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Wildflower Trail
Wildflower Trail
khkai


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Challenge: Selective Desaturation (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: Tioga Pass
Date: Jun 20, 2004
Aperture: 16
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Jun 20, 2004

Taken at Olmstead Point near the Tioga Pass. Noticed these vivid wildflowers blooming in the crevices. Taken at 17mm with a Tamron 17-35mm Di lens at f16.

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Place: 99 out of 227
Avg (all users): 5.3069
Avg (commenters): 6.2500
Avg (participants): 5.1220
Avg (non-participants): 5.5949
Views since voting: 814
Votes: 202
Comments: 15
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06/29/2004 11:48:37 PM
I've taken a photo from that exact spot. Wonder if I can find it. I didn't have those awesome wildflowers in mine though. I've been there many times. It's a fantastic place.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/27/2004 01:36:31 AM
wow, must have been very meticulous!
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06/26/2004 12:13:44 AM
nice image just required a little more color to bring it to life.
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06/25/2004 07:52:35 PM
It's different and it's cool.
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06/25/2004 02:35:09 AM
Even on a second visit to this picture - it ooks like a normal picture of flowers growing in a rock on a cloudy day. The flowers at the bottom being the main subject, it's not until the eye wanders up the trail away from the subject and discovers the sky and trees are black and white. Desaturating this picture doesn't enhance the main subject...... it just makes the picture a curiosity. A closer crop on the flowers would have given you the rock's texture for contrast, the greens to desaturate and the blooms would have make the picture stand out.
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06/24/2004 10:40:09 AM
Wow,, great perspective. This image has a lot going for it. But, I'm afraid that for this challenge, I find there is not enough impact of the remaining colour to make a really strong statement. Possibly if you had composed the shot to have the flowers fill more of the frame. As it stands this would be stunning as full black and white. 6
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06/24/2004 09:18:27 AM
i like it, but perhaps its a little less effective given that the rock would be a grey-ish colour anyway
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06/23/2004 08:03:06 PM
Very interesting photo and composition but the amount of color in this submission is a bit too subtle to be effective imo.
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06/22/2004 11:24:52 AM
Coloured areas too small.
06/21/2004 09:16:33 PM
The trace color is almost overwhelmed by all the gray. But not quite. :) 8
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06/21/2004 02:37:06 PM
excellent picture.
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06/21/2004 12:19:57 PM
Nice idea, if only the flowers were bigger. what can you do?
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06/21/2004 11:17:29 AM
NICE job!!!
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06/21/2004 08:34:07 AM
This is a great image. I love it. Not only is your use of selective desaturation appropriate, it's almost necessary for this shot to be as strong as it is. I love the texture of the rocks and the clouds. Good luck.
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06/21/2004 06:30:45 AM
Lovely. Probably close to that in real life. Great shot.
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