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Challenge: Free Study 2007-05 (Advanced Editing V) Camera: Pentax K100D Lens: Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC for Pentax Location: Lake Herman, Benicia, CA Date: May 19, 2007 Aperture: f/8 ISO: 200 Shutter: 1/250 Galleries: Landscape Date Uploaded: May 19, 2007
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a placeholder for now. Like this shot ... let's see if something better comes up this month
Levels, contrast, brightness, sat, usm, resize, usm, border, s4w
post-challenge:
thanks for the comments. actually meant to swap this out for another, since it was kind of similar to my elements entry (tho that was take a week or so later in a different location). Still, I like it.
I was going for the soft color sky and muted tones here, as a balance to the golden fields.
Dr Confuser is right -- its difficult to shoot grasslands; all those beautiful wavy leaves of grass blowing in the wind often turn into jaggy lines when frozen in a picture. This one was shot around 3 p.m. on a short hike (really a stroll) with my 8 year old on the edge of a city park near my house ... late enough for the light to give some definition to the hills, but not late enough for it to really make the image pop.
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06/08/2007 09:46:25 AM |
This deserved better than 5.4 Dennis... Boo on the voters! ;-) |
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06/07/2007 09:32:45 PM |
Nice use of a close focal point to highlight the landscape. |
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06/07/2007 07:00:00 PM |
what a pretty scene - i love the rolling hills - it looks like a postcard |
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06/07/2007 06:32:09 PM |
Colors are good as the picture is. Good toning. |
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06/04/2007 08:16:06 PM |
Nice picture but the frame is a bit much (too thick). |
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06/04/2007 01:41:24 PM |
I have tried to take similar photos (maybe in a nearby place) and found it very difficult to capture what my eye sees or the feeling I have looking at the scene. Maybe ty it early in the morning, or late in the day? |
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06/03/2007 10:15:12 PM |
I think you could have gotten away with really pushing on the blues in the sky and the lake to help balance the colors a bit, the yellow gold is overpowering
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Jack |
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06/02/2007 11:23:22 PM |
Needs more blue IMO. The sky is a little plain and just needs more color. |
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06/02/2007 12:30:18 AM |
Beautiful. I can't decide if the stick on the right hand side of the frame is a distraction or a balance for the bush. Interesting composition. |
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06/01/2007 06:59:54 PM |
Good lighting but needs some contrast. |
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06/01/2007 12:50:21 AM |
It looks a bit washed out to me. Relaxing scene, though. |
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