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Challenge: Heat (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Olympus C-70 / C-7000 Zoom
Location: Himalayas - India
Date: May 15, 2006
Aperture: 4.8
ISO: 125
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: May 20, 2006

This is taken in Himalayas in India. I did not had photoshop to process it so did the bare minimal processing on Picasa. Btw, this is view from where I'm staying currently. I clicked it casually while sipping on to evening tea. Hope this fits the challenge.

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- Cropped
- Adjusted Brightness and Contrast (Equivalent of Levels)
- Added Graduaded Tint (which I'm sure is allowed in advanced editing)
- Reduced the color temprature to give slight bluish tone
- Saved for web
- Uploaded to DPC (I had to save this one at low jpeg setting as dial-up connection from my current location is bad. The file size for this one is limited to 50KB only)


Statistics
Place: 41 out of 158
Avg (all users): 5.9080
Avg (commenters): 7.7500
Avg (participants): 5.6032
Avg (non-participants): 6.0811
Views since voting: 1045
Views during voting: 265
Votes: 174
Comments: 14
Favorites: 2 (view)


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08/14/2006 01:24:26 AM
Clone out the tree on the right and this is perfection!
TC

Edit to add: The more I look at this the more I think it would have fit perfectly into the Zen challenge. You have whispered...

Message edited by author 2006-08-14 01:28:37.
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05/29/2006 12:46:47 AM
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: The main feature here is the beautiful silhouette that you were able to create against an amazing sunrise/set. The tree silhouette looks nicely focused, and the exposure was excellent for the look you were after.

Lighting: Great exposure work with lighting as your subject. AS was mentioned earlier, I really like the graduated color from top to bottom, and it's even more appealing knowing that there was only slight post-processing.

Composition/Content: The scene you composed to share with us is very, very appealing. The change that I would suggest was already suggested in your comments. Those branches on the right are a bit distracting, and I think they should have been cropped out.

My Opinion: While a very nice and wonderfully appealing photograph, I don't really feel like this one portrays heat. I think that it scored at its potential.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/28/2006 06:24:50 PM
I may have considered cropping slightly to remove the branches on the right? A well composed and warm feeling shot :)
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05/26/2006 06:18:27 PM
Beautiful composition and gradation of tones and colors.
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05/26/2006 01:47:43 PM
The tree on the right should've been cloned out imo.
Excellent photo otherwise
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05/25/2006 04:43:40 PM
Beautiful
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05/23/2006 04:05:31 PM
Wonderful shot. The tree really makes the sunset/rise perfect. Not sure about heat, but what the heck...
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05/23/2006 12:59:48 PM
great image..lovely color, tone, composition...
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05/23/2006 10:24:31 AM
My top vote of the challenge. It sums up tropical heat for me.
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05/22/2006 11:21:31 PM
Heat, yes. Those of us familiar with the south in the USA know humidity equals heat, and it hangs heavy in this shot. Relief is expected at night, yet this shot says.. no relief for you, muggy night. Nice colors, exposure, framing and subject. An ace shot.
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05/22/2006 05:41:56 PM
Does not convey heat as much as other shots but I like it anyway - 7 from me
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05/22/2006 12:48:24 AM
beautiful shot.
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05/22/2006 12:45:48 AM
excellent serene, balmy shot...really conveys heat and humidity 8
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05/22/2006 12:38:03 AM
Amazingly beautiful photo... just wish it looked hotter for this challenge. I don't care, I'm still giving it a 9.
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