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Nature's Majesty
Nature's Majesty
Rikki


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Green II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Location: Yosemite, California
Date: Jun 3, 2006
Aperture: f4.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125 seconds
Galleries: Landscape, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jun 6, 2006

 Challenge Entry No. 391

Wow! The entries are staggering! I just hope to finish above a 6 and be in the top 85%. Let's see.

Shot in RAW and converted using RSE. Bumped the colors and desaturated leaving only the greens and yellow. Use color balance to create the reddish duotone tint. Ran through another pass at desaturation this time bumping up yellows and greens. Cropped to size with 10 pixel border. Ran through NI and Sharpened.

The middle tree bugs the heck out of me but I couldn't do anything since it was in front of the the granite formation that I wanted to frame. This image means so much to me as it was shot at Yosemite National Park. It was indeed a beautiful weekend spent with someone special.

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 06/16/2006 11:22:28 AM
Hiya couchmate! Nice job on this one!
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 06/15/2006 11:22:29 PM
Congratulatiosn. I hope you proposed.

Message edited by author 2006-06-15 23:23:01.
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 06/14/2006 05:21:17 PM
** Critique Club **

What? You should be a member of the club and not requesting critiques :)

Very vibrant green colors, the selective saturation (?) makes me concentrate on the subject which is relevant to the theme here. You have also captured the reflection very well.

I would crop the top 20% or even 25% of the image and just stop at the rocks as the sky doesn't add to the picture, or rather distracts. I think the reason you still kept them was to avoid the line being in the center.
A second look and I still think I will go with removing top 20% and making the line go at about 40% of the frame.

-Gaurawa
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/13/2006 03:37:43 PM
Wow. Very nice lines. Even despite the square crop, the vertical lines of the trees and peaks, mirrored in the water, give a real feeling of height and space to the shot.
Only thing I would have preferred was colour in the backdrop - a nice blue sky.
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 06/13/2006 12:32:14 PM
What a contrast! I love that reflection, too.
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 06/12/2006 11:47:15 AM
Nice effect and well composed.
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 06/12/2006 04:37:50 AM
The sky is blown out and it could do with a polarizer, but it's definitelya perfect location for a potentially great shot. High marks for originality in this challenge.
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 06/11/2006 11:22:55 PM
This is a beautiful shot, I love the separation of colors but would have liked to see some blue in the sky??
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 06/11/2006 01:00:22 AM
Majestic indeed. Great reflection in the water. Seems almost too green - maybe the color was tweaked just a little bit too much?
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 06/10/2006 02:17:50 AM
very impressive
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 06/09/2006 08:21:58 PM
green blownout
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 06/09/2006 03:34:05 PM
It's like a dream's landscape... great shot !
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 06/09/2006 09:07:28 AM
Pleasant photo and processing. Might be a little on the sharp side or high contrast side for my tastes. 9.
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 06/08/2006 11:05:08 PM
All right ... how ? :D - a color filter ?
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 06/08/2006 10:32:48 PM
Very nice work... Cool place :)
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 06/08/2006 09:37:22 PM
One of the few shots to select green and make it work without looking like its overdone. Beautiful landscape.
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 06/08/2006 06:12:56 PM
This is simply gorgeous! I'm definitely rooting for this one!
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 06/08/2006 03:45:07 PM
Great landscape and love the color desaturation!
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 06/08/2006 03:37:42 PM
How is this possible in basic editing? Still a wonderful shot! Great reflections.
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 06/08/2006 12:46:31 PM
Interesting application of desaturation.
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 06/07/2006 10:37:45 PM
Magical reflection here.....not sure of the light color of the mountains, as it distracts me from the foreground quite a lot...
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 06/07/2006 08:11:54 PM
Great picture 10
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 06/07/2006 06:47:59 PM
Wow, wonderful reflections - nicely done.
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 06/07/2006 10:41:49 AM
Wonderful shot
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 06/07/2006 10:26:32 AM
Good..good. I love this, seems like a dream. Where is the sky though? Did you do that on purpose? At any rate, very nice.
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 06/07/2006 08:31:48 AM
don't think this is legal under basic, but will give you the benefit of the doubt
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 06/07/2006 07:44:29 AM
Oh WOW! Now THIS is my idea of how to capitalize on a GREEN challenge! This is absolutely beautiful. ..and it makes my heart hurt for the mountains! Great choice for this challenge and nice execution!
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