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Hell
Hell
jbeazell


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Challenge: Free Study XIV (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S602Z
Location: Yellowstone National Park, US
Date: Oct 8, 2006
Aperture: f/9
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/270
Galleries: Landscape, Travel
Date Uploaded: Oct 24, 2006

 This was taken in Yellowstone National Park. The sky was very cloudy, and very tricky to play with. This shot came from the under-exposure of a bracketed exposure. The Normal one was OK, but I found this one very appealing. The ground was illuminated by patches of sun light breaking through the clouds behind me. I hope this does well. It is by far more processed than I normally go with.

Post Processing:
1) Tweak the Curves, just a bit.
2) Dodging to bring up some of the bright areas of the photo.
3) Some more dodging in the sky.
4) boost the saturation to almost 25% (maybe a bit less than that).
5) Slight USM.
6) Save for Web.

Statistics
Place: 90 out of 625
Avg (all users): 6.2041
Avg (commenters): 7.6250
Avg (participants): 6.1032
Avg (non-participants): 6.5854
Views since voting: 999
Views during voting: 291
Votes: 196
Comments: 16
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/07/2006 08:11:12 PM
Sure looks exactly like the title says. The scene that is, not your photograph, lol. The branch coming in from the side doesn't work at all. A lower perspective where you could get those silhouetted, leafless trees more in front of that gloomy sky might also of been interesting.
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 11/07/2006 05:48:40 AM
A good title and the location has that sort of aspect. 8.
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 11/05/2006 03:11:12 PM
I like the mood of this shot. However, the intruding branch on the left is very distracting.
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 11/05/2006 11:54:03 AM
Hell is a believable description. Great processing. A 9
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 11/05/2006 11:42:18 AM
great shot
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 11/04/2006 05:29:45 PM
really is hell, good shot of such devastation.
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 11/03/2006 10:44:50 PM
Quite desolate, and I like this effe ct.....
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 11/03/2006 05:24:12 PM
Beautiful post processing...it really makes this shot!
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 11/03/2006 05:24:10 PM
Wowsers...what a shot!!! Love the tufts of smoke; the darkness, the gloomy sky. Timing was just right for this one. Good luck in the challenge! :)
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 11/03/2006 05:24:07 PM
a really nice shot but IMHO I would have cropped the top third of the sky and a bit of the foreground. I feel that the letter box format would have really balanced the image well. 8*
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 11/02/2006 10:22:10 PM
What a lovely mood setter with that almost eerie look.
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 11/02/2006 03:41:27 PM
Wow. very desolate and dramatic looking. Way to "capture" an emotion in a landscape.
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 11/02/2006 03:27:44 PM
aI love it. I'm not sure it will get dq'd though.
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 11/01/2006 10:13:20 AM
Very beautiful. Really amazing light, haunting landscape. I love the little line making up a light break in the clouds that points to the light on the ground. 10
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 11/01/2006 09:46:36 AM
Excellent work!
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 11/01/2006 12:23:09 AM
WOW
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