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Bridge Over Icy Waters (Please, Comments are more than welcome)
Bridge Over Icy Waters (Please, Comments are more than welcome)
sonyalphausr


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Ansel Adams II (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Sony DSLR-A200
Lens: Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED Zoom Lens for Sony Alpha
Location: Noxubee Wildlife Refuge, Starkville MS
Date: Jan 17, 2009
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/25
Galleries: Nature, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jan 17, 2009

 Taken At Noxubee Wildlife Refuge in Starkville MS. I am really hoping this will be my personal best.

Post Processing: Not much editing: Increased brightness in light areas and decreased brightness in dark areas. Increased contrast. In PS, crop, resize, and increased contrast again.


Statistics
Place: 207 out of 219
Avg (all users): 4.3149
Avg (commenters): 4.7000
Avg (participants): 4.1282
Avg (non-participants): 4.4076
Views since voting: 802
Views during voting: 383
Votes: 235
Comments: 22
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/27/2009 09:07:46 PM
I'm not sure how much I like the super amount of contrast -- I think I'd like to have seen it a little more natural, but the actual bridge itself and the composition to me are great. :)
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 01/27/2009 02:18:58 PM
I like the image, I think the editing may be a touch harsh. I like how it looks like an old photograph though. Love the title too, I've often thought about adding the "Comments Welcome" to the title! :) Best of luck!!
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 01/25/2009 11:22:39 PM
much to stark; lacks the feeling of depth
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 01/25/2009 10:30:28 PM
Your image has only four tones: black, dark gray, light gray, and white. Adams' style usually took advantage of nine to eleven tonal ranges to emphasise the textures and depth of what he saw and wished to reproduce.
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 01/25/2009 09:54:20 AM
I like the contrasts, but you've gone a little too far and blown the highlights
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 01/25/2009 09:31:38 AM
Too much contrast - the whites are blown out and the blacks are solid. There's high contrast and then there's way-too-much-contrast; sadly, this is the latter. A more subtle touch next time will hopefully yield a more engaging image.
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 01/25/2009 08:13:22 AM
Just too much contast resulting in loss of details IMO
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 01/23/2009 11:33:39 PM
I like the subject and composition. The lighting is a bit too harsh.
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 01/22/2009 03:17:44 PM
OK, you asked for it. :)

Though I find your composition fairly interesting, the photo appears to be too contrasty. The highlights are so blown out, and the shadows are so dark, there seems to be very little detail left.

I would have loved to have seen the texture of the woodgrain, or the reflections in the water.. But it's all gone. :(
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 01/22/2009 02:28:08 PM
Overprocessed in my view.. too many blown highlights and shadows with no detail
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 01/22/2009 08:23:30 AM
a bit 'over cooked'
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 01/22/2009 12:11:39 AM
Nice composition, but IMHO would have been better with less contrast.
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 01/21/2009 11:39:35 PM
composition is great, but the white washout took away from my enjoyment a bit
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 01/21/2009 10:03:17 PM
it's too dark and also overblown. There's not much in between
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 01/21/2009 08:34:07 PM
I like the composition, but the contrast seems too harsh.
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 01/21/2009 05:19:20 PM
Background is a bit too overexposed for my liking
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 01/21/2009 11:45:05 AM
Having chosen this viewpoint, I might have stepped back to give the bridge a bit more sense of place.
Also it's a bit too contrasty for me (almost posterized) but that makes it different so that's OK -
Learn from others but try and develop your own style (that's either philosophy or BS - you decide)
Good luck
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 01/21/2009 10:12:21 AM
Since you asked... Contrast is much too high, blowing out detail of the trees in the back. Good composition.
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 01/21/2009 08:27:54 AM
I like the bridge, but the trees in the background are too white.
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 01/21/2009 03:20:53 AM
This is a high contrast shot to be sure but lacks the depth of an Adams print. The wood in the background seems blown to me. I'm not sure how you processed your shot but more attention to mid tones may have helped. 5
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 01/21/2009 02:14:25 AM
I think you've pushed the contrast too far and ended up with an image a little lacking in detail, which I don't believe is typical of AA's style.
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 01/21/2009 01:00:54 AM
Since you insist. This looks like a really old photo. Strong contrast. The trees are kind of washed out in the background. Since this is advanced editing you could have tried darkening the background and lightening under the bridge.
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