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Challenge: Free Study XV (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon
Location: somewhere south of Columbus
Date: Nov 5, 2006
Aperture: 6.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Architecture, Rural
Date Uploaded: Nov 8, 2006
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We had a leaders retreat for our church plant at DeerCreek resort south of Columbus. I ended up driving down there a couple of times before the actual weekend to organize details and on the way down I came across this abandoned house and thought immediately that it could make a cool image. On the way home from the retreat Aimee and I stopped at a couple of places to take shots and this was my location. It is a tiny run down house that is being help up by twigs it seems. With my Sigma 18-125 I was just able to get in the tops of the trees into the picture being able to dodge the power lines on the road. I just thought it was a pretty cool location.
I spent close to three hours editing this image. I was shooting for a slightly overprocessed look but still keeping it reasonable. I had to crop it from where it was originally so that I could get the optimum size within a range that looked good downsized and entered as it was massive! This is a different kind of image for me as I dont really do alot of landscape or architectural type shots. I am not sure how well this will do in a FS - hopefully at least a 6. But overall I am very pleased with my end product of an image that I really wanted to take the second I saw my "model". I may go back at different times of year to see what this scene looks like with snow, new leaves, etc.
Processing - RAW conversion twice - once for the house and once for everything else with the usual shadow/highlight contrasts, sharpen, saturation and hue. In PS - belnded the two layers after masking out the house and then levels, saturation, tons of dodging and burning, minor cloning on the path, USM, NI, crop, resize, USM and border. |
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12/08/2006 09:21:23 AM |
| You got an 8 from me and I certainly like the photo a lot. Would be proud to have this in my portfolio. |
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12/08/2006 03:43:28 AM |
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12/08/2006 02:40:51 AM |
| I love it Tim, and I hope to see a lot more of these type of images, in your portfolio please..... It almost looks like a painting..... |
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12/08/2006 01:24:51 AM |
| Nice job, Tim! The title fits perfectly. |
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12/08/2006 12:29:40 AM |
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12/08/2006 12:20:56 AM |
| What a rip off. I look at the top 10 and this is 107??? COME ON. Love it, Tim. Seriously, a great image. |
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12/07/2006 07:14:07 PM |
| This is just awesome..... |
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12/07/2006 10:11:56 AM |
| This evokes Burton well. 8 |
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12/06/2006 01:58:22 PM |
| Nice title, but you're missing an apostrophe. Don't you hate when people leave comments like this? I do very much like the dead-center composition. May be just a *wee* bit oversharpened in the tree branches but the look kinda fits the picture. |
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12/05/2006 06:49:49 AM |
| Very well composed, I like that the best about this shot but great colors too, 7 from me. |
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12/02/2006 05:57:39 PM |
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12/02/2006 11:40:21 AM |
| It is rather amusing. I bet those trees were planted the same time the house was built. Composition works for me. Like the colors. Top 1/3 not interested but at the same time, needed. 7 - good luck in the challenge! |
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12/02/2006 02:58:45 AM |
| ROFLOL! Perfect title for this. |
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12/01/2006 10:36:26 AM |
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12/01/2006 09:18:02 AM |
| I like the composition and the over-all mood of this image but the lines of the tree branches appear un-smooth and have a slight halo effect against the lighter sky...perhaps it's oversharpened? |
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12/01/2006 09:05:58 AM |
| I love this. The symmetry works perfectly with the out building to counterbalance it a smidge. The touches of red add to the green and yellow pallette. Perfectly saturated. Awesome title. NICE! 8 |
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12/01/2006 12:43:16 AM |
You know Tim Burton is mine!!!! //www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=420192
Very nice. |
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12/01/2006 12:18:02 AM |
A little shabby for Tim's budget ;) but you gotta love it, those trees!
A most excellent title. I even like the shot more now. Though titling rarely has an effect on me. But it's a good shot to match. |
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