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Silhouettes at Sundown
Silhouettes at Sundown
Len Scap


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Challenge: Free Study XII (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
Location: Banff National Park
Date: Aug 31, 2006
Aperture: f 14.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Aug 31, 2006

 I managed this capture while out looking for a backlit subject as I wanted to try out some fill flash ideas. That Buffalo shaped Mountain was originally called Buffalo Mountain by the Natives.("Tatanga" means Buffalo)When the Canadian Pacific Railway came through there were plans to build a tunnel through the mountain and it beame known as Tunnel Mountain.
A tunnel was never built, but the name stuck. (a bit of history for anyone interested)
Post capture:
converted from Raw
adjusted levels
Hue/saturation
layer masks for selective levels adustments
cloned sensor dust/minor distracting imperfections
USM
resized and saved for the web


Statistics
Place: 453 out of 684
Avg (all users): 5.3396
Avg (commenters): 5.8000
Avg (participants): 5.2574
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Views since voting: 808
Views during voting: 364
Votes: 265
Comments: 23
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09/07/2006 11:58:41 PM
very interesting shot....love the coloring and the fill flash on the trees in the foreground...9
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 09/07/2006 09:12:36 PM
I can't wait to read your setup this is very interesting!
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 09/06/2006 12:12:37 PM
Very nice capture, im just not sure about the brightness of the greens at the bottom. They seem to draw my eye away from the rest of the image.
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 09/05/2006 06:53:27 PM
Nice idea, but I wish the flash hadn't been quite so strong on the foreground.
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 09/05/2006 01:51:15 PM
The flash bouncing off the needles distracts the mountain view.
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 09/04/2006 09:11:09 PM
Unusual framing...a classic sunset picture with perhaps a distracting emphasis on the evergreen in the foreground. The bottom greenery seems almost too bright in comparison to the lovely and soft tones elsewhere in the picture.
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 09/04/2006 04:12:24 PM
I like how you framed this. The colors are great.
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 09/04/2006 01:04:49 PM
greens seem a bit oversaturated. I would prefer to just see the sunset over the mountains with out the trees int he foreground.
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 09/04/2006 11:45:55 AM
don't like the lighting effect on the bottom foreground bushes ... looks like an on-camera flash ... the rest of the picture is gorgeous though ...
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 09/04/2006 01:10:47 AM
love the lighting and the highlights... well done!
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 09/03/2006 08:12:11 PM
I would love to see the original of this. What I'm suspecting is processing is most excellent. 8
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 09/03/2006 08:00:22 PM
Great shapes and color in the sky and mountains. But I find the foreground branches a bit distracting.
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 09/03/2006 11:45:23 AM
very harsh lighting makes the foreground look too far removed from the background. they dont seem to fit together at all. great colors in the sky though. 5
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 09/03/2006 12:32:35 AM
The frame is a bit bright, otherwise cool.
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 09/02/2006 02:26:56 PM
Something tells me I won't be the first or the last to mention the very bright pine needles at the bottom. The green is quite strong and it pulls my eyes away from the rather spectacular sunset. It is nice that you have something in your shot other than the mountains and the sunset, but this green was too much for me. Good luck.
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 09/02/2006 01:27:58 PM
Foreground flash is distracting. Would think it to have a better visual impact if the branches were silhouetted as well. (5)
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 09/02/2006 08:39:20 AM
funny colors of green here, the framing did not work out well, good background tho'
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 09/02/2006 07:22:00 AM
Although the branches do a nice job of framing the scene. It is such a beautiful mountain range and sunset that it would have stood well on its own without the branches.
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 09/02/2006 05:26:44 AM
a lovey sunset and atmospheric perspective, but the foreground is quite distracting.
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 09/02/2006 03:33:49 AM
Nice use of framing however the lighting in the foreground (flash?) seems to overpower the rest of the image.

Also, what caused that scribble in the sky?
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 09/01/2006 09:42:02 PM
oh wow that is beautiful. I think the flash and light on the tree limbs distracts a little.
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 09/01/2006 07:29:19 PM
I find the flash on the foreground conifers a little startling. But the mountains are immaculate.
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 09/01/2006 10:51:08 AM
Nice job on the colors.
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