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Standing Stones of Castlerigg
Standing Stones of Castlerigg
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Challenge: Free Study 2007-04 (Expert Editing*)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
Location: Castlerigg, Cumbria, Lake District
Date: Apr 29, 2007
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/20
Galleries: Landscape, Travel
Date Uploaded: Apr 16, 2007

 Taken at Castlerigg, Cumbria at about 6am.
The sun is behind me casting long shadows and warming the stones.

Processed using Lightroom, then in PSCS:
* Healed out my tripod's shadow
*Cloned in some grass around the biggest stone
*Brightness layer then grad-mask to improve sky
*Usual levels, curves, crop and re-size

No cropping AT ALL which is unusual for me!

Statistics
Place: 284 out of 573
Avg (all users): 5.6944
Avg (commenters): 6.5000
Avg (participants): 5.6846
Avg (non-participants): 5.7200
Views since voting: 608
Views during voting: 239
Votes: 180
Comments: 6
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AuthorThread
 05/12/2007 07:35:09 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club -

You have an interesting image here. The shadows from the rocks are very cool and you background landscape looks like an awesome place to shoot.

Now I am a photoshop junkie and tend to overprocess alot of the stuff I do. I think that with this image I would have worked even more on the colors. I really like the colors of the mountain and sky. The blues and purples are very nice. I think the colors on the rocks and the grass surrounding could have been worked over better. I think a tweak onthe grass to remove the yellow cast and make it a more true green could have been nice. And then maybe a slight desat on the rocks to make them not as colorful. THese are all maybes. I don't know ho wit would be, but just thoughts.

Very good job framing your shot from the beginning. It is always cool when you get to the end of your editing never having to crop. Shows you put good thought into your composition (something I am trying to do more now myself).

Overall all a pleasing image with no major issues. I think the only thing that kept it from scoring higher is just the lack of real WOW power that DPCers have come to expect. Keep up the good work - you have some great images in your portfolio. I look forward to seeing your future entries!

Tim
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/07/2007 04:28:18 PM
Great composition and colors. 10
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 05/03/2007 06:03:46 PM
Cool - neat colors!
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 05/01/2007 04:37:44 PM
You have certainly made the most of the evening(?)light!
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 05/01/2007 04:23:09 PM
Good colors and lighting....6
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 05/01/2007 03:16:13 PM
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