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Cliff and a Cloudy Night
Cliff and a Cloudy Night
MadMan2k


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Challenge: Night Shot III (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: Farmington, NM
Date: May 8, 2006
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 400
Shutter: 30 sec
Date Uploaded: May 9, 2006

 Taken about 10PM. I was shooting the city lights when I looked to my right and noticed the cliff standing there against the clouds, so I turned and took some exposures with various settings, this one turned out best. Editing was not much because it's a Basic challenge - the version where I could use my (still limited) choice of tools looks better. Curves, hue/sat, USM a couple times, photo filter with warming filter selected, selective color, resize/crop, border.

Statistics
Place: 185 out of 287
Avg (all users): 5.0636
Avg (commenters): 4.8182
Avg (participants): 4.8864
Avg (non-participants): 5.1436
Views since voting: 721
Views during voting: 398
Votes: 283
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 05/17/2006 12:41:48 PM
I really like this shot..The clouds in the sky are like a painting and the grain also contributes to that effect - well well done
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 05/17/2006 12:17:53 PM
beautiful shot. you were robbed!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/16/2006 11:21:14 AM
Sorry, perhaps the exposure was a little too long but this doesn't seem to be a night shot to me.
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 05/15/2006 09:49:32 PM
Not legal for basic challenges but Image Stacker would allow you to shoot multiple short exposures to simulate a longer one so you could have a noise free final image.
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 05/14/2006 06:59:07 PM
It resembles more like a day photo than a night photo. Good concept however.
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 05/11/2006 08:59:20 AM
Hard to say it is a nigh shot, but I believe the effect came out like that in postprocessing. Nice composition. The sky is a bit grainy. I wonder how did it look originaly. Bumping up a bit.
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 05/10/2006 10:01:48 PM
beautiful...this would also be great in a complimentary colors challenge
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 05/10/2006 07:45:48 PM
This may well have been taken after dark, long exposure, high ISO and all that. But it seems like a daylight photo. Doesn't meet the spirit of the challenge in my opinion. Having said that, I like the composition. I like the movement in the sky. And I like the grain, which is unusual because I usually don't.
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 05/10/2006 04:31:06 PM
Interesting sort of windswept clouds, but the noise is problematic.
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 05/10/2006 12:50:16 PM
Sure it is at night? Looks like before sunset to me!
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 05/10/2006 11:44:07 AM
The sky seems too bright for a night shot. I realize that's because the length of the exposure, but I think the sky should have appeared darker to give the appearance of nighttime.
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 05/10/2006 07:50:29 AM
great shot..hope this does well for you, good luck
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 05/10/2006 06:02:57 AM
love the grain...
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