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Challenge: Free Study 2010-01 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-1000D Rebel XS
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Location: Willistead Manor, Windsor, Ontario
Date: Jan 9, 2010
Aperture: f/9.5 & 22
ISO: 800 & 200
Shutter: 1/20 & 1/180
Galleries: Architecture
Date Uploaded: Jan 30, 2010

This is Willistead Manor.

I blended two photos, and did a bunch of stuff to make this picture. I will post the unedited blend after the challenge.

Here is the unedited blend,

Statistics
Place: 165 out of 388
Avg (all users): 5.8079
Avg (commenters): 6.3333
Avg (participants): 5.7315
Avg (non-participants): 6.0000
Views since voting: 828
Views during voting: 274
Votes: 151
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0


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02/08/2010 03:55:28 PM
Hi Andrew, greetings from the Critique Club!

First of all, congrats on your new Personal Best :) You're reaching that 6 in no time :)

Composition
For the subject you chose the composition is well balanced. You managed to handle distortion quite well, the shot is very balanced.
The three at the left does seem a bit distracting, but not too much.

Technique
The HDR is well done, but the right side is a bit dark, you could have brightened it a bit.
Also, the high ISO and the small aperture of f/22 really led to some loss of detail on your photo.

Processing
The alignment of both pictures is very good, but it's noticeable in the brickwork that some artefacts are happening, so it was either the compression, or the lining up, but nothing too serious (but still must have been noticeable to some voters).

Overall
A very nice idea to mix both pictures, and next time just try to get some low ISO and medium apertures. If you have a tripod, sacrifice aperture and ISO flexibility for longer exposure times.
Still, you've gone up from your previous scores, and in a Free Study, so it's no small matter.

Congratulations!
If you have any questions feel free to contact me.
Regards,
Joao
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02/08/2010 12:43:00 AM
Congrats on the new personal best!!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/07/2010 01:17:22 PM
Beautiful!
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02/07/2010 11:07:46 AM
What a strange pastiche of a house!
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02/03/2010 11:45:08 PM
I like how it appears that the clouds are coming out of the chimney.
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02/03/2010 10:33:59 PM
looks more like a mansion to me...wow...wonderful color and tones...well done
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02/01/2010 04:50:02 PM
Looks like some kinda horror movie poster.
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02/01/2010 03:03:07 PM
Like your processing here.
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02/01/2010 03:02:21 AM
it's OK...composition is a little too centra for me...nice warm and cool tones
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