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Challenge: Cemetery (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G5
Location: an Oregon cemetery
Date: Mar 26, 2005
Aperture: F/3.2
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/30 sec
Galleries: Emotive, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Mar 26, 2005
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Okay, okay, yeah... it's a bit edited. I can't help it; cemetery shots just feel so right to me with a little blur and some crazy contrast going on. This is a grave that was almost entirely covered with grass, apparently the resting place of one Edna Maud. I took a LOT of cemetery shots, but this one is the only one that really jumped out at me, so I thought I'd go ahead and submit it. I expect people to think it doesn't meet the challenge... and I expect people to think it's too dark to see properly. I actually shot this on the verge of night, so the light level was quite bad, and flash just didn't work for this type of shot.
However badly it does, this is one that I REALLY like. It's moody and very "me" :) I'm hoping it'll be a bit different, but not so different that it's completely detested. :) And yes, I know it's grainy... again, I had to use ISO 100 because it was dark. I hope at least one or two people like it!
Editing: Converted to B&W with Channel Mixer and tweaked the curves a bit besides, used adjustment layers to get the contrast really deep and smooth like this and to give it a faded fuzziness that seems to fit... toned with hue/saturation, sharpened, resized, added a border. Some mild dodging and burning. Most of it is really the adjustment layers. |
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04/03/2005 10:27:41 PM |
| Excellent-very dramatic..clarity and highlights wonderful. Bumped up, as this one was sticking with me... |
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04/03/2005 01:00:04 PM |
| Very nice low key effect. Bump. |
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04/02/2005 07:41:24 PM |
| I like this. Subtle seems to tell a story about the person. I think a little more could have been cropped of the bottom. Nice shot |
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04/01/2005 07:09:31 PM |
| I have come back to view this several times; it is just priceless. |
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04/01/2005 04:45:00 PM |
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03/31/2005 05:09:55 AM |
fabulous capture in black and white. 8
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03/30/2005 04:49:51 PM |
looks like mother-nature took care instead
very appealing! |
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03/30/2005 04:03:17 AM |
| I like this very much. I hope it does well. The tonalities are luscious, the understated nature of it is appealing. I wish the bright grass blades top center were burned way back though, I find them distracting. |
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03/29/2005 11:02:45 PM |
| This is a very nice shot, has an emotional feel to it, nice in black and white. Frame works well here also. Nicely done. |
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03/29/2005 11:26:57 AM |
I am making two passes on this Challenge. I will vote on your photo then return later(before voting is over) to comment on what I like and dislike about your shot. You can take the comments however you wish and I will try not to be mean. Just don't take it the wrong way.
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Nice work. I like how it seems old(the photo). I even like the border. Everything works well here. Bumping up. |
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03/28/2005 03:36:18 PM |
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03/28/2005 01:23:37 PM |
| Unique shot and great to view. Love this. |
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03/28/2005 01:30:32 AM |
| Very nice idea and composition! I only feel that you used the diffuse glow a little too much. It looks great on the stone, but a little too much on the leaves... however, that's only my opinion =) |
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