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Day 22: Five Geese
Day 22: Five Geese
Rebecca


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Tokina AF 12-24mm f/4.0 AT-X Pro DX
Location: Denver, CO
Date: May 22, 2007
Galleries: Animals, Black and White
Date Uploaded: May 22, 2007

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 It rained all day. I drove out to Sloan's Lake on a whim after work, and ended up trudging around in soggy, muddy grass dotted with goose droppings in high-heeled sandals looking for something decent to shoot with my new wide angle. This was the closest I got. Not really a very exciting shot, unless you're impressed by the sky. The processing pulled out a lot of the great drama. I wish I could do a convincing job of cloning out the streetlights, but it turned out to be such a deceptively complex job that I just gave up.

- tonemapped the everliving heck out of it
- converted to b/w with a gradient map
- five or six passes with shadow/highlight
- big big dodge and burn brushes on earth and sky
- little dodge brush on geese
- gothic glow layer at around 35-40% fill
- smart sharpened background layer
- resize & save for web

Here's the original, just to show how mundane this photo really is and what some heavy-handed processing can do for you.


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 05/23/2007 05:48:01 PM
The sky is great. Nice job. Hope your feet recover. And lastly, congrats on the grades.
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 05/22/2007 11:17:52 PM
Great sky and a nice photo. Sometimes it's best to just leave it as it is and just be real, no need to worry about the streetlight cause it's still a nice photo!
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