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Hull Rust Mine
Hull Rust Mine
JustinM


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Challenge: Harsh Environments II (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Land, Water and Skyscapes
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Location: Nashwauk Minnesota
Date: Mar 11, 2008
Aperture: F/16
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/20th - 0.8 sec.
Galleries: Landscape, High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Date Uploaded: Mar 12, 2008

 Hopefully this was "harsh" enough for you voters. I have been wishing lately that I had more places to take photos. I don't know why I haven't though of it before but since I live in the "iron range" there are plenty of cool pits and mines that I could take photos of. This one is an old mine pit that is now abandoned and is literaly on the edge of town (Nashwauk, just 5 miles from where I live). There is a fence behind the peoples' houses on the west side of main street and about 10 feet past the fence it drops off very sharply for a good 150+ feet. I'll have to come back this spring/summer when the ice has melted off.

This is a 5 shot HDR thanks to the new advanced editing. Otherwise I would never have been able to expose for the ice, snow and rocks in the same photo. I added contrast to the rocks and desaturated them a bit. (They are naturally more red) I also warmed the whole scene up, using various photo filters and hue/saturation.

Thanks for reading!

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/22/2008 08:20:18 PM
I like the combination of colors and the patchy snow across the middle. Might be a bit stronger composition if you cropped down from the top and only left the portion of the sky with striking detail. Just a nit pic.
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 03/18/2008 02:16:20 AM
Beautiful colors in the sky, this is great.
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 03/17/2008 11:06:04 PM
Nice image, the colors are interesting, 7.
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 03/17/2008 06:04:34 PM
beautiful colors and landscape, I only would have cropped it a little tighter on top but this works as well
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