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Tennyson's Monument
Tennyson's Monument
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Challenge: Free Study 2008-11 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Tokina AF 11-16mm f/2.8 116 AT-X Pro DX for Canon
Location: Tennyson Down, Isle of Wight
Date: Nov 22, 2008
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/25, 1/100, 1/400
Galleries: Landscape, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Nov 24, 2008

 This is Tennyson's Monument on the Isle of Wight. I shot this just before the bench shot for the benches challenge.

Alfred Lord Tennyson was born on 6th August 1809 and was the fourth of twelve children. He became established in the nation as an extremely popular poet and was friends with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

From 3 RAW exposures @ 11mm, 2 stops apart merged in photomatix to create 2 jpgs.
One jpg I adjusted the settings for the sky and one for the land.
These were then merged in cs3 using the quick selection tool to create a mask so only the land was added to the sky exposure.
The land layer opacity was set to about 50%.
A dodge burn layer added and burnt the cross to darken it.
Levels and curves on the land and sky separately.
I think I changed the sat on the grass slightly.
Layers flattened and then applied a -37 vertical perspective lens correction.
Cropped to have a complete shot.
rotated .75% to level horizon.
increased saturation on sky and sea.
Resize, usm and save.

Sounds like a lot of editing but in reality it took about 15 minutes! The quick selection tool is very handy!

I'm hoping for a top 100 finish, dream score would be anything above 6.534 as that would beat my previous highest for this lens!

Statistics
Place: 77 out of 417
Avg (all users): 6.1939
Avg (commenters): 7.2000
Avg (participants): 6.1204
Avg (non-participants): 6.3333
Views since voting: 1224
Views during voting: 264
Votes: 165
Comments: 5
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/06/2008 08:51:26 AM
Looks so serene and peaceful. Great shot.
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 12/05/2008 11:29:19 PM
Beautiful! Well composed, nice sky too.
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 12/05/2008 09:50:21 AM
Spectacular sky, nice composition, lovely shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/03/2008 06:36:59 PM
Lonely but beautiful spot.
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 12/02/2008 09:50:45 PM
Well composed. (not voting yet)
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