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Gathering Storm
Gathering Storm
rachelellen


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2005 (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 5400
Location: Cathey's Valley, California
Date: Apr 28, 2005
Aperture: f4.6
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/125s
Galleries: Rural
Date Uploaded: Jan 1, 2006

 Took this in the spring. This was a barn I'd always said I'd paint if I knew how -- then I got my camera. :) When I'd had it about a month and a half I was on my way home from a doctor's appointment, having just had surgery two weeks before, and I told my husband I wanted to photograph the barn on the way home. I ended up walking about a quarter of a mile in a great deal of pain to get this shot. I don't expect it to do well in a challenge this monstrous, but that's no reason not to enter. :)

Post-processing: Straighten, crop, levels, contrast, duotone sepia workaround, saturation, resize, cloned out a gate.

Statistics
Place: 441 out of 833
Avg (all users): 5.5638
Avg (commenters): 6.7500
Avg (participants): 5.4596
Avg (non-participants): 6.0833
Views since voting: 771
Views during voting: 559
Votes: 431
Comments: 13
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/31/2006 10:27:09 PM
Another amazing nature shot!!!!
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 01/28/2006 08:55:53 AM
Coming back for comment, I like the overall view but the depth of field dof is rather lacking making all of the surroundings look a little blurred..
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 01/26/2006 08:32:41 AM
I like these type of shots, as one can not only see the storm coming, but also feel it as well.....
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 01/24/2006 06:54:18 PM
Really? Looks like a barn to me...
While there is nothing technicaly wrong with this picture it is hard to convey a story or a feeling in landscape pictures and in my opinion this fails to do that. All this imo, obviously. Good luck!
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 01/22/2006 05:58:06 PM
great shot...i would like this in black and white...8
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 01/20/2006 12:31:40 AM
Striking photo, well done 9
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 01/19/2006 03:56:29 AM
If only a barn could talk... a nice photo!
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 01/18/2006 11:53:18 PM
9 from me...good luck!
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 01/18/2006 08:54:47 PM
Not an especially intriquing composition, and I don't like the strong sepia toning to it much. Just comes across a little flat.
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 01/18/2006 06:59:22 PM
spectacularly well captured
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 01/17/2006 08:02:21 PM
Seems very soft to me. I think it needs USM applied to bring out all the detail.
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 01/16/2006 11:47:33 PM
I love wood, and even more so Sepia wood. Very nice shot. I like the composition, but wonder if a little more angle on the barn would be more dramatic. The contrast level is perfect. A wall hanger for sure.
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 01/16/2006 11:14:22 PM
How pretty! I love the way this photo feels. The sepia tones of that golden grass against that turbulent sky look great.
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