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Early Flight Out
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Transportation II (Basic Editing III)
Collection: Scenic
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Dallas, TX
Date: Aug 4, 2006
Aperture: unk
ISO: unk
Shutter: unk
Galleries: Urban, Transportation
Date Uploaded: Aug 7, 2006

From my seat aboard a 747 looking back over the tarmac. Now that I think about it, not sure how we ended up in that position. The flight time was 8am out of DFW.

Post processing -- rotated, cropped, adjusted contrast using levels. Then, did an adjustment layer for curves, and was simply going to use an "S" shaped curve to enhance the contrast a bit, but clicked on a fourth point and when I bumped it, I got the colors in the background. Boosted saturation to get them a bit *more* then ran a touch of neat image cause there was some grain in the shot.

Shot with my itty bitty new sony, though it will say rebel until I remember to add the sony to my profile. :/

Statistics
Place: 176 out of 283
Avg (all users): 4.9442
Avg (commenters): 4.7778
Avg (participants): 4.8625
Avg (non-participants): 4.9869
Views since voting: 710
Views during voting: 315
Votes: 233
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/15/2006 03:08:58 AM
Too much sharpening? The detail is lost, the colors are wierd, etc. This is a good concept, but the execution falls short.
08/14/2006 11:40:40 AM
when i voted, i gave this a 4. though there are aspects i liked, i felt the discolouration and fringing in the sky and on the near wing to be excessive. the smoggy haze, the brownness of the runway, and the look of the other aircraft in terms of angle, lighting, feel, are all really good. it's the sky, plus that really bright reflection on the tail, that lets you down.
08/12/2006 09:47:41 AM
I don't think you could have chosen tougher lighting conditions to capture this image under. Although the fake rainbow and the glare off the tail wing are interesting to some degree, this image is hard on the eyes and not very engaging to look at.
08/12/2006 09:06:14 AM
Unfortunately I think the sun on the tailplane detracts from what could have been a great shot as it has caused the fuselage to lose definition.
08/11/2006 09:58:58 PM
nice... 7
08/11/2006 04:58:04 AM
Neat colors.
08/10/2006 08:30:06 AM
I like the photo - has a nice feel - gentle color.
08/09/2006 07:28:56 AM
awesome sky
08/09/2006 03:01:48 AM
Did you have your polarizer on?
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08/09/2006 12:43:22 AM
As I view this on my monitor, there are some bizarre artifacts of light in the sky. Lens flair? Whatever they are, they distract from an otherwise super photo.
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