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"That's one small step...."
"That's one small step...."
Nald


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Textures IV (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6G ED
Location: The Moon
Date: Apr 5, 2006
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/2000
Galleries: Landscape, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Apr 5, 2006

 Taken on the shore line of the Great Salt Lake. I am going for an alien type landscape with this one. I forgot that I was shooting in ISO 400 so there's a bit of grain but nothing too bad..I hope it works for this challenge!

The truth is out there....

Photoshop Details:
Open
Save as .psd
Curves: 156/121
H/S: 25/0/0 Blending mode set to 'Color'
H/S: 0/-100/0
Dodged and burned the rocks
Dodged and burned some more
B/C: 0/5
Gaussian Blur: 20
Selective USM
Resized
Added border
Save for web!


Post Challenge:
Thank you for all the great comments. I did hope this would place better but I'm not at all displeased with the score. There was some very tough competition in this challenge.

Statistics
Place: 135 out of 311
Avg (all users): 5.6000
Avg (commenters): 7.2857
Avg (participants): 5.5543
Avg (non-participants): 5.6792
Views since voting: 734
Views during voting: 215
Votes: 145
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 04/14/2006 09:30:38 AM
this really is a very nice shot..it has staying power, and deserved a much better result...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/13/2006 08:48:38 PM
That's one small step on small particles...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/10/2006 01:41:58 AM
like the feeling of empty space, and also the vidgnetting is lovely!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/08/2006 05:51:03 PM
This is more interesting than moon rocks, great work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/08/2006 05:14:50 PM
Easy does it on the sharpening. This is just my opinion but to me the foreground looks way over sharpened. Backing off a bit would have improved it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/07/2006 07:49:58 PM
I had to hit f11 to fully appreciate the image, I love it when I can see it all without scrolling. I hope you don't get marked down because of the vertical crop. I love the out of focus background, good luck!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/07/2006 06:00:05 PM
black and white works well
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/07/2006 09:25:49 AM
WOW - great title. Interesting take on the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/07/2006 12:22:11 AM
I really like this. It is something I would hang on my wall. Simple, yet dramatic.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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