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Challenge: Twisted (Basic Editing)
Collection: 2008
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon
Location: Stephenville, Texas
Date: Nov 30, 2008
Aperture: F6.3
Galleries: Sky, Nature
Date Uploaded: Dec 2, 2008
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My daughter didn't understand why I brought my camera when taking her back to her college after thanksgiving. After I drop her at school, I get to drive home during the "golden hour", and there is nobody else to be impatient at my stopping to take photos.
Editing notes: I tried something different from the conventional thinking on this. I sharpened it almost as much as possible in my RAW converter (Canon DPP) rather than the minimal sharpening usually recommended. This approach seems to work well if I intend on using most of the image. If I will be severely cropping, however, then It results in visible noise like patterns.
I also resisted the temptation to crank up the saturation to unrealistic "WOW" amounts, in spite of the tendency for that to pull in higher votes. I wanted the shape and details of the tree to be the star of this shot, not the disk sky. A moderate golden glow is to my liking for this. I'm curious to see if anyone comments that I should have raised the saturation a bit.
I may also get some comments about the bottom 1/3 of the image being too dark. The outline of the tree against the dark clouds may be too subtle for some monitors to display.
Pre-challenge notes:
I think this is pretty darn good and would think it good for a high five or low 6. However, I am expecting only a low 5 because:
A) I am usually dead wrong at evaluating how my own entries will do in a challenge.
B) My wife thinks it is one of my best. Her liking one of my shots has been the kiss of mediocrity in the past.
Post-challenge notes:
Did well enough, and from the stats, I can see this had moderate appeal for most and strong appeal for some. The commenter's average vote was quite high. A pretty good entry for me. |
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12/09/2008 05:12:02 PM |
| this is a nice shot, the sky is reminding me of the ash filled skys of california during those wildfires, |
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12/04/2008 07:58:07 PM |
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12/04/2008 05:11:34 PM |
| A lovely photo. Should score in the top 20% at least. Good luck. |
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12/04/2008 10:56:49 AM |
| Plain and simply lovely, gorgeous tones, soft curves leading your eye skywards |
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12/04/2008 12:21:56 AM |
| Pretty sky, and it doesn't give me that over processed feel that may "nice sky" shots do. |
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