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My Town's View of Pikes Peak
My Town's View of Pikes Peak
jmattys


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Your Corner of the World (Classic Editing)
Camera: Minolta DiMAGE 7i
Location: Colorado Springs
Date: Sep 20, 2002
Aperture: F8.0
ISO: ISO100
Shutter: 1/350
Date Uploaded: Sep 22, 2002

Pikes Peak is over 14,000 feet above sea level and can be seen from almost anywhere in Colorado Springs. This site brings many tourists and is a major contribution to the local economy. I've been at the summit several times and the view is breathtaking.

Statistics
Place: 46 out of 245
Avg (all users): 6.2577
Avg (commenters): 7.4706
Avg (participants): 6.3806
Avg (non-participants): 6.1176
Views since voting: 1188
Votes: 291
Comments: 18
Favorites: 1 (view)


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10/15/2009 01:02:26 AM
Man I miss this view, I grew up seeing this from our bay window! Miss seeing the balloon races on Memorial day speckled across this view. Very nice shot.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/29/2002 08:27:00 PM
Initial=nice and clear and bright
Composition=the big rock formation in the foreground stops my eye.. There isn't a smooth transition to the distant peak
Clarity (focus, details)=beautifully done
Exposure=equally beautiful
Interesting or Emotive=fair

I am using a this new detailed commenting method inspired by autool. (Thanks
autool!). I hope you find it more helpful than my former comments.
Thanks for submitting, and good luck! ;0)
kpb
09/29/2002 01:04:00 PM
Colorado Springs!!!!! I spent two years in my childhood there (ages 13-15). That must be the Garden of the Gods in the foreground? Nicely done. 9 paganini
09/29/2002 10:38:00 AM
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background8,
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing9,
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc.? 7,
Total Averaged Rating8. Autool
09/28/2002 09:39:00 PM
Wow -- this, I like!! I love the color changes, from the brown to green to white snow capped mountain. Super!
09/27/2002 03:52:00 PM
From Garden of the Gods? :-) I have a similar shot...this is beautiful. 9 kathleenm
09/26/2002 04:05:00 PM
Beautiful shot... Is this taken from colorado springs? good work... - setzler
09/26/2002 12:59:00 PM
just beautiful
09/26/2002 11:48:00 AM
nice view
09/26/2002 08:35:00 AM
What is your town? excellent photo.
09/26/2002 02:30:00 AM
Awesome shot! Great focus from front to back. Good job!
09/24/2002 05:06:00 PM
Beautiful picture. Might benefit with less foreground. JEM
09/24/2002 12:39:00 AM
I love how there are so many diverse textures and "surfaces" (for lack of a better word). From the sky to the snow at the summit, tothe tree covered mtns, to the bare rock to the scrub brush in front of the rock. Great composition and exposure. 8 sjgleah
09/23/2002 02:33:00 PM
Nice scene. I really like the different "levels" of colors shown here. karmat
09/23/2002 02:32:00 PM
Very cool. Good colors. Sharp and deep. I might darken the photo, and boost contrast in an attempt to eliminate some distant haze. 7
09/23/2002 10:55:00 AM
O' are you in Woodland Park? Colorado Springs? I know that area well, my family is and was there. Very nice shot, love seeing the peak again. I can smell the air there. Good lens. Score 7 Justine
09/23/2002 10:12:00 AM
The view is very nice. The colors could be enhanced a little for saturation, and in my humble opinion, the red rock in the forground could be used better if it were not dead center. Perhaps on an angle or to the side to lead the viewer around the scene. You did a good job of showing multi-dimensions here. Good luck in the challenge! Grayce aka Gracious
09/23/2002 06:20:00 AM
This is a beautiful shot but somehow the brown rock or hill in the foreground takes away fromt the peaks in the background. I wonder if you could have composed this differently. Lighting is great.


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