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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2006 (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G3
Location: Ruidoso, NM
Date: Aug 10, 2006
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/800 sec
Galleries: Sky, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Jan 11, 2007

This is one view from the Inn of the Mountain Gods in Ruidoso, NM. After a summer full of rain, the trees were super green as well as the well-tended grass. Lit by the sun.

Shot in RAW: adjusted white balance and exposure; saved as 16-bit tif and tone-mapped in photomatix.

PS:
Curves
Brightness/Contrast
Hue/Saturation
Gradient Map on sky
Cloned out some spots in the grass
Crop
NI a couple times
Resize
Sharpen
Save for web

Statistics
Place: 286 out of 712
Avg (all users): 5.8806
Avg (commenters): 6.8571
Avg (participants): 5.8473
Avg (non-participants): 5.9882
Views since voting: 943
Views during voting: 466
Votes: 360
Comments: 23
Favorites: 0


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01/26/2007 07:40:33 AM
I gave this an 8. Very nice capture and range. A more refined crop on the right may have made this even better in my opinion. Minor, but your title made me look at the 'unnatural' elements of the image, which contradicted it in a sense.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/25/2007 09:49:55 PM
Nice crisp image...I like they way you processed to clouds although it is a tad overdone. Good Luck.
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01/25/2007 07:35:31 PM
ok, I know the processing is one of those HDR things, but I really would like to know how you get your clouds to look that great! I've study your last picture but I'm clueless! 10!
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01/25/2007 11:12:05 AM
I love the vivid colours in this one. Composition seems to lack visual direction (ie. nothing leading the eye, no subject).
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01/25/2007 03:41:54 AM
Pretty as a picture.....
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01/24/2007 11:49:19 PM
this is a nice image, but, to me, not a great image. the different lines and objects create more a sense of visual confusion than that of a strong subjectless image. given the sky and the different things in the image, it seems like you could have had a field day working your way around this vista. possibly something with that tree at the bottom right, or the bridge, or following the pathway around to the left. just some ideas, feel free to ignore me.
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01/21/2007 10:40:53 PM
Beautiful landscape
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01/21/2007 01:17:17 PM
Great clouds
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01/20/2007 10:56:32 PM
love it
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01/20/2007 12:21:45 PM
Grate contrast and settup 9
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01/18/2007 07:46:54 PM
Clean and wonderful colors! Back to bump you up to 8.
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01/17/2007 05:53:53 AM
very nice, great colors !!
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01/16/2007 05:46:46 PM
Stunning poofy clouds!
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01/15/2007 05:13:07 PM
Blue sky looks a bit overprocesed. Nice capture.
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01/15/2007 03:53:57 PM
Nice colors. The composition itself doesn't have a lot of interest, to me, because there is nothing to really pull at the eyes.
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01/15/2007 02:58:18 PM
The clouds are amazing!
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01/14/2007 10:06:17 PM
very vivid - i like it
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01/14/2007 02:11:43 AM
Incredible sky, look forward to your postprocessing details.
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01/13/2007 12:53:31 AM
The color and the sky just pop out at you.
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01/12/2007 01:21:38 PM
Best: Some of the best natural clouds in the challenge...love them. Ability to capture a scene naturally
Worst: Wish there was something in foreground to anchor my eyes
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01/12/2007 10:50:38 AM
Nice shot - I would have preferred a closer crop to get rid of the path.
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01/12/2007 09:28:58 AM
Great diagonal with the walkway. great landscape overall.
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01/12/2007 08:06:54 AM
Great sky!
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