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Challenge: Free Study 2007-10 (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: Natchaug State Forest, CT
Date: Oct 19, 2007
Aperture: f11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 0.6 sec
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Oct 26, 2007
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taken in Natchaug State Forest, the same location as for my Distance entry. I tried to capture the absolute beauty of a New England Fall. Luckily, the day was rainy. It made for yucky skies, but it made all the colors pop (with a polarizer filter). I used the Orton effect here hoping to add to the mood. I tried to go big here, let's see if it works.
PP - opened Raw in ACR, adjusting blacks, saturation, clarity and luminance. crop. a little burning on the rocks in the stream. clone out a little of the leaves on bottom left of frame. duplicate layers (one in screen blending mode). merge top layer down, then duplicate layer again, this time adding gaussian blur in multiply mode. soft light layer to darken a little of the foliage, especially the yellows. flatten, resize, added border. |
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11/08/2007 01:02:49 AM |
| Steve - Well, I think it was a bold choice to enter an on purpose soft focus image in a free study and you seem to have scored pretty well. My guess is that the saturation (as others commented on) just overwhelmed people. I think you have a great image for a print here - the colors and softness will really translate well to the printed media. |
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11/07/2007 10:48:15 PM |
| Great amount of colors in this one ... I like the softness in it. |
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11/07/2007 08:57:45 PM |
| I think the saturation is a tad too much on tis otherwise good shot. |
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11/06/2007 10:34:44 PM |
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11/05/2007 09:58:45 PM |
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11/04/2007 06:05:11 AM |
| 7 - Very nice. The movement in the branches creates a nice effect. |
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11/02/2007 10:13:34 AM |
| I LIKE THE COLORS BUT WOULD HAVE SATURATED A LITTLE LESS AND THERE IS SOME BLURRINESS. |
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11/01/2007 11:22:16 PM |
| A little too busy but nice colors. |
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11/01/2007 12:17:45 AM |
| Nice colors but the blurring of the foliage is distracting. |
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