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Winter Solstice in Montana
Winter Solstice in Montana
sbeaumont


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Solstice (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Nikon
Location: Greenough, Montana
Date: Dec 25, 2013
Aperture: f9
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/2000
Date Uploaded: Dec 26, 2013

Christmas Day at the ranch/resort that I manage. Beautiful crisp morning with blue skies and an opportunity for some lucky guests to take a hot air balloon ride at sunrise.

***I was going to enter this as a B&W with selective color on the balloon but my wife said she preferred the color version, even with the weird hues. Lesson: trust myself and don't listen to my wife, although I love her dearly!

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Place: 17 out of 37
Avg (all users): 6.0330
Avg (commenters): 6.6000
Avg (participants): 5.7778
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Views since voting: 385
Views during voting: 183
Votes: 91
Comments: 6
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/02/2014 10:29:17 PM
I really like the tones in this one.
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01/02/2014 05:03:34 PM
I would really like this because of the subject, the composition and because i grew up here â€Â¦ but the colors are wonky on my calibrated monitor. Too bad, really. Maybe a sepia selective desat with the balloon in color might have been interesting.
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01/02/2014 11:20:49 AM
Pretty and the sky is beautiful but a little too much pink
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01/01/2014 10:50:08 AM
Maybe a little ott but it has appeal.7.
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12/31/2013 11:15:11 AM
This is a lovely scene. I just don't enjoy the blue hues.
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12/28/2013 12:21:22 AM
North country people are certainly intrepid. Why should the depths of winter put a crimp in the fun? There's a curiously cool cast to this sunlit scene.
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