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Moutain Sunset
Moutain Sunset
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Challenge: Free Study XIII (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: Yellowstone National Park
Date: Sep 5, 2006
Aperture: f25
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60
Date Uploaded: Sep 30, 2006

Sunset shot in yellowstone, Tried to use high apreture to creat the sun star and did this full manual, to keep some of the color in the sky. Used selective coloration in photoshop to create the vibrant color.

Statistics
Place: 544 out of 615
Avg (all users): 4.8177
Avg (commenters): 6.1667
Avg (participants): 4.7616
Avg (non-participants): 5.0244
Views since voting: 782
Views during voting: 252
Votes: 192
Comments: 10
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02/14/2008 12:41:53 PM
Thisis an edit I did with the help of alot of the comments on this page, along with some suggestions from eyewave.

Thanks to eyewave for his help and to all of you for your comments.

06/24/2007 10:42:52 PM
I am surprised this didn't do a little better score-wise. I love the sun and rays you captured. I agree with Dr. Achoo's comments for the most part. Overall, the vibrancy of the color and the warmth of the sun makes this very appealing to me.
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10/10/2006 11:27:34 AM
The technicals: You did well not to oversaturate the sky and get pixelation. The rays from the sun was a good idea. Having a foreground subject is good in landscape, but I'm not sure I would have chosen this one. Pines just are hard to photograph, period. The biggest downside, and one which immediately caught my eye, is the texture of the water. I don't think it's good. It's probably a product of being in no-man's land as far as shutter speed. Not fast enough to freeze the water, not slow enough to blur it. There are halos from PP which some people may have caught. (see the back trees

The feel: has a nice sunset feel. Things that would boost the score (but you have no control over) would be clouds in the sky to add interest and a more interesting foreground subject.
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10/09/2006 07:15:07 AM
Even if it is not, the picture looks tilted. Too saturated for my taste. I find that tree in the foreground distracting. Have the feeling, there was nothing in focus and you sharpened too much in post-processing.

The background is very nice, but the contrast to the foreground is too high IMO - upper half=pastel and graet tonal range; lower half= vibrant color and little halftones.

I would really like to see the origina, maybe I can propose another way of post-processing

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/07/2006 12:44:25 AM
if you look at that front tree, you can see a ton of CA. I like the composition though, and the colors are neat.
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10/03/2006 05:19:03 AM
wonderful colors here, but it's also a bit too soft
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10/02/2006 04:37:45 PM
Great colours here filling the sky impressively.
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10/01/2006 12:55:48 PM
an alternative title... Purple mountain majesty
Nice capture
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10/01/2006 08:16:21 AM
Another strong image here, but maybe a tad over saturated.....
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10/01/2006 12:22:33 AM
Very interesting capture....feels a touch too contrasty...but still gorgeous.

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