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Once Upon A Time...
Once Upon A Time...
Ken


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Challenge: Free Study 2008-06 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Canon
Location: Magic Kingdom, Orlando, FL
Date: Jun 30, 2008
Aperture: F/5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 8, 4, 2 sec
Galleries: Architecture, High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Date Uploaded: Jun 30, 2008

 Taken at Disney's Magic Kingdom in Orlando. I missed the sunset while we were waiting for some people to get off a ride and then I rushed over to get this before it got too dark.

This was particularly hard to process because the lights were constantly changing colors. I had more bracketed images but couldn't use them because the castle was blue and when combined it looked awful.

HDR in Artizen (+2, 0, -2) (less noise in shadows over Photomatix)
Tonemap in Photomatix (better tonemapping than Artizen)
tonemap another copy that's darker, overlay, and mask out everything but bright spots on castle
TONS of small color adjustments to even out color
clone out Tinkerbell's wire
blur front of water
flatten, create layer in soft light, fade
slight gradient on sky
crop
resize/sharpen

Statistics
Place: 74 out of 473
Avg (all users): 6.3241
Avg (commenters): 7.3846
Avg (participants): 6.1415
Avg (non-participants): 6.8205
Views since voting: 2534
Views during voting: 263
Votes: 145
Comments: 15
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 07/31/2008 12:55:55 AM
I love this picture. It brings out the little princess in me :)
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 07/08/2008 12:51:51 AM
wow .. this is an excellent fantasy image ken ..
love the colouring and the entire scene ... BRILLIANT .. :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/07/2008 11:11:12 PM
Dang!! Why have I not been here yet!? Great photo. If you could get this same result with the blue glow of the sky.. but no clouds. it would be perfect. I think the clouds add too much realism to this fairy taleish (is that a word?) photo.
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 07/07/2008 10:40:10 PM
A very well taken shot(s). A bit top heavy on the sky perhaps.
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 07/07/2008 08:25:53 PM
Beautiful! Makes me want to go on vacation to Disney Land:-D
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 07/06/2008 02:12:07 AM
Beautiful... the processing is gorgeous. 8
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 07/05/2008 01:56:35 PM
Very well done shot of this iconic location. Excellent exposure, good color without oversaturation.
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 07/05/2008 01:03:51 PM
gasp! that is sooo cool! i love the purples, pinks and blues against the subtle greens, really a nice job.
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 07/04/2008 10:39:24 AM
I did this shot back in December when I was there. This one is much much better than the one I took. I like how you framed and composed it. Excellent
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 07/02/2008 09:32:17 PM
nice color and reflection
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 07/02/2008 06:57:34 PM
You have made this look even more magical.
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 07/01/2008 09:51:39 PM
beautiful colors and great composition
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 07/01/2008 12:11:30 PM
Perfect colors and exposure. Nice job. 9
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 07/01/2008 10:01:57 AM
Love the fairytale colours...looks like a fairytale story...try a little more sharpening over the castle and trees.
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 07/01/2008 03:38:52 AM
it really looks like a fairytale world...good exposure
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