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Challenge: Suburbia (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Pentax K200D
Lens: Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC for Pentax
Location: Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA
Date: Oct 11, 2008
Aperture: f/9
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/1600
Galleries: Snapshot, Photojournalism
Date Uploaded: Oct 9, 2008

 Last day substitution for this image.

Its a better photograph, and evokes the feeling of isolation I was going for for this challenge. I have my doubts about how it will do, as it is not really DPC-friendly.

Started with the Cold Tone preset in LR 1.4, then made a bunch of adjustments from there, exported to PSE 5.0 for a high pass filter and some USM to try to pop the tree a bit more, resize, border, s4w.

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Statistics
Place: 54 out of 74
Avg (all users): 5.0939
Avg (commenters): 4.8889
Avg (participants): 5.1081
Avg (non-participants): 5.0903
Views since voting: 744
Views during voting: 335
Votes: 181
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/19/2008 10:52:57 PM
My parents had a house in a place that looked just like this! I remember the big open backyards (between new developments) and the people trying to squeeze in trees where they could. Just a little too much sharpening for my taste a you can see the white outlines around the rooftops. Good idea for the challenge.
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 10/19/2008 03:27:35 PM
Good use of an object up front to give depth/dimension. I find this image to be over sharpened, which makes it a bit harsh on the eyes.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/18/2008 01:08:15 AM
Too much sharpening.
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 10/15/2008 09:26:55 AM
Like this, although the strange colouration possibly adds a sense of mistake rather than intent to it. The point is pretty nicely made too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/15/2008 03:06:04 AM
Please stop using high pas filters inappropriately, and that goes for a lot of people. Its tacky and it ruins some decent photographs.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/14/2008 10:45:01 PM
Great subject for the challenge! The detail seems to be lost through in processing and lots of halo around some edges.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/14/2008 10:12:48 PM
i really like the use of the negative space here. great shot, 9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/14/2008 03:10:46 AM
Nice image - Like the tones of this but the border is a little distracting due to it's thickness and the lack of sharpness in the tree makes it hard for our eyes to go beyond to the homes. Maybe just a bit too much PP work. Love the composition though which many of the other entires are lacking.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/13/2008 08:44:25 AM
I like the tree as the subject but don't care for the bluish cast over the pic. The border draws attention to the top of the tree being just barely cut off.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/13/2008 01:18:38 AM
Not sure what camera you have, but I'd be interested to know where it selected it's focal point. The tree sees overly sharpened, and the homes blurred, but not enough to save the image in my opinion.
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