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Eilan Donan
Eilan Donan
Gordon


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Challenge: Something New II (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Pentax Optio S4
Location: Scotland
Date: May 7, 2004
Aperture: f4.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: ---
Galleries: Landscape, Architecture
Date Uploaded: May 9, 2004

 Gorse and a castle

Statistics
Place: 14 out of 187
Avg (all users): 6.6290
Avg (commenters): 7.2941
Avg (participants): 6.6549
Avg (non-participants): 6.5890
Views since voting: 1890
Votes: 186
Comments: 36
Favorites: 0

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 05/17/2004 12:08:56 PM
You put a few miles in to get this shot !!
Worth it though.

Gordon2
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/16/2004 09:06:41 PM
wow 10
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 05/16/2004 07:58:52 PM
Composition: (Subject Placement, Cropping, Background): 8
Technical: (Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing): 8
Appeal: (Is it Interesting, Motivating, etc.): 9
Challenge: (How well it meets the challenge): 9
Average (rounded): 9
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 05/16/2004 06:19:32 PM
I think you could crop out some foreground to a 3:2 aspect ratio. You could also change the mood of this considerably by darkening the background area ...
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 05/16/2004 04:32:43 PM
This is one landscape I think is better than my own :)
Marvelous picture 10
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 05/16/2004 01:24:17 AM
When I look at this scrolled down, in effect cropping out a portion of hte yellow flowers in the foreground, it becomes a much more potent shot!
TC
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 05/15/2004 03:10:26 PM
My favorite of this comp.
Good luck. Deserves a ribbon
Never visited this castle. Must do soon. It looks so beautiful.
Think it might be spelt Eilean Donan though. (May be wrong...)
Still gets a ten from me though. Love it.
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 05/14/2004 09:01:03 PM
A little too much flowers in the foreground. Love the rest of the image.
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 05/14/2004 07:43:29 PM
Very nice picture, I love old castles - wish we had them in the USA. The colors are great. I think more of the yellow flowers on the bottom could have been cropped off.
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 05/14/2004 02:24:24 PM
Not sure where you took this....but I know Scottish Broom when I see it. OREGON is full of it and it's taking over in some areas. Pretty but kills native plants. Love your shot, very nice composition.
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 05/13/2004 10:52:49 PM
nice
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 05/13/2004 08:34:26 AM
Great scene, good framing, decent color and lighting. Focus seems a little soft but a terrific vista.
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 05/13/2004 12:51:27 AM
A beautiful scene I think maybe I would just crop a bit of the foreground off if it was mine but it is like a picture postcard well done
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 05/12/2004 05:57:31 PM
Beautiful. A polarizer would have brought out the colours in the sky.
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 05/12/2004 04:56:57 PM
Breath taking. This was set up great.
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 05/12/2004 04:40:20 PM
just great in composition and tone. one of my favorites this challenge
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 05/12/2004 03:42:23 PM
Beautiful image. I like the yellow vs. green vs. gray.
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 05/12/2004 01:10:28 PM
too bad those flowers weren't in focus too
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 05/12/2004 01:23:19 AM
nice subject and color... a bit too bright and out of focus though
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 05/11/2004 04:10:35 PM
Beautiful shot, "Scotlands most Romantic Castle" apparently according to the blurb.

p.s I think it's Eilean Donan (with an extra "e")
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 05/11/2004 04:01:25 PM
I looked at this shot with the bottom part (with the real close flowers) off the bottom of my screen and it looked better. I think cropping of the real blurred part in front helps. It also puts more emphasis on the castle and sky.
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 05/11/2004 03:10:08 PM
nice composition but seems a bit soft..colors are pretty
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 05/11/2004 02:59:57 PM
Never been but always intended to visit this often painted castle.
Nice capture
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 05/10/2004 11:22:24 PM
Beautiful! Great composition too.
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 05/10/2004 11:13:13 PM
Beautiful--I'm going there--looking it up right now.
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 05/10/2004 10:56:33 PM
There are so many good images in this Challenge. This is just lovely with the bright foreground framing the castle. Just lovely. 9
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 05/10/2004 09:06:29 PM
This is a beautiful photograph. A little too much yellow on the bottom, but thats just my taste. I still love the photograph.
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 05/10/2004 06:57:16 PM
Great photo - nice use of foreground
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 05/10/2004 05:55:07 PM
Lovely composition, a great place! Wish there were more contrast in the sky and the colors were brighter.
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 05/10/2004 05:50:53 PM
Wow. Great DOF and very nice composition. Well spotted! 9.
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 05/10/2004 03:26:57 PM
would have liked to see the clouds come out alittle, beautiful photo though
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 05/10/2004 03:19:43 PM
A classic scene. Nicely framed though I woudl have preferred a conventional 35mm frame size with the lowe quarter of shot cropped out. The shot suffers though from a high sun which desaturises the colours and gives an overall washed out feel. An evening shot or more moody shot might have worked better.
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 05/10/2004 08:01:59 AM
This is one of the best landscape photo's I have come across recently. The composition is good. Light is good. Use of foreground excellent. I hope you do very well in this challenge. 10
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 05/10/2004 04:11:52 AM
This is nice postcard view but cropping the bottom 1/3 might improve - leaving just a little foreground in focus.
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 05/10/2004 02:01:07 AM
Lovely landscape. The Keep seems a bit flat to me; a bit more contrast (maybe sharpening) on jus the keep would have made its presence more prominent.
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 05/10/2004 01:41:02 AM
Ooooh. I wish I was there right now. This could be a magazine cover. Love it.
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