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A Place for Moss to Grow
A Place for Moss to Grow
dwolff


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Challenge: Wooden (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Kodak DX4530
Location: Creve Coeur Park, Maryland Heights MO
Date: Jul 20, 2005
Aperture: f2.8
ISO: 140
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Nature, Traditional Art
Date Uploaded: Jul 24, 2005

 Taken at Creve Coeur Park before work (as usual). It was about 7:30 in the morning so the light was low and the auto-flash fired. I've been wanting to use this tree for a while now. I love how it clings to the side of the cliff. I hope everyone else likes it too, but I'm sure to get a bunch of those "boring" or "not original" comments, especially since the wood is raw rather than processed.

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 08/06/2005 10:01:08 PM
** Greetings from the Critique Club **

Kinda cool - but would have liked to see more of the tree as a whole as you mentioned it is sitting on the edge of a cliff - would have added interest to it. The flash really hurts this image, as the artificial light really blows out the highlights of the wood.

- Linda
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/29/2005 10:51:01 PM
The flash is a little harsh. Too bad because it's a great root formation. 5
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 07/26/2005 09:44:12 PM
the lighting seems a little harsh
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 07/25/2005 01:41:09 PM
The lighting here seems too artificial to me, but it is a nice composition otherwise.
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 07/25/2005 08:45:16 AM
This might really have some punch in black and white. There isn't alot of contrast as it is and no real focal point. I like the idea of the moss - maybe do a macro with lots of detail and perhaps one of the leaves peeking into the shot. I hope you find this helpful.
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 07/25/2005 01:20:39 AM
some of the wood areas seem over-exposed, almost as if a flash was used and caused areas to be too bright. May be corrected by use of the burn tool
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 07/25/2005 01:20:09 AM
could have work with a little more work on photoshop or camera setting. It just feel like a snapshot and maybe a little curve work or bright/contrast work would have made this better.
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