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Rock Glen
Rock Glen
mchalmers


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Rivers & Streams (Advanced Editing VI ("Time Lapse"))
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Location: Arkona, Ontario
Date: Jan 13, 2008
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1.6 seconds
Galleries: Water, High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Date Uploaded: Jan 13, 2008

My first attempt at HDR. I hope I didn't overdo it :)

This is from Rock Glen near Arkona, Ontario. I'm happy with the results of this one (Which means, of course, that it will tank) :)

Editting included Photomatix to combine 3 exposures, and tonemap.
Finished with CS3.
Levels
A layer on the waterfall to bring out some more brightness
Shadows and Highlights
Overall colour levels (Actually brought down some of the colours that were generated by Photomatix because they looked too fake)
Unsharp mask
Save for Web
Unsharp mask again

Unfortunately, because there is such a high range of colours and contrast, I had to save this at 63% quality!! That hurt!

Statistics
Place: 70 out of 208
Avg (all users): 5.7990
Avg (commenters): 5.5625
Avg (participants): 5.6818
Avg (non-participants): 5.8879
Views since voting: 1103
Views during voting: 341
Votes: 204
Comments: 18
Favorites: 0


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01/22/2008 11:02:13 AM
Nice picture! I've been there, but couldn't quite get a photo as stunning as yours.
//andy19.deviantart.com/art/Waterfall-34711792

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/20/2008 10:15:54 PM
I like this shot but the greenish/bluish color cast is very disturbing to me.
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01/20/2008 09:19:08 PM
Beautiful! Lovely flowing water and the colors are great.
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01/19/2008 09:37:02 PM
good details in the rocks
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01/19/2008 12:37:49 PM
Nive scene but i don`t like the blue colour cast.
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01/17/2008 01:16:17 PM
Lots of good stuff here and a couple of things that I don't care for. The waterfall is wonderful. Don't think you could have captured that better. The branches at the top left interfere with the view of it, however and the tree on the right just slices through the frame without adding anything. I think a slightly different perspective may have framed this better. I'd like to see your outtakes of this after the challenge.
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01/17/2008 11:28:29 AM
seems a bit to green to me
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01/17/2008 09:39:50 AM
Great shot but I don't like the color tone, natural color should be better
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01/16/2008 06:47:12 PM
Beautiful shot. I might've moved in closer to eliminate tree.
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01/15/2008 10:33:36 PM
The composition is really good, but I just don't see the colors being true.
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01/14/2008 10:03:26 PM
Nice capture and good composition.
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01/14/2008 06:04:17 PM
Color balance off. way too green/blue. 5
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01/14/2008 05:36:25 PM
a good image but I have some perplexity about the tree on the right. it seems a bit distracting. 6
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01/14/2008 05:10:49 PM
A tad too blue/green, reduce those colours a bit and it would be perfect. I do like the composition and exposure.
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01/14/2008 03:45:23 PM
Nice shot. Waterfall is beautiful. Colours look a little overworked though
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01/14/2008 01:41:18 PM
I think the saturation was pushed just a little too much.
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01/14/2008 10:23:29 AM
Great composition. White balance seems off -- a little too blue for my taste. Just a thought.
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01/14/2008 08:35:44 AM
This would have been better if the blue/green color cast was removed. Looks like the white balance was set wrong.
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