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Storm over the desert
Storm over the desert
MrAkamai


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Challenge: October Free Study (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: Pahrump, Nevada
Date: Oct 10, 2004
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Landscape, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Oct 31, 2004

 Taken out in the desert in Pahrump, Nevada while I was at the Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch. A friend of mine said it would rain and he was right. Good thing it didn't rain while we were on the track. :)

Lens used: Canon 24-70mm @ 24mm
Filters used: Canon Skylight 1A and Hoya circular polarizer

In Photoshop CS: adjustments to the RAW file, save as PSD, cropping, minor levels adjustment, conversion to b/w via nik color efex pro, some minor burning and dodging of the clouds and mountains, noise removal with nik Dfine Selective and save as JPG.

Statistics
Place: 230 out of 487
Avg (all users): 5.4793
Avg (commenters): 5.8750
Avg (participants): 5.4498
Avg (non-participants): 5.6667
Views since voting: 914
Views during voting: 339
Votes: 242
Comments: 9
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 11/08/2004 12:29:26 AM
Thank you to all who left comments for me. As for my choice of b/w vs color, it was fairly easy for me since I really love b/w and I am trying to get back in touch with my photographic roots. While I did debate whether or not to enter b/w or color, the debate did not last long. I will post a color version of this photo later for those that said a color version would have been better.

As for those that voted me a 1, 2 or 3 (and maybe 4), why did you think it was so bad? Did you leave comments for me? If so, please PM me so I can figure out what I did that deserved that score from you. I am not angry but I just want to know what I did that deserved that low score.

Thank you!

PS: Here is the color version although not in it's ideal form and still needs some editing but enough to give you an idea of what it looks like in color.



Message edited by author 2004-11-08 00:38:00.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/07/2004 01:49:51 PM
I miss seeing color in this very impressive shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/07/2004 12:47:41 PM
Great clouds and lighting -- I think I'd lighten the lightest tones a teensy bit more so long as it maintains the stormy mood.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/05/2004 09:36:15 PM
returning for comments.
great effect of these clouds. The eyes do not tire of studying their patterns. great b/w spectacle. Bumping up.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/05/2004 02:37:12 PM
I would have like to see this one in color
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/04/2004 04:10:49 PM
Looks like a vulcano eruption.
Would have liked to see it in color.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/03/2004 09:18:36 PM
Love the contrast. Great Job
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/01/2004 10:00:52 AM
Classy - reminds me of Stieglitz
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/01/2004 07:05:26 AM
Exceleent use of black and white, I think if you rotated it just a tad to the right I would have liked it a little more. Rotating it would make it just look look a little more level.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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