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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Landscape in Portrait Orientation (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Sony DSC-W5
Location: South Africa, Pretoria
Date: Oct 26, 2006
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/15
Galleries: Sky, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Oct 28, 2006

 This need an aggressive hit to contrast to look like the scene did when I shot it. The image straight from the camera was very flat.

Rotate and crop to 10x8 aspect ratio.
Noise Reduction.
Cloned out some small distractions.
Set the white point using levels.
Increased contrast with curves.
Overlay Gradient on the sky to darken the clouds.
Dodging and burning on the clouds to increase contrast.
Downsample to 512x640.
Sharpen.
Added border.
Save for web.

Statistics
Place: 166 out of 308
Avg (all users): 5.3529
Avg (commenters): 5.8000
Avg (participants): 5.1750
Avg (non-participants): 5.4539
Views since voting: 773
Views during voting: 285
Votes: 221
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 08/03/2007 02:35:21 PM
5.3!!!! you know it's one of these shots, that are really good yet scores so low and no one can give you an explanation, really fantastic tones, i would have loved to b e in this place!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/31/2007 01:45:43 AM
Might be rather cliche for some folks, but I personally find this stunning. I am a huge sky/sunset fan and I could really spend some time enjoying this one. Very beautiful.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/04/2006 11:01:52 PM
Nice scene.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/03/2006 08:37:09 PM
The land is too dark and imposing in my opinion.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/03/2006 02:51:38 AM
Looks like a painting
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/01/2006 05:47:38 PM
Nice sunset. I little different angle or position to eliminate the railing in the lower right corner would make it even better.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/01/2006 04:51:54 PM
Lovely colors and shapes. Almost like an abstract painting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/01/2006 03:30:54 AM
The reflection made this one...nicely caught
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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