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Challenge: Landscape III (Expert Editing*)
Camera: Pentax *ist DL
Lens: Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
Location: Big Lake
Date: Apr 14, 2007
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/180;1/125;1/60
Galleries: Sky, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Apr 14, 2007

 Using PSPX, combined 3 shots taken at EV +1.0, 0, and -1.0 intervals. Using the darkest shot as the background, applied the mid shot and bright shot as overlay layers and adjusted the opacity on each layer. Applied a curves adjustment layer to the sky. Applied HSL adjustment layer to tone down blues and enhance yellows. Merged layers and applied DNR, resized and applied USM. Made duplicate layer, adjusted histogram, applied usm again.

Statistics
Place: 50 out of 308
Avg (all users): 6.3938
Avg (commenters): 7.4783
Avg (participants): 6.5057
Avg (non-participants): 6.3372
Views since voting: 1301
Views during voting: 716
Votes: 259
Comments: 31
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 07/06/2011 11:58:49 AM
I can see why you love it, what a powerful sky!
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 06/30/2011 10:21:18 PM
My sailing instincts tell me that there is a lot of wind along the far edge of this formation. I like the bright orange along the horizon.
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 06/30/2011 06:56:19 PM
Wow! Extraordinary image.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/24/2007 09:13:57 PM
Amazing 10
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 04/24/2007 04:16:36 PM
Strong dramatic cloud editing a bit over the top for my taste, also I find that the lack of a main subject a bit off, my eye wanders over the frame and finds no interesting place to stop.
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 04/24/2007 03:26:09 PM
Interesting palette--great colors
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 04/24/2007 03:25:25 PM
beatiful capture. could have made great use of the rules by lighting the water in a more proper way. 6
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 04/23/2007 09:37:33 PM
Nice.
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 04/23/2007 06:37:19 PM
powerful vastness here.
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 04/23/2007 06:52:09 AM
Amazing capture.
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 04/22/2007 08:52:39 PM
the colors are great
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 04/22/2007 11:03:21 AM
Very neat shot.
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 04/21/2007 11:00:31 PM
I think the red/ yellow/ orange looks too fake. Maybe have those colors not as bright to make it seem more real
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 04/21/2007 10:41:10 PM
Great capture, look like a nasty storm, well done.
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 04/21/2007 02:53:51 PM
The clouds are awesome and I love the strip of fire in the horizon, very nicely done
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 04/21/2007 01:27:56 PM
wow
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 04/21/2007 05:47:16 AM
Awesome sky here.....
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 04/21/2007 12:44:34 AM
quite amazing clouds, damn this expert editing, can't tell if this is real or not. Wish it was.
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 04/20/2007 09:05:55 PM
Great sliver of sunset peaking under the clouds
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 04/20/2007 10:01:48 AM
too dark and not enough contrast in the foreground. if you completely desat this shot, you can see what i mean. good shot and concept though
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 04/20/2007 09:14:00 AM
It's like I know what this scene is...but I can also see a second completely different one at the same time. It looks like raging fire spread across the horizon madly racing towards me destroying everything in its path. The clouds even look like gigantic pillars of smoke from the destruction of this fire.

Sorry didn't mean to go "Walter Smitty" on you...did I mention it's a beautiful photograph!
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 04/20/2007 08:19:22 AM
wow! stunning intense moodiness in this image...love the cloud pattern. the image makes me feel an approaching storm
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 04/20/2007 12:22:27 AM
One of my favorites. Good luck.
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 04/19/2007 04:26:34 PM
Wow! This is a perfect example of rule of third - that sliver of orange really sets this image off
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 04/19/2007 12:47:00 PM
Very dramatic.
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 04/18/2007 11:59:06 AM
Dramatic.
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 04/18/2007 07:25:28 AM
GREAT!!!JUST GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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 04/18/2007 01:46:49 AM
OoooLaLa! What a dramatic landscape. The orange on the horizon is a little bit distracting-it almost looks like an explosion. Good job.
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 04/18/2007 01:45:58 AM
This is freaky cool! "The final tide".
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 04/18/2007 12:46:15 AM
oooh, nice clouds. I just love dramatic skies. It looks like you tweaked the oranges in the sky just a bit too much. 7
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 04/18/2007 12:27:05 AM
The slit of orange on the horizon adds great contrast. Good capture.
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