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Pueblo Life
Pueblo Life
Sammie


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Challenge: Black & White III (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
Location: Taos, New Mexico
Date: Nov 11, 2006
Aperture: F8.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Architecture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Nov 12, 2006

 Well, this isn't exactly how I wanted it to turn out but it will just have to do. I've piddled with this and the other photos from this shoot so much that I'm totally sick and tired to them and don't even care how they do!

Anyway, this is at the Taos Pueblo - had hoped for something that was very Ansel but didn't get it. The little Church that he shot there had been repainted and looks totally different.

Editing: Crop; Adjustment layers for levels; hue/sat; sepia filter; contrast; Flatten; midtone contrast; offset; burn some of the front facing walls a bit and the logs to the right; dodge the man leaning on the wall a bit to bring him out; play with selective color a bit; resize; smart sharpen; save for web.

Statistics
Place: 51 out of 424
Avg (all users): 6.1788
Avg (commenters): 6.8333
Avg (participants): 5.9569
Avg (non-participants): 6.5873
Views since voting: 1119
Views during voting: 247
Votes: 179
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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 11/23/2006 02:39:05 PM
Deserved better results. This was my favorite in the challenge; its appeal was its Ansel-like lighting. Perhaps the only niggle would be to tilt it clock-wise a tad... nah, maybe not.
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 11/22/2006 10:27:07 PM
This is nice. The man leaning on the wall adds a lot, too.
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 11/20/2006 01:31:09 PM
Great shot Sammie, Didn't have a chance to vote on all, so missed this one. Have a Great Thanksgiving. Van
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/19/2006 11:11:52 AM
i love the whay the structures photographed. the person in the photo is a distraction, to me.
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 11/17/2006 07:03:16 PM
Fascinating pic. I like that the man's face is somewhat in shadow.
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 11/16/2006 04:45:58 AM
love this shot ...... so chunky ... so contrasty ..... and the man ... i didnt notice him at first .. which i like ...... the 'not immediately obvious' ......
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 11/14/2006 11:18:30 PM
very cool image.
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 11/14/2006 09:14:00 AM
seems almost sepia in tone and not as much B/w. perhaps selectively darken the blacks and lighten the whites? try channels on this. we lived in the desert and i love adobe style. gl 7
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 11/13/2006 04:43:11 PM
Wow - one of the best so far
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 11/13/2006 11:53:24 AM
looks like a duotone
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