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Summer Shower
Summer Shower
jbsmithana


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Challenge: Rain (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED
Location: Anacortes, Washington, Home Garden
Date: Aug 10, 2005
Aperture: F8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Black and White, Floral
Date Uploaded: Aug 11, 2005

 I live in Western Washington (Seattle region) and we are known for our rain. Well, a seven day challenge with no rain! Out came the sprinkler and here is my simulated shot.

Shot at 190mm from far enough away to avoid the “rain”. I was forced to do a significant crop to make the shot more dynamic. Converted from RAW using RSE; DIP used to crop, increase dynamic range a touch using levels & curves, convert to b/w; used PSE3 to resize, sharpen and save for web.

Statistics
Place: 64 out of 228
Avg (all users): 5.7525
Avg (commenters): 6.7895
Avg (participants): 5.6250
Avg (non-participants): 5.8361
Views since voting: 813
Views during voting: 442
Votes: 303
Comments: 22
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AuthorThread
 08/22/2005 12:12:12 AM
Thanks for all the comments. It is always interesting about the b/w vs. color issue as you can see by the comments. For those interested I converted to b/w so that the flower would not be as prominent. I wanted the rain to be evident since that was the subject and thought the brightness of the flower was distracting. And yes, this is a fake. I rant he sprinkler which created the slanted rain. Wind would have made it more difficult to get a sharp image.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/21/2005 10:51:38 PM
This is beautiful. I love black and white shots, it adds such emotion to pictures i think.
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 08/21/2005 12:44:37 PM
Nice composition and a great B&W - 9
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 08/20/2005 09:28:10 PM
Nice capture of raindrops, also I like the position of flowers in this image; b&w is also good in this case.
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 08/20/2005 09:26:45 AM
Very nice!
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 08/20/2005 02:53:39 AM
I think that this would have been much more impressive in color. B&W tends to emphasize the textures, and there aren't many present in this image.
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 08/19/2005 10:58:13 PM
Neat shot. Not sure B/W does it justice, but great focus & DOF.
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 08/19/2005 08:10:30 PM
The contrast here is a a bit blown. I think you could have burned the flower a bit so that it doesn't get lost in the image. The rain capture is fantastic. 6
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 08/19/2005 04:43:00 PM
I love it all great capture
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 08/18/2005 04:12:41 PM
very beautiful and a great example of actual FALLING rain (something a lot of other pictures seem to be lacking)
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 08/18/2005 08:47:01 AM
Nice photo, the only thing is the angle of the "rain." If the wind was blowing that hard to make the rain come from this angle seems the flower would have been bending over in the wind a lot more.
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 08/17/2005 07:54:07 PM
its a little too sharp for me.
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 08/17/2005 05:34:56 PM
Another wet flower shot... but hold on, this is one with a difference! I love the action, and the angle of the water drops is perfect. Real rain or not doesn't matter. I might have been inclined to use colour, but this shot is great either way. Using B&W probably has the effect of subduing the flowers and adding importance to the 'rain', anyway. Great job!
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 08/17/2005 11:07:22 AM
Excellent, the action of the rain and the B&W both help to enhance the photo quality here.
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 08/16/2005 10:25:59 PM
Nice movement. I like your choice of black and white. Maybe up the brightness of the flowers for more contrast.
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 08/16/2005 07:56:34 PM
Would be a 7 in colour.
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 08/16/2005 01:18:16 PM
Nice capture with falling rain drop. Very dramatic. I am not a fan of b&w, but it works here. 7
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 08/15/2005 04:33:04 PM
Really pretty! I love this one.
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 08/15/2005 02:07:24 PM
Love the B&W effect. Good luck!
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 08/15/2005 10:09:42 AM
very nice.
but i am a big fan of b/w.
nice thirds.
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 08/15/2005 02:21:49 AM
Nice lighting and good use of B&W
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 08/15/2005 12:41:24 AM
Nice tones, and I love the way you've captured the rain in the air as little streaks. This is a weird angle that doesn't flatter the flowers, but a nice photo.
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