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Surrealism
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Challenge: Best of 2006 (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Cades Cove-Smoky Mountain National Park
Date: Dec 27, 2006
Aperture: F/3.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Nature
Date Uploaded: Jan 9, 2007

Shot in RAW. Processed in CS2. Dodged and burned the sky a little as well as the tree. Shadow/Highlight adjust. Saturuation adjust on the ground and the sky. Selective color adjustments to make the clouds whiter.

Statistics
Place: 447 out of 712
Avg (all users): 5.5583
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 5.4719
Avg (non-participants): 5.8065
Views since voting: 798
Views during voting: 492
Votes: 360
Comments: 20
Favorites: 0


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AuthorThread
01/26/2007 12:30:03 AM
Thanks for all the comments everyone. I'm still trying to find my way in post processing. I'm sure some stronger post processors could have done much better with this pic than I did. I don't understand what "road" some of you were talking about. The picture is completely level, it's just the way the landscape flows that far away from the camera.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/24/2007 11:53:35 PM
a beautiful place, for sure, but i'm not really sold on the processing--it seems uneven and out of balance.
01/24/2007 12:43:27 PM
What wonderful lighting. Nicely done.
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01/22/2007 01:58:06 AM
I don't find anything surrealistic about this image, sorry. Nice shot, title needs explanation.
01/20/2007 12:23:56 PM
surrealism...for real... :)
01/19/2007 08:24:00 PM
Nice composition. A bit overprocessed, the grass distracts me from the rest of the photo.
01/19/2007 11:34:06 AM
The photo looks grainy, but it's nice and peaceful
01/16/2007 02:32:45 PM
Yeah, don't really care for your pp. Nice scene.
01/16/2007 12:35:56 PM
Lovely scene but a lot of noise in the sky
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01/16/2007 12:17:04 AM
Nicely done and I like this composition.
01/15/2007 10:34:23 AM
I'm seeing a lot of noise/artifacts, perhaps from compression??? also, along the top of the mountains, it is noticeable where your selection was and this is distrating. Otherwise, fairly nice landscape.
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01/14/2007 10:07:40 AM
i bet the grain was added on purpose so the surrealism title goes with it, right ?, nice photo ... i just wonder what if you moved more to the right and take the photo vertically to the road so the road is parallel with the mountains in the background and the tree is in rule of thirds ?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/13/2007 04:45:57 PM
This appears pixelated (perhaps due to over sharpening?) and I don't know if it's burning or what, but the grey stuff over parts of the clouds and mountains looks terrible.
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01/13/2007 04:18:52 PM
I think the horizon angles to the left. Otherwise it is a beautiful scene. And your title is smack on! It does look surrealistic.
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01/12/2007 10:32:27 PM
beautiful landscape. The horizon is slightly lower on the leftand is slightly distracting. Good luck!
01/12/2007 07:38:29 PM
this doesn't look Surreal to me.
01/12/2007 05:29:55 PM
Too much sharpening. And shouldn't the road be level?
01/12/2007 10:46:16 AM
Nice view but way to many artifacts in the blue.
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01/12/2007 02:15:30 AM
needs straightening
01/12/2007 01:24:18 AM
Wow that looks really cool
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