz adjust "Portrait Drama" filter.
Some dodging and burning

Statistics
Place: 11 out of 105
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Views during voting: 250
Votes: 131
Comments: 6
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/16/2012 06:46:28 PM
Wonderful lines and composition.
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 10/15/2012 11:12:33 PM
Amazing .... great work
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/12/2012 01:51:30 PM
Gorgeous lighthouse shot. The clouds are great.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/11/2012 05:00:15 AM
Gorgeous lighthouse image, could do with a tad more contrast and punch, and you really ought to be further out to sea to say that.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/10/2012 12:39:35 PM
a beautiful shot!
makes me want to visit!
and very fitting setting. :)
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 10/10/2012 08:23:53 AM
I always heard it as "Land Ho." Funny, how different people know the same phrase in a diff way. :) Really nicely composed.
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