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Night Tree
Night Tree
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Challenge: Trees II (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Bergkirchen, Germany
Date: Apr 27, 2009
Aperture: F 4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 132 sec
Galleries: Landscape, Rural
Date Uploaded: Apr 27, 2009

 I lit this using my Studio lights out in the field.
12 Pops @ 600 WS. Does that make 7200 WS? I think not.

Anyway this was pretty exhausting to do.
I had my camera on a tripod in a field, and opened the shutter on Bulb.
I then had to run back to the other side of the road behind the tree, and fire the flash manually from both sides of the tree to get the lighting.

Processing was crop, levels, curves. I then cloned out the flash and some other small lights.

Statistics
Place: 47 out of 263
Avg (all users): 5.8900
Avg (commenters): 7.3750
Avg (participants): 5.8553
Avg (non-participants): 5.9113
Views since voting: 984
Views during voting: 449
Votes: 200
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 06/02/2009 06:20:01 AM
Wild idea to set up the lighting - interesting result!
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 05/06/2009 12:19:33 AM
I can't believe this finished with such a mediocre score... Lovely shot, and stands out from the crowd.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/04/2009 08:44:08 PM
Amazing light and colors! I hope there wasn`t much PP. Nice shot!
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 05/02/2009 01:03:09 PM
nice composition and wonderful colors! (i think you will get a ribbon!)
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 05/01/2009 11:05:31 AM
Man .. if this is done the way I think it was done,
Strobist style!!
One flash on ground to the right, andother to the left, cross lightingh the tree, I'd guess at full power, it is really wonderful,
Long exposed after that for the sunset.
But honestly I think the tree is abet overexposed, specially the right side, and this is the only reason I am giving it 9 not 10.
Edit '' after thinking again, what the heck, 10 for sure at least for the creativity ;) hope to see you on the front page.
Wonderful by all mean and very well done,
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 04/30/2009 05:36:32 PM
I like the lighting on the tree, and the contrast with the sky is amazing.
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 04/29/2009 10:54:40 PM
WOW!!!! Great shot, and great photo work. Is this a infrared shot? Good luck, Mike
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 04/29/2009 10:17:25 PM
I love the contrast!
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 04/29/2009 02:00:49 PM
Amazing Colours, DId you use a slave for this shot im guessing?
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 04/29/2009 01:14:21 PM
What a stunning image.
That sky is truely beautiful.
Well done.
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 04/29/2009 12:27:22 PM
Looks like you edited the tree and sky deparately, the tree has a cut and pasted look. The colours don't look natural to me, sorry.
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 04/29/2009 09:03:54 AM
This is awesome. I'm giving it a 10. Do people even give tens anymore on dpc? I guess I don't care. Really nice image.
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 04/29/2009 01:01:12 AM
Cool, but over processed....
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