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Midnight Moonlight on Willow Pond
Midnight Moonlight on Willow Pond
jenesis


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: A Single Tree (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Our little ol' golf course
Date: Sep 7, 2006
Aperture: F/4.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 30 sec.
Galleries: Nature, Water
Date Uploaded: Sep 10, 2006

 A crazy, late night golf cart ride out onto the golf course, plastic cups full of wine in hand, on the search for single trees resulted in this. Luckily it was a full moon as it was the only light we had to see by. :-) I had to try to manual focus because I still don't know how to set my focus to infinity and there wasn't enough light to autofocus on the tree. This was the clearest shot I got from this angle.

So the original photo of this is VERY VERY dark. I had to raise the levels trememdously which resulted in quite a bit of noise so Neatimage was my best friend on this photo. I layered the neatimaged layer over the other layer and erased over the tree and grass in the foreground to bring the detail back into them. Other than that, I added a layer using Virtual Photoraphers Ambiance filter to up the saturation and add the glow. It's also cropped quite a bit. A little sharpen and resize and that's about it.

Might I add, it's damn hard to find a single tree around here! Hopefully the willow stands out enough from the layer of trees in the background so qualify as a "Single Tree".

Statistics
Place: 17 out of 251
Avg (all users): 6.4238
Avg (commenters): 6.9444
Avg (participants): 6.1111
Avg (non-participants): 6.7027
Views since voting: 1383
Views during voting: 327
Votes: 210
Comments: 24
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 11/12/2006 09:23:17 AM
nice work, jen! after you read this, i want you to stop what you're doing and go put both large and small flashlights in your camera bag (the large to light up your subject, the small for everything else)...
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 09/29/2006 11:16:57 PM
This image sets up a special mood for the viewer. Congratulations on your top 20 finish.
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 09/21/2006 04:27:34 PM
Great shot. Congrats on your high finish!
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 09/18/2006 07:15:31 AM
Nice finish after what seemed an unsuccessful night! Congrats on a your top 20 :)
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 09/18/2006 03:08:09 AM
great work on this....
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/17/2006 03:55:26 PM
Great dreamy atmoshpere.
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 09/17/2006 06:11:27 AM
I'm a fan of the colour green so I am probably a bit biased but this really is a great photograph in my opinion. I thought about doing a weeping willow myself. You have just shown me how to do it well.
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 09/16/2006 10:59:47 AM
Pretty! You've done a great job reflecting the softness in the tree with the soft focus!
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 09/16/2006 08:22:34 AM
too soft (and I normally love soft)
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 09/14/2006 09:04:16 PM
Beautiful and flawless. Amazing work. I vote 8.
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 09/14/2006 02:43:42 PM
LOVELY WORK!! 10
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 09/13/2006 01:52:06 PM
Nice Willow tree and an interesting take on the challenge. Mystical.
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 09/13/2006 12:03:39 PM
the only part I don't like is the water. I happen to like smooth reflections. It looks processed. I like the greens on the tree and bottom left. for "moonlight" in title I'd like to see more evidence of the moon. this could have been 8 am.
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 09/13/2006 07:05:01 AM
very moody
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 09/13/2006 12:20:01 AM
This is a very nice image! I love the softness and the bright green of the willow!
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 09/12/2006 07:00:25 PM
The softness really makes this shot. Just a tad too much saturation. 8
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 09/12/2006 12:45:59 PM
A very dreamy shot. I can't tell if it's post processing that gives it that quality, or just a long exposure and a little breeze. Either way it's really pretty.
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 09/12/2006 10:52:03 AM
Lovely lush green there. There are large areas in which nothing much is going on to enhance the overall effect. I call it diluted. I wonder if there is a way to counteract that dilution?
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 09/12/2006 10:21:27 AM
Great picture, a top ten in my opinion.
 09/11/2006 09:56:13 PM
Beautiful. This one should do well.
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 09/11/2006 04:57:28 PM
Awesome color. The softness really adds atmosphere to this piture.
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 09/11/2006 04:35:04 PM
a little bit too green for my tastes, lovely atmosphere though.
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 09/11/2006 01:06:31 AM
very good use of the light,and background reflection...
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 09/11/2006 12:38:04 AM
Lovely setting. Very nice composition. Colors are good. I like the context of the tree. But in my opinion you've gone a little too soft on the focus for my taste.
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