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Big Dipper
Big Dipper
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Challenge: From the Ground Up III (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM
Location: Golden garden, Seattle
Date: Aug 5, 2006
Aperture: 11.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 30
Galleries: Sky, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Aug 6, 2006

 This was taken at Golden Gardens in Seattle around 9:40.

I converted from Raw to jpeg using DPP.
No adjustment for Raw->jpeg.
After that I used Photoshop Elements and did:
* Shadows/Highlights: lighten 15%, darken 15%, mc 0%
* Level adjustment a little (RGB input level 255->~230?)
* Neat Image
* resized and USM
* saved for web

Statistics
Place: 132 out of 361
Avg (all users): 5.4498
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.0233
Avg (non-participants): 5.7480
Views since voting: 828
Views during voting: 314
Votes: 209
Comments: 10
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/15/2006 04:53:02 PM
I'm going back through and commenting on shots I voted low. Pretty colors in this shot is all it hs going for it. This doesn't really show the perspective of from the ground up as it's pretty much a straight shot at the horizon with a lense that happened to catch a bunch of sky in the process. Composition-wise there is nothing here to look at other than the blue gradient. It just doesn't trip my trigger but, most importantly, is a long stretch for being relevant to the challenge. Good effort.
 08/14/2006 04:49:49 PM
Absolutely Brilliant.........
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/14/2006 12:18:59 AM
Almost couldn't see the stars. Like the blues.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/13/2006 07:19:30 PM
Nice get
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/12/2006 12:36:34 PM
very nice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/12/2006 04:35:24 AM
I like your use of negative space and the gradient.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/09/2006 01:09:12 PM
The 'Big Dipper' is actually an Asterism in the Constellation of Ursa Major...it's a nice photo, meets the challenge but I think maybe just a little bit later in the evening would have strenghtened the brightness of the stars and greatly improved your photo. However, I like the colors too...compromise...I like that!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/09/2006 10:04:30 AM
Holy crap, I can't believe you captured the big dipper. Nice!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/09/2006 08:24:03 AM
ooo, nicely done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/09/2006 07:52:49 AM
Is it dust on my screen - or what?


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