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Mount St. Helens Nature's Beauty and Power
Mount St. Helens Nature's Beauty and Power
jtlee321


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Challenge: Free Study 2007-07 (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Nikon D2X
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
Location: Mount St. Helens, WA
Date: Jul 3, 2007
Aperture: f11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1 Sec.
Date Uploaded: Jul 23, 2007

 This is an image of Mount St. Helen's taken on July 3rd. This was my first trip up there and I have lived near it my entire life. I captured it in RAW format and processed the RAW file 3 times and then used Photomatix Pro to generate an HDR image. I then Tone Mapped it using Photomatix and imported the resulting file into Photoshop. I finished the image using various techniques and resized for web and sharpened. I absolutely love the way this turned out and hope everyone else does as well.

Statistics
Place: 257 out of 651
Avg (all users): 5.8382
Avg (commenters): 7.0625
Avg (participants): 5.8829
Avg (non-participants): 5.6400
Views since voting: 2347
Views during voting: 216
Votes: 136
Comments: 18
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/07/2007 11:01:47 AM
I would have liked this so much better without the over-HDR treatment.
 08/06/2007 09:45:32 PM
Beautiful colors. Love the perspective.
 08/06/2007 09:41:54 PM
You took this photo of one of nature's most beautiful sights from a fantastic vantage point. Well chosen. Your post processing does a good job of bringing out the textures of the land! But I am sorry to say you ruined the image for me with your post processing. It is far over the top. I have seen this vista, and the post doesn't enhance it, it doesn't improve on the original, and doesn't help to tell the story of the mountain. I could have given this a 10, but am backing off to a 7 due to the post.
 08/06/2007 09:16:16 PM
Wow, this looks like an oil painting.
 08/05/2007 11:09:19 PM
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7 vote...
 08/05/2007 08:07:33 AM
Nice. The ground seems to be lacking a little contrast in the foreground though.
 08/04/2007 09:32:46 PM
This picture shows the distinct difference between beauty and power. You have to think about this one but it is very good.
 08/04/2007 05:53:33 PM
Your photo has that unnatural HDR processing look to it. The eye really never sees in such a way. As you gather, I am not a fan of this type of processing. However, it is an interesting graphic composition. 7.
 08/04/2007 04:00:30 PM
Looks like a painting! Surreal. NIce work.
 08/04/2007 03:23:51 PM
It's like a pinting. Great light. Great color.
 08/04/2007 12:25:48 PM
amazing light, almost looks like a gradient filter? either way, 7
 08/04/2007 08:37:55 AM
Your image seems a little over sharpened, but what a great expansive panoramic view!
 08/04/2007 01:10:17 AM
wonderful shot
 08/03/2007 01:38:55 AM
stunning image, love the crispness, beautiful use of natural light and great lines......good to see beauty coming back here
 08/03/2007 01:16:42 AM
Amazing color.
 08/02/2007 08:10:37 AM
great colors in image-9-
 08/01/2007 07:12:16 AM
looks like a painting...
 08/01/2007 04:54:38 AM
Great landscape! Awesome colors! 7


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