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Challenge: Image without Subject (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Location: Near BC / Alaska border
Date: Aug 26, 2006
Aperture: f/3.2
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Aug 27, 2006

 I dont particularly like this shot... but as I was walking throught the forest on my daily trav at work, this scene did jump out at me as one where there was no definable subject. So I shot about 20 pictures, and this one turned out the best. It's bloody hard to get both the sky and trees properly exposed with a point and shoot, you know...

Very little PP applied, just levels and resize. I dont roll with this advanced editing mumbo-jumbo...

Statistics
Place: 161 out of 241
Avg (all users): 5.0470
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 4.8293
Avg (non-participants): 5.3134
Views since voting: 837
Views during voting: 211
Votes: 149
Comments: 2
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AuthorThread
 09/10/2006 12:46:11 PM
Hello from the Critique Club:

First, I love the composition and the subject you choose for this challenge. Your score suffered a bit because the image looks flat. The colors and contrast both need a little more work than what you achieved with levels. From reading your comments on this image, I realize you are not a great fan of advance editing in your post processing work. However, this picture has so much potential and could be improved tremendously with just the basic editing tools of Contrast, Curves, and Saturation. I would be happy to PP this image for you and post it to this critique if you would like.

Tim

Andrew,

Per your PM I gave your image a quick go over. My editing steps (Paint Shop Pro X) were as follows:

1) Curves adjustment per the following thumbnail

2) Levels adjustment: Input 0 ... 1.05 ... 237 Output 0 ... 226
3)Saturation + 20
4)Contrast +5
5)Resize
6)USM Radius 1 - Strength 100 - Clipping 5



Hope this helps - let me know if you have any questions.

Tim

Message edited by author 2006-09-13 19:45:18.
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08/28/2006 03:20:56 AM
Nice perspective
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