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Challenge: Duotones III (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Pentax K100D
Lens: Tamron AF 18-250mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Pentax
Location: Off Lake Herman Road, Vallejo, CA
Date: Nov 10, 2007
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/90
Galleries: Rural, Photo-Impressionism
Date Uploaded: Nov 10, 2007

Wanted to try my hand at some new processing techiques, so ran out this morning to grab some quick shots to play with. I liked the processing on this one the best. Hoping for some comments ... good or bad, interested in how this will play.

Levels, Brightness & Contrast adjustments, then a high pass filter to bring out contrast and sharpness a bit, converted to B+W, then colorized @ about 30% saturation. Added some dust and scratches and noise, resized, slight USM, then Gaussian Blur @ 50%. Goofy border, S4W, and a 5.5 is on its way!

Statistics
Place: 123 out of 295
Avg (all users): 5.7548
Avg (commenters): 6.5625
Avg (participants): 5.6863
Avg (non-participants): 5.8868
Views since voting: 929
Views during voting: 219
Votes: 155
Comments: 16
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/18/2007 04:48:27 PM
The great amount of noise in this picture may seem too much for some people but i actualy think it adds to the image.
8
Good luck

Kev
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11/18/2007 04:37:31 PM
really like the grainy feel, tones are wonderful and paint that old-world mood - one of my favorites this challenge
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11/17/2007 09:01:01 AM
I love how you framed it.......the grain makes it look old.
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11/16/2007 02:11:37 PM
I actually like the grain in this shot -- it gives it a desolate "dust bowl" type of feeling.
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11/16/2007 11:57:32 AM
Excellent processing, very dreamlike. 9
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11/14/2007 10:02:05 AM
This seems really grainy to me.
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11/13/2007 02:21:31 PM
Nice editing. I like the mood this creates!
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11/13/2007 09:56:49 AM
Love the grain in this!
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11/13/2007 08:42:56 AM
Grain is rather nice with this shot, however I think the tone you chose doesn't do this shot justice, I think a deeper brown would have helped IMO. Nice work.
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11/13/2007 12:31:44 AM
I think you have some nice subjects here but I think it needs more detail. I think the graininess takes away here. 5
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11/12/2007 10:30:26 PM
Nice shot. Your composition is great. I like the tones as well.
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11/12/2007 05:46:18 PM
very nice I really like your treatment of this image
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11/12/2007 01:44:25 PM
Soulful. I can't decide if I like the grain or not.
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11/12/2007 11:14:16 AM
Interesting use of noise - but too much seems to be lost in it.
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11/12/2007 09:20:27 AM
Good job on the duotones and I love the grain. I hope you don't get punnished for the grain though. DPC seems to hate it. Nicely composed.
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11/12/2007 07:11:42 AM
Lovely composition and duotone conversion. Perhaps a little to heavy on the added noise but still a good shot
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