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Challenge: Free Study 2007-07 (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: Steep Rock, MB, Canada
Date: Jul 19, 2007
Aperture: f8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Landscape, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jul 31, 2007

 This pair was an unexpected surprise while I was setting up for a sunset shot at this location - I had almost no time to frame the shot and was fortunate that I was already exposed correctly.

The grayscale conversion was tricky. The water and the sky are primarly based on the blue channel to reduce the impact of the sun and remove a lense flare. The rocks are mostly red channel to increase contrast from the reflections. I found setting up the layer masks to do this difficult and I'm not sure I achieved exactly what I had in mind.

I can't decide whether the rocky area to the left adds some interesting contrast or whether it serves as a distraction. There's still a fair amount of detail in the rock, but I'm guessing it will look overly black on some monitors.


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08/03/2007 08:44:14 PM
not a big fan of B and W sunsets, this is nice, but could it have been better with colors?
 08/01/2007 10:31:29 AM
I like the silhouettes here, usually not a fan of directly into the sun shots, but this ones nice, 8 from me
 08/01/2007 01:41:54 AM
How beautiful Great duotone. Love the title too.
 08/01/2007 01:00:51 AM
If the camera was sung about 25 degree to the right I would like this much more. I like the idea behind it, the color is nice, but the big shadow to the left just overpowers everything else.

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